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July 07 2014

July 07 2014

Outdoor photo at a building entrance with a tall banana plant and a small white shrine structure on the left. A man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala and a white-and-red forehead mark stands with palms pressed together in greeting, wearing a long white and red flower garland. Beside him a woman in a cream sari holds a silver tray with flowers and a small silver vessel. Around them stand an elderly woman in a green and orange sari, older men in white dhotis and shirts, a man in a blue shirt and a man in a striped shirt holding a small child, with several other people in the background.

July 19 2016

2016-07-19 +1 copies

Outdoor covered entrance of a white building where a line of women in saris stands on a grey tiled walkway. In the centre, a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti with gold border and a gold-bordered white shawl walks barefoot, holding a silver tray with flowers and a lamp. Beside him, women in white and purple saris hold trays of flowers and offerings. A uniformed guard stands nearby, and palm trees and glass windows are behind. Appearance is insufficient to identify the central man, so he is described only by role as a ritual participant.

A photograph of a temple courtyard with wet stone floor and red-and-white striped walls. A priest in white dhoti and an orange-saffron shawl, with a white tilak on his forehead, stands at left holding a brass plate with flowers and small items. Beside him a man in a white shirt, a young boy in white with a red garland, a woman in a beige sari with a red garland holding a framed deity picture, and an older woman in a teal sari with glasses holding a brass plate of yellow and white flowers stand in a line. Brass lamps and garlanded altar elements are behind them. No visible identification of a person; the priest is described by role only.

June 19 2013

A photograph of a house-visit ceremony at a white-walled entrance with a wooden door frame and a green-striped doorway decoration. A man in a red dhoti and bare chest with a rudraksha-style mala and a tilak stands at centre holding a silver tray heaped with pink flowers and a floral garland arrangement with a yellow centrepiece. Beside him a man in white shirt and white dhoti, a woman in a red sari with gold jewellery, and a woman in a maroon and gold sari lean in. Several men in white shirts and grey shirts crowd the doorway, and two women with long dark hair stand in the foreground. Yellow and green leaves hang above. The visible people include about ten adults, and no clearly identifiable a person candidate is present.

Street procession scene in daylight on a dusty roadside at Rajapalayam. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers holds a large tray heaped with pink flower petals. Beside him a woman in a white saree with a gold border holds a brass pot decorated with a green leaf and flowers, and a woman in a green-and-gold patterned saree carries a brass kalasha-style pot with flowers on a tray. A young man in a white shirt holds a tray of offerings. Other men in light shirts and white dhotis stand behind, along with women in saris at the roadside, with shop fronts and a parked auto-rickshaw in the background.

July 07 2014

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A photograph of a devotee household entrance where a family receives a visiting sannyasi. A man in a white shirt and white trousers holds a brass plate with a kalasha-style vessel, yellow flowers and fruit, while a man in a red checked shirt holds a long white and red flower garland. A small boy in a red-and-navy sweater stands in front on a white kolam design on the ground. A woman in an orange and green sari with folded hands and a woman in a dark patterned sari stand beside them. On the right, a bare-chested man with a shaved head and white dhoti and shawl, with a tilak on his forehead, stands with hands at his chest. Two cameramen in pink and casual clothes film the scene at left. The house has a decorated doorway with green leaf toran and framed deity images inside.

June 27 2014