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January 14 20102010-01-14January 14 20102010-01-14January 14 20102010-01-14January 14 20102010-01-14October 19 20082008-10-19Outdoors under dappled shade of trees, an elderly man in orange robes and an orange turban bends forward with his hands extended toward a seated figure in orange cloth draped over a carved wooden seat adorned with a golden crown-like headpiece, a garland of yellow and red flowers, and a tilak mark on its forehead. Behind the bending man stands a second person with long dark hair wearing orange robes and a wrap. Rocks, sandy ground and blue tents or structures appear in the background. A visible tilak and garland mark the seated figure as a deity murti or ceremonial image rather than a person.2006-11-21Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. A long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes and a white and yellow flower garland stands center on a dark polished stone platform, hands joined in prayer. Behind and to the left, several saffron-robed men stand in a line; one holds a golden trident-topped staff and another holds a brass plate of yellow flowers. A white-clad attendant with an orange shawl stands at right. Before them sits a white-edged raised platform with yellow marigold petals, brass lamps and a small kalasha-like vessel, with white floor-painted kolam designs. The scene suggests a ritual or puja.2008-12-25Outdoor photograph in a palm-grove compound of a seated man in orange saffron robes with long swept-back hair and a red tilak, eyes closed in meditation with hands folded, sitting on a low wooden platform inside a circle of gray ash. Behind him a black stone Nandi bull statue wears a red and yellow marigold garland and sits on a white stepped plinth, with a small temple spire behind it. A brass kalasha stands at the left edge of the circle. Several other people in white dhotis and white shirts, some with yellow or saffron shawls, sit cross-legged in meditation on the ground, and smoke rises from the fire pit in the background. a person: the seated saffron-robed man has long swept-back hair and saffron clothing, a candidate cue, but his face is not used to identify him.2010-07-08November 10 20102010-11-10 +1 copiesOutdoor puja at a white raised platform under palm trees, where a black Shivalinga is adorned with yellow and orange marigold garlands. A tall copper kalasha-like pillar stands behind it. A young boy in white dhoti and yellow shawl stands at the platform, and a man in white shirt and white dhoti stands beside it. Several devotees, including women in sarees and an elderly woman in a brown saree, stand with hands folded. In the foreground, two saffron-robed sannyasis and a man in an orange-yellow wrap face the shrine. Stone guardian statues and a stone serpent stand in the background, and a white bus is parked at right. A small table holds offerings and an oil lamp.2009-12-29Outdoor ashram scene under a thatched palm-leaf shelter with a bamboo wall. In the centre, a person in a flowing saffron-orange robe walks barefoot across a dirt path toward the open doorway. Long dark hair falls past the shoulders and the person has a red-orange shawl draped over the robe. On the left edge, a man in a white dhoti and white shirt with a rudraksha mala stands partly cut off by the frame. Behind them are a white corrugated-roof building with red-and-white striped walls, flowering marigold plants, banana leaves, and a small white-clad figure near the building. A white vehicle is parked at the right edge.2009-12-15February 23 20072007-02-23