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September 05 2017

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Outdoor night scene on a paved courtyard under a corrugated roof, with a tall golden pole in the centre. Four men in saffron and maroon sacred cloths stand in a line. The man on the far right, wearing a maroon dhoti, gold necklaces, a gold waist belt and armlets, gestures with his open right hand toward the others. The man on the left, bare-chested with white ash markings and a rudraksha-style mala, holds a tray of colourful flower garlands. The second and third men carry offerings: one holds a purple and gold cloth bundle with flowers, the other a tray of flowers and leaves. A bright floodlight glows at upper right.2017-09-05September 05 20172017-09-05November 15 20172017-11-15Outdoor night ritual at a temple-like enclosure with white ash-like mounds and a red wall behind. A man in a rust-red dhoti and shawl with a gold necklace and long hair stands at centre, hands extended toward an offering. Beside him, a young man in saffron cloth with rudraksha mala and tilak holds a brass tray of pink and white flower petals, while another in saffron holds a golden kalasha-like vessel with flowers and leaves. At left, a man in white dhoti with gold border and bare upper body wears sandalwood markings, and at right a young man in saffron with long hair and tilak stands near a tall ceremonial staff topped with a cloth canopy. Five people visible in a ritual offering scene.2017-11-15Outdoor evening photo at a temple-like area under a metal-roofed shelter with a red and gold fringed canopy overhead. A man in a rust-red sleeveless robe with long swept-back hair, a tilak, a thick gold necklace, gold waist chain and gold armlets stands at centre, smiling and extending his hand toward a brass tray of flower garlands in yellow, white, pink and green. Several young men in saffron-orange turbans and red-orange cloths stand beside him, one with hands folded in namaskar, all wearing rudraksha malas. A man at left in white holds the tray.2017-09-21September 21 20172017-09-21September 07 20172017-09-07Night procession outdoors on a paved courtyard with trees behind. A central man in a maroon-brown robe and a heavy gold necklace with a large gold pendant, and gold armbands, carries a tall golden staff topped with a finial. Around him, several men in orange and maroon robes with bare chests and white sacred ash lines on their foreheads walk in step; one at left presses his palms together in namaskar, and others carry a silver tray of white and purple flower garlands, and a decorated tray holding a purple cloth with a flower arrangement and pink flowers. A man at right wears a white dhoti with a yellow sash.2017-09-05May 10 20182018-05-10January 03 20152015-01-03Night-time procession photo in dim light. A bare-chested man with white ash marks on his forearms and chest, wearing a long rudraksha mala with gold ornaments and a white dhoti, carries a silver tray of yellow and red flowers with greenery, walking at the front. Behind him, several men in saffron-orange turbans and orange cloth move with a tall staff and a long orange-wrapped pole, while a second tray or vessel decorated with silver is held by a man in orange. The setting is dark with a glimpse of a yellow-painted pillar on the right.2017-09-21Outdoor evening ritual under a striped canopy with a gold pole. A man with long dark hair and a short beard, wearing a rust-red dhoti and shawl with gold trim and a gold necklace, stands at right holding a bunch of yellow and white flowers wrapped in a gold cloth, and extends his hand toward a bare-chested man at center in an orange dhoti, a rudraksha mala, and a white horizontal tilak who holds a plate of pink and white flower petals. A bare-backed man in a red dhoti and shawl with white ash markings on his back faces them from left, with another man in the background. White salt or stone heaps line the ground behind them.2017-11-15