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Outdoor temple scene under a clear sky with palm trees. A man with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala wears a flowing saffron-orange wrap and gazes upward at a dark stone Nandi bull statue draped with a garland of marigolds and purple flowers. The Nandi sits on a wooden platform covered with an orange cloth, beside tall orange-hemmed pillars decorated with red, blue and green floral patterns. The setting suggests a Pada-Puja ritual with a padapuja offering to a sacred bull statue.

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November 18 20102010-11-18November 18 20102010-11-18 +1 copiesNovember 20 20102010-11-20Outdoor photograph on a sandy ground under coconut palms and a bright sky. A man with long dark hair, bare-shouldered and wrapped in a saffron-orange cloth, wears a long necklace of dark rudraksha beads. He stands with his eyes closed and face lifted, hands folded at his waist. Behind him are a silver SUV, thatched roofed huts, a large wall map board, and a colourful painted pillar at left. An orange cloth covers a table at right with a small dark object on it. Two small people stand far back near the map board.2010-11-18 +1 copiesFebruary 25 20112011-02-25 +1 copiesA man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a dark rudraksha mala around his neck stands with his head bowed on a raised red-and-white stepped platform outdoors. Beside him are golden ratha-style vehicles with a golden lion-shaped mount, a golden kalasha-like figure, and orange-and-gold ceremonial flags and fringed canopies. Coconut palms, orange pennants strung overhead, and dark stone deity murtis lining a courtyard fill the background. No other people are clearly visible.2010-11-10February 25 20112011-02-25 +1 copiesNovember 18 20102010-11-18 +1 copiesA man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stands beside a carved wooden temple pillar draped with yellow marigold garlands and bound with orange cord at its thatched top. He holds a brass lamp in one hand and a handbell in the other, performing a puja near the pillar. He wears a rudraksha mala and a bracelet. Palm fronds and green foliage surround the scene in soft daylight.2011-12-22October 08 20072007-10-08A standing man in saffron-orange robes with a gold-edged shawl and a rudraksha mala around his neck performs a ritual beside a carved wooden pillar wrapped in straw and orange cord and draped with yellow marigold garlands. He holds a brass cup in one hand and a small bell in the other, and an orange cloth is visible at the right edge. Palm trees and a stone deity murti stand in the background. a person by appearance: long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and saffron robes, performing a puja-style offering at the decorated pillar.2011-12-22October 16 20162016-10-16