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March 10 20132013-03-10December 14 20162016-12-14January 04 20152015-01-04Outdoor ceremonial photo shot from a low angle under a bright sky with palm fronds at right. A man with swept-back dark hair and a tilak mark on his forehead stands in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a long double strand of red and blue beaded garland, a heavy gold necklace and a bracelet, and holds a hand near a red flower garland. A second person's arm reaches up from the lower left, and a hand at right holds a brass plate of yellow and orange flowers. Behind, a golden ornate palanquin or ratha structure is decorated with white and red flower garlands and green leaves.2015-01-04December 14 20162016-12-14April 14 20132013-04-14January 04 20152015-01-04December 14 20162016-12-14Outdoor photograph at a temple-style setting under a clear pale sky with palm fronds. A tall ornate copper-toned kalasha-like pillar on a red stepped stone base is draped with a green leaf wreath, white and orange cloth bands and red and white flower garlands, topped with a bundle of straw. At right, a man with a shaved head and light-brown skin stands with palms pressed together in namaste, wearing a red-brown dhoti with yellow borders, a gold chest ornament, and a red and blue flower garland. At left, a deity murti or statue is adorned with a large garland of red roses and yellow flowers.2015-01-04May 30 20182018-05-30A photograph of a person in rust-orange robes standing outdoors before a plain pale sky and a palm frond. The person, with long dark hair and a white forehead mark, holds a silver oil lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a silver handbell in the other. Layered orange beaded necklaces and pink flower garlands with gold-toned ornaments hang across the chest. A yellow flower garland is visible at the left edge near a bundle of straw-like material.2013-03-11A photograph of an abhishekam being performed before a deity murti decorated with dense garlands of red, yellow, purple and white flowers. A woman in a rudraksha headband and rudraksha mala, wearing gold bangles and a dark red-and-gold garment, pours water from a vessel over the murti, which is dressed with a red cloth. A shaved-headed man in an orange-red garment and rudraksha beads holds a silver vessel beside her, and a second shaved-headed man in white stands at the left edge. Water streams down onto the stone base as the flower-draped deity glows in warm lamplight.2015-02-17 +1 copies