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April 29 20192019-04-29Outdoor photograph of a man in a white shirt and white trousers, wearing a gold ring, offering a brass tray of pink flowers and sliced bananas to a shirtless priest with dark hair tied up, a rudraksha mala and a brown-red dhoti. Beside him stand a younger priest with a bead bracelet and a bearded attendant in a red-brown cloth, with a white-shirted man and a man in a blue checked shirt behind them.2019-04-29Outdoor procession under a large tree. Beside him a white-bearded elder in glasses wears orange robes with a tilak. Youths on the left, bare-chested with rudraksha and gold necklaces and kumkum marks, carry silver trays of flowers. Behind them a man films with a camera and other devotees stand in white and saffron clothing; a trident is visible above.2016-12-23Outdoor photograph of a ritual offering at the Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam. A man in a rust-red turban and reddish-brown wrap, with long dark dreadlocked hair, a flower garland and gold ornaments, stands in profile and reaches toward a brass tray of red and yellow flowers held by a bearded man in orange saffron robes and rudraksha beads. Behind them a bare-chested young priest with white vibhuti on his forehead watches, and yellow flowering shrubs and a corrugated shed are in the background.2018-01-14February 22 20162016-02-22 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor devotional offering at a leafy setting with yellow flowers behind. A man in a maroon-red turban, maroon silk dhoti-style wrap and gold-toned ornaments with long pink and white flower garlands and beaded bracelets reaches toward a brass tray of red and yellow flowers held by a bearded man in saffron-orange cloth with a rudraksha mala and dreadlocked hair. A younger attendant in saffron with a sandalwood-marked forehead and rudraksha beads stands behind them.2018-01-14December 23 20162016-12-23Outdoor ceremonial scene. A bearded man with long dark hair and a red-orange tilak on his forehead wears an orange-red sannyasi garment and a thick dark rudraksha mala with a gold pendant, smiling and gesturing with his right hand toward a decorated palanquin or deity vehicle draped in red brocade with yellow and purple flower garlands. Behind him stand a man in a white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala, and a bare-chested attendant holding a tall gold staff. A young attendant on the right, also bare-chested, holds the palanquin. Red and white flower offerings lie in the foreground, and a red and white pole with hanging decorations is visible above. Probable Swamiji by appearance cues: long swept-back hair, orange sannyasi clothing and heavy rudraksha mala with ceremonial gold pendant, in a procession-style ritual setting.2016-10-11Outdoor ritual scene at a temple-like setting with a golden pillar and green foliage. In the centre, a man wearing a tall golden crown, forehead tilak, red and orange flower garlands and beaded necklaces holds a silver tray with folded red cloth. Beside him, a bare-chested man in orange cloth with rudraksha beads and a red turban holds a woven basket filled with yellow and pink flowers, and a second bare-chested man in an orange turban holds a rudraksha mala. On the right, a woman in orange cloth with a red-orange turban steadies a silver tray of marigolds and roses. Devotees in orange clothing and a red building stand in the background.2017-12-30June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesNovember 27 20112011-11-27A photograph of an outdoor burial rite on red earth beside a freshly dug pit. A bearded man with long dark hair and rudraksha malas, wearing a reddish-brown cloth over his shoulders and a gold necklace, kneels and places his hand on a shrouded body wrapped in white and laid on green leaves with flowers. Beside him a woman in a dark-red sari and a young man in saffron robes with rudraksha beads hold a plate of flowers and offerings. Two more saffron-robed young men stand nearby. A crowd of onlookers in white dhotis and shirts watches from behind. A trident symbol appears on a structure at the upper right, with yellow and white flower garlands and a hill in the background.2017-02-03