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A smiling man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a white and green flower garland, gold necklaces and gold armlets, holds a striped stick or staff up toward a dark bronze statue at the left edge. Green leafy trees fill the background. A second bald, white-robed man with a red forehead mark appears partly at the lower right, and a bright sky shows through the branches.2015-02-05Outdoor photo beneath a leafy tree. A black stone deity murti on the left, holding a raised staff-like object, faces a man in a rust-orange dhoti and matching shawl with gold border. He wears a long white and red-green garland and gold necklaces, smiling with hands extended toward the statue. Behind him, two more men in orange dhotis stand; one on the right holds a silver plate with green leaves. The scene suggests a puja or ritual offering at a shrine.2015-02-05December 11 20112011-12-11December 23 20092009-12-23A photo taken from below of a man in a rust-red sleeveless robe, bare-armed, wearing a long rudraksha mala with large gold-toned beads and white and yellow flower garlands across his chest. He grips a thick golden-yellow rope or cord with both hands, looking down, with coconut palm fronds behind him against a pale sky.2014-10-05January 11 20162016-01-11A low-angle outdoor photograph of a copper-clad ceremonial pillar wrapped with orange rope, yellow and white marigold garlands and a carved relief figure at its base. A smiling figure with long dark hair and a white forehead mark stands at the top, wearing a red-and-brown ornate garment, layered gold and rudraksha-style beads and a pink-and-white floral garland, holding a small metal vessel. Beside him a bald man with a white forehead mark and bare upper body kneels, pressing his hands together near a red flower and mango leaves. Palm trees fill the background under a pale sky.2013-03-10October 05 20132013-10-05February 05 20152015-02-05A photograph of a ceremony outdoors in daylight. In the foreground, a bare-chested man in an orange-red cloth wrapped over his shoulder and waist, with white sandalwood marks on his upper arm, grips a tall grey pole while tying an orange rope around it. His back is turned to the camera. He wears a long garland of white jasmine, green plastic parrots and gold-toned bells, with rudraksha beads strung through it. Beside him, another man in orange robes holds the rope taut and wears rudraksha malas on his wrists. A red and yellow parasol with tassels stands behind. Onlookers in white dhotis and shirts watch, and a bald man in orange and yellow robes with a gold chain stands at right. The pole has a fringed top and the setting is a grassy open area with trees.2012-07-03Outdoor photo of a long-haired man with a white jasmine garland and a green toy parrot clipped to his chest, wearing a saffron-orange cloth draped over his bare shoulder, with white vertical forehead markings and rudraksha beads, his eyes lowered in a calm, devout expression. In the foreground at right, a shaven-headed priest in saffron-orange robes and a gold necklace faces him, with another person partly visible. Green leaves of a tree fill the background, with a wooden pole at the left edge. a person appears in the centre-left; the cues are his long hair, the jasmine garland, the ornaments and the saffron cloth, though the scene is a ritual gathering.2012-07-03February 05 20152015-02-05