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June 26 20142014-06-26A photo at an outdoor ashram gate beside a silver SUV. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a gold necklace stands at left, hands extended toward a bald priest in saffron robes with a maroon shawl and gold armlet, who holds a silver kalasha with a flower sprig and a plate of rose petals. A bald man in white dhoti stands behind them, and a man in white shirt with glasses stands at right near a green gate. Rose petals lie on a white-draped table and a brass tray in the foreground, with a white kolam line on the ground.2012-04-05November 20 20142014-11-20May 04 20162016-05-04A photograph of an outdoor ritual welcome at a courtyard with a tiled roof and palm trees behind. In the centre, a long-haired man in an orange-saffron robe with a multicoloured and white flower garland stands with his hands near a silver tray. A woman in an orange-brown sari with jasmine in her hair holds a silver tray with a brass kalasha topped by a coconut, decorated with yellow flowers and green leaves. Bending forward in white clothes at the lower left is another devotee, while a man in a white dhoti with a yellow shawl and rudraksha mala stands at the left, and a man in an orange shawl with folded hands stands beside them. Several other men in white and dark trousers stand in the background beside a white car.2010-02-18June 24 20142014-06-24July 03 20142014-07-03 +1 copiesMay 16 20112011-05-16July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 31 20152015-07-31Night outdoor photo at a roadside gathering beside a dark car with its door open. In the centre, a long-haired figure with his back to the camera wears an orange robe edged with gold and a white flower garland, standing by the open car door. Around him, men in white dhotis and shawls, several shaved-headed, stand with palms pressed together in namaste, and a man in white kneels in the foreground. A man in white with a rudraksha-style mala holds a green banana leaf or plantain offering. Warm string lights and lamps glow in the background among onlookers. The orange-robed figure cannot be confirmed as a person from appearance alone, so no identification is made.2011-05-16Outdoor evening scene at night beside a silver car with its door open. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing layered gold necklaces, bangles and a leopard-print shawl, stands smiling with a tall black-haired hairstyle and white-and-red tilak on his forehead. Beside him a shaven-headed young man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala holds a silver kalasha pot topped with green leaves on a plate, offering it. Behind them a decorated festival cart with colourful fringed hangings and a deity murti is visible, and a palm tree and an information board stand nearby. Procession ritual setting consistent with a rathotsavam.2011-12-17