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Outdoor photo on a rocky hilltop with a mountain behind. A woman in a red sari with white and orange flower garlands stands on a large rock with flowers scattered at her feet, hands joined before her chest. To the right, a shaved-headed man in orange robes holds a bell and a ritual plate, while two men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand nearby and a brass vessel sits on the rock. The scene reads as a puja performed on the rock with flowers and a bell.

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A photograph on a hillside outdoors with green shrubs and a rocky mountain behind. A standing person in a red-pink silk garment with gold border wears long white and red flower garlands, a gold beaded necklace and a gold armlet, with a red bindi on the forehead and long dark hair. Standing barefoot on a rock, this figure is receiving a pada puja, with white powder poured over the feet. A second person in orange robes with a gold border and a gold beaded necklace leans forward, holding a brass plate of white powder and pouring it. Pink flower petals lie on the rock in the foreground.2011-05-17A standing man in a rose-pink silk dhoti and shawl, adorned with a white and red jasmine-and-marigold garland, a heavy gold bead necklace, and a gold armlet, stands barefoot on a flat rock outdoors. A red tilak marks his forehead. Behind him rise scrubby hills and green trees. A second man in saffron-orange robes, with a shaved head and a rudraksha mala, bends beside him, pouring or arranging yellow offerings on the stone from a metal vessel, consistent with a padapuja foot-worship ritual. Only the standing man's identity is unclear from appearance alone.2011-05-17A standing man with long dark hair stands barefoot on a rock outcrop in a hillside setting with shrubs and rocky slopes behind him. He wears a red-pink silk dhoti with a gold border, a white and red flower garland, a gold bead necklace, a gold armlet and a bangle, and a red bindi on his forehead. A man in orange and saffron clothing with a shaved head and gold bead necklace kneels and pours white powder from a brass plate over the standing man's feet, a padapuja. Flowers lie on the rock.2011-05-17A barefoot man in a saffron-orange robe and red undergarment stands on a pink-petal-strewn stone platform, holding a silver oil lamp (aarti) with a flame in one hand and a silver bell in the other. A long garland of white, red, purple and green flowers hangs to his waist, with rudraksha malas around his neck. To the left, a shaven-headed priest in orange robes and a gold ornate necklace watches. Behind them a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis, one wearing a 'Volunteer' lanyard badge and a rudraksha mala, looks on. A brass plate of rose petals and a small ritual tray with silver vessels sit to the right. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair, orange robe and flower garland performing the aarti, in a Bidadi temple ritual setting.2009-07-08 +1 copiesMay 17 20112011-05-17August 02 20082008-08-02November 23 20162016-11-23November 11 20062006-11-11Outdoor photograph on a dirt path with a hill and trees behind. A barefoot man in a flowing saffron-orange robe with a long swept-back hair, gold ornate necklace and white forehead markings looks upward. Beside him, two men in matching orange robes with maroon borders wear gold necklaces and rudraksha-style beads; the one on the right has long hair and a red forehead mark. Behind them, people in white dhotis and shirts stand watching, and a woman in orange holds garlands of white and purple flowers. A visible camera is raised by a bystander. The scene resembles a procession or temple visit.2010-01-08A smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe with gold border sits barefoot on a large rock beneath a colourful canopy with red, green, yellow and purple scalloped trim. He wears a long multi-coloured flower garland with leaves, a gold ceremonial necklace, and a red tilak on his forehead. Flower petals and a ring of marigold and jasmine garlands surround the rock seat. Green palm and shrubs and rocky hills fill the background.2007-01-12A photograph of a man standing outdoors against a rocky, scrub-covered hillside with green trees in the foreground. He wears a salmon-pink silk garment draped over the torso and a pink dhoti-style wrap, with a gold-coloured border band at the waist. He has long, dark, swept-back hair, a red bindi and a white tilak on the forehead, and he wears layered white jasmine and red flower garlands, a green leaf garland, a heavy gold bead necklace with rudraksha beads, and gold bangles. He holds pink flower petals in his raised right hand and looks downward with a slight smile. A partially visible bald person in orange clothing is at the lower right edge of the frame.2011-05-172011 - Photo Album