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A long procession of devotees walks single file along a dry dirt path through green scrubland, possibly a hill circuit. In the foreground two young men in saffron/orange robes lead the group: one wears an orange shawl over a red undershirt and orange sandals, the other wears an orange kurta and dhoti with long dark hair. Behind them an older man in white shirt and white dhoti with a red tilak walks beside a woman in a white sari with green border and a rudraksha-style necklace. Many followers in white clothes and yellow shawls and scarves, including young women in white saris and young men, stretch back along the trail.

July 23 2010

A large group of women sits cross-legged on striped mats in a hall, eyes closed in meditation or puja. Most wear white cotton saris with gold borders and yellow shawls draped over their shoulders; a few wear orange shawls. Several have vermilion or tilak marks on their foreheads and rudraksha malas around their necks. In the foreground a woman in an orange shawl sits with her eyes closed. Brass plates with flowers, lamps, kalasha-style vessels and incense sticks are arranged before them. Plastic chairs and storage containers line the background. No single leader is seen at the front of the group.

May 03 2012

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November 20 2010

A large group seated on the floor in a temple hall during an arati or lamp-offering ritual. Front row includes a woman in white sari with gold border holding a lit oil lamp, a woman in green and gold sari with a rudraksha mala, a shirtless young man in white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala holding a lit lamp, and a bearded older man with rudraksha mala holding a lamp. Behind them many men in saffron/orange garments with rudraksha malas and forehead markings sit on mats, some with white body paint or tilak. Brass bowls and small lamps rest on a green cloth before them. No individual is identified as a person by appearance.

A man with long dark hair sits cross-legged in meditation outdoors, eyes closed, hands resting open on his knees. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange wrap and a long rudraksha mala, with a red bindi on his forehead. Behind him, a man in white with a yellow shawl sits in meditation on a mat amid palm trees, and another seated figure in white with orange shawl is partly visible at left beside an orange stone structure. A brass vessel sits at the lower left corner. The setting is an open dirt ground with palms and a low wall.

May 13 2015

Outdoor photo of a seated man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala meditating with eyes closed on a low wooden seat and mat beside a circular fire pit with ash and a brass vessel. Behind him stands a black Nandi bull statue with a garland of marigolds and purple flowers on an orange pedestal, with small deity statues and frangipani plants in the background. Hanging orange and colourful cloth banners frame the upper right. Several seated people face him from the foreground, including a woman in white with blonde hair tied back, a woman in orange, and two women with long braids, one wearing white.

Outdoor ritual scene beneath tall coconut palms at a temple precinct. A man in an orange robe with a white garland of flowers and a white forehead mark stands upright at center-right, gazing forward. In the foreground, a bearded man in orange robes kneels before a white stone platform scattered with yellow and purple flower petals, beside a large copper-coloured carved vessel. Behind them, many men in white dhotis and orange cloths hold trays, a copper kalasha and ritual items; one holds a tray with a straw-like bundle and orange cloth. Yellow marigold garlands hang at upper left. The crowd of devotees stands around the platform in a courtyard setting.

A large crowd of devotees seated on red floor mats under a red-and-white striped tent canopy with draped red and white valances. Foreground men wear white kurtas with yellow shawls and rudraksha malas; several women in saris, including one in orange and another in yellow, sit with palms pressed in anjali. A white-clad woman with a white head covering joins her hands in prayer at center right. Speakers stand on the left and right edges, and a small framed photo rests on the floor near a brass plate and plastic containers. No single figure with distinctive a person cues is clearly identifiable, so no candidate is named.

December 31 2008