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January 31 20092009-01-31Night outdoor ritual under a decorated canopy with multicoloured bunting. A standing priest in orange robe holds a ceremonial item over a golden canopied throne holding a small deity murti and a seated figure in orange. Behind, a large banner shows a portrait of a man in an orange turban labelled with Tamil text. Seated priests in white dhoti and orange shawl perform puja, one with palms joined; a fire pit of yellow bricks is decorated with flowers and brass bowls and vessels surround it. Several onlookers sit at the back.2011-11-10September 29 20122012-09-29January 13 20172017-01-13January 21 20172017-01-21A young boy in a saffron-orange cloth with a rudraksha mala and a topknot stands before a golden shrine, holding a lit oil lamp with both hands and waving it toward a deity murti. His torso and arms are marked with white ash stripes. Behind him a gilded shrine with lion figures holds a small deity murti dressed in teal with a white floral garland, and brass pots and flower garlands surround it. At left, a large cardboard cutout of a smiling woman in red robes and a red turban with a rudraksha mala stands beside the shrine. Blurred heads of onlookers fill the foreground.2017-01-13Night outdoor puja at a temple-like setting. A shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a gold-coloured border stands at right, holding a lit oil lamp (aarti) in one hand and a small brass vessel in the other, with smoke rising from the flame. Before him on a gold-coloured ornate pedestal stands a gilded deity murti under a gold arched prabhavali. Behind, devotees in white and coloured saris and shirts sit with hands folded in prayer, and several white-clad priests with gold necklaces sit at right near brass vessels and a bowl. Illuminated decorations and green-draped tables line the background.2011-11-10January 12 20092009-01-12January 20 20092009-01-20November 10 20112011-11-10Outdoor ritual scene at an ashram entrance under a corrugated metal roof strung with orange and multicoloured bunting. A bald man in a saffron-orange robe with a gold-coloured necklace and mala raises a lit oil lamp aloft with one arm. Around him, devotees in white with folded hands stand and watch; a woman in a pink sari and an older woman in a pale patterned sari also join in with folded hands. A man in white with a vertical white tilak on his forehead holds his hands together in prayer in the foreground. Behind the crowd a blue van and a videographer with a camera are visible, and a tall yellow ceremonial staff with a banner rises at the right edge. Marigold garlands hang at the right. a person candidate: the saffron-robed figure with the raised lamp shows a shaved head and orange robe but no hair or crown cues, so identity is uncertain.2010-12-22July 28 20082008-07-28 +1 copies