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An outdoor construction site where a temporary stage is being built on dry red earth. A scaffolded platform with a blue tarp roof and bamboo poles stands behind a long white cloth barrier supported by wooden stakes. Stacked metal folding chairs sit in the foreground behind a rough log fence. Black speaker boxes are mounted on poles and stands, and a hill with trees rises at the right. Two or three workers are visible on the stage, one in a white shirt, and a few figures move near the stage edges. No swami figure is visible.

Outdoor photograph of a temporary event site beneath tall coconut palms under a pale sky. A gold-coloured canopy shades a raised stage draped in red cloth, with a red-carpeted dais and an ornate golden shrine-like backdrop with decorative figures. A small green tent stands behind a yellow cloth draped over an object in the foreground, beside a metal barricade. A yellow and green van is parked at the right edge. No people are visible in the frame.

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A photograph of an outdoor temple ritual under a corrugated roof held up by a metal and bamboo scaffold. A white shrine structure with a deity murti dressed in orange and red stands at the centre, flanked by red curtains. In the foreground, a row of children and young people in white and cream clothes sit on mats and cloth, many holding lit oil lamps or small brass vessels, while a standing boy in cream clothes raises a bell or lamp. Trees and a stone building frame the background. Roughly a dozen people are visible.

March 06 2007

A photograph of an outdoor temple worship scene under a corrugated roof supported by a scaffold frame of metal bars and bamboo poles. In the background stands a stone shrine with a white domed top and red curtains, housing a deity murti with a crown and an orange and yellow cloth draped in front. A group of about fifteen children in white clothes sit on mats, many raising lit oil lamps or flames toward the shrine, while an adult man in a white dhoti and shirt kneels at the front holding a brass vessel. The setting is a temple courtyard with trees and concrete walls.

A photograph of a procession moving through a covered red-and-white canopy on a dusty ground. Drummers in the foreground carry large barrel drums slung over their shoulders; the lead drummer wears a cream shirt and white dhoti, and a drummer beside him wears a checked shirt and white dhoti. Behind them, a group in white shirts and white dhotis walks, a young boy in a dark shirt among them, and a man in an orange cloth stands to the right. Stacked wooden benches line the right side, and a corrugated shed on the left bears a framed portrait. Trees and a blue steel frame complete the setting.

March 06 2007

A photograph of an outdoor shrine enclosed by bamboo scaffolding, with grey stone pillars and red velvet drapes framing a seated deity murti in orange and red garments, adorned with a garland and a halo-like backdrop. Several people in white clothing sit on a striped mat in front, raising lit oil lamps in aarti. Some stand, some sit, and their backs are mostly turned toward the camera.

December 19 2006

A photograph of a temple shrine under a scaffold canopy of bamboo poles and metal frame. Two deity murtis stand on a stone platform draped with red curtains, decorated with garlands and lamps. Around a green mat and striped floor covering, about a dozen children in white clothes sit cross-legged, several raising hands with small plates or cups, performing an offering or puja. At the right, a figure in orange-saffron robes with long hair sits on a raised seat before a small table with offerings, apparently overseeing the rite. Trees and a stone wall frame the open-air setting.

December 19 2011

A photograph of a muddy dirt lane between corrugated-metal sheds on the left and a long row of white tent-like structures on the right, with outdoor air-conditioning units and beige plastic chairs placed along the tent wall. Two young men walk away from the camera along the mud path; the one in the foreground wears a red and cream top and jeans, and the one beside him wears a blue checked shirt and dark shorts. Further back, several people in white and saffron clothing walk among the sheds, and a woman in a white cap and a woman in a yellow sari are visible on the left. A tall antenna mast and floodlight stands are visible in the background under a pale sky.