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December 14 20132013-12-14December 14 20132013-12-14December 17 20132013-12-17December 14 20132013-12-14A photograph at an outdoor temple shrine with smoke rising from a stone-lined fire area. In the foreground a person with long wavy black hair and glasses stands with back to camera, wearing an orange-saffron wrap over bare shoulders and holding a small red-tipped stick or incense. Along a metal rail in front are rows of small brass oil lamps with lit wicks and offerings. A small white shrine structure with red cloth stands at left, and a red canopy overhead. Another man in a grey shirt appears at the right edge. A Nepali sign hangs on the wall behind.2012-08-12A procession on a paved stone courtyard at a Balinese temple, with a tall carved stone tower and dark carved dragon-like balustrade behind. A tall ceremonial parasol with red, yellow, green and blue panels and gold finial is held over a bald man in saffron-orange robes with a gold-bordered dhoti and a rudraksha mala. Beside him a long-haired person in red-orange robes walks carefully. Women in white garments and red-orange saris follow, one carrying a round woven fan, and more white-clad attendants and ceremonial items appear behind, with a yellow umbrella visible further back. Lush tropical trees and thatched pavilions frame the scene.2013-12-02A man sits cross-legged on an orange cushion over a woven mat inside a circle of grey gravel with coloured powder lines, outdoors beside a large black Nandi bull statue garlanded with yellow and orange marigolds. He wears an orange saffron wrap draped over one shoulder and a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, with long swept-back dark hair, and his hands rest on his knees. A brass kalasha vessel sits to his left, with orange walls, palm trees and a red pillar behind him.2011-02-21February 05 20152015-02-05May 08 20182018-05-08A woman with long dark wavy hair stands barefoot on a leopard-print mat in a temple courtyard, facing a carved grey stone shrine platform with floral and scroll reliefs. She wears a red sari with gold border and bangles on her arms, hands folded in prayer. A large brass bowl filled with red and yellow flower petals sits in the foreground on a pink and white patterned rug, and a brass lamp stand rests on the platform beside her.2012-04-05Outdoor temple courtyard at dusk with a standing woman seen from behind, wearing a rust-red draped garment, a gold-coloured waist belt, a white flower garland, a decorated headband and a hair bun. She faces a stepped shrine with a tiered decorated structure, a small deity shrine under a canopy, and a square basin with a tap. A figure in orange robes sits at the right edge beside an orange cloth and microphone stands. Trees and palms frame the scene.2014-08-17Outdoor meditation scene in a temple garden. A man in orange saffron robes and a long rudraksha mala sits cross-legged with eyes closed and hands folded on a woven mat, a brass kalasha beside him on a circular ash-filled pit decorated with pink and white kolam. Behind him stands a large black Nandi bull statue on an orange tiered pedestal. A second man in white clothes with a yellow shawl sits in meditation to the left. Grey stone deity statues and palm trees surround the area, with small red signboards in the background.2010-10-10