Outdoor ritual on a teal-covered wooden cart with a green, red and white striped canopy decorated with flowers and a framed deity image behind. A young man in white with an orange shawl pours liquid from a steel vessel into a brass bowl while others in white kurtas stand around; a bald man in a white shirt extends his hand toward brass lamps and a plate with offerings. - Nithyanandapedia

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Outdoor ritual on a teal-covered wooden cart with a green, red and white striped canopy decorated with flowers and a framed deity image behind. A young man in white with an orange shawl pours liquid from a steel vessel into a brass bowl while others in white kurtas stand around; a bald man in a white shirt extends his hand toward brass lamps and a plate with offerings.

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A photograph of a festival procession at a temple chariot decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands. Shirtless priests in white dhotis with yellow borders stand on the ratha, handling a golden-framed deity murti and offering flowers and fruit from platters. An older man in a white shirt and brown trousers, with a vibhuti-marked forehead, reaches toward the deity. Dense crowds of shaved-headed men in white and saffron-orange clothing, some wearing rudraksha malas, press around the chariot, with thatched-roof buildings and trees behind. A tall police officer in khaki stands at the left edge.

Outdoor ritual under a striped canopy at a bhoomi pooja-style groundbreaking. A bare-chested man in saffron/orange dhoti with an orange shawl and a white flower garland kneels on a yellow cloth, handling items on a brass plate, with a tilaka-marked forehead and an orange turban-like cloth on his head. Around him stand devotees in white dhotis and shirts, some wearing orange shawls; a young man on the right in white with an orange shawl and rudraksha-style beaded necklace sits cross-legged. Yellow bricks are arranged in a row in the foreground, and trays of flowers, fruit and brass vessels sit nearby. A decorated deity murti with a crescent ornament stands behind the rite. The scene is set on open dry land under bright sunlight.

Photograph of a night ritual on a raised platform before a decorated deity murti adorned with garlands and a crown. A man seated on the platform, wearing a maroon-red dhoti and shawl with a red and white flower garland, holds fruit from a silver tray of bananas and apples and offers it toward a young man kneeling in front, dressed in white with a white shawl, rudraksha-style beaded necklace and red sacred threads on his wrists. Behind them a tall pole with an orange cloth is held up by an assistant, and a bald man on the right wears an orange shawl and a dark bead mala. The backdrop is colourful patterned fabric with red and yellow floral motifs, and the scene is lit at night.

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Outdoor photograph of a procession on a green flatbed cart on a dirt track. A decorated wooden shrine with a red and multicolored fringed canopy stands at the left, draped in pink cloth and garlanded with flowers, with a man in white clothes standing beside it. Two seated men in white dhotis and white kurtas sit on the cart near brass vessels and a plate, one wearing an orange shawl. Several onlookers in striped and plain shirts stand along the roadside, with dry scrubland, rocky hills and a yellow truck in the background under a pale blue sky.

A night procession scene at a decorated ratha or chariot with colourful painted cloth panels in blue, yellow, red and green, featuring white dove motifs and floral patterns. A man in an orange-saffron dhoti and orange shawl with a beaded necklace sits on the chariot platform performing a puja, with a lit flame, brass and steel vessels, a tray of bananas and fruit, and garlands around him. In front, a shaven-headed devotee in white and two young men in white with orange shawls stand with hands folded in reverence. Other white-clad people and a man with a conch-like ritual instrument stand behind, under a dark night sky with a street light. Several other people are partly visible at the edges.

Outdoor darshan at an evening gathering with a large crowd of white-clad devotees behind barricades. In the foreground, a figure in an orange saffron robe and a bright orange turban with long, swept-back dark hair sits on a yellow-cushioned seat, smiling, and holds a rudraksha mala with the hands of a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, who has folded hands and glasses. Beside them stand another man in a white shirt with a yellow shawl and a man in white with a yellow shawl and red tilak. An elderly man in white with a white beard waits on the left, and a woman with a braid in a yellow-bordered white sari is at the lower left. A white air cooler and a white van stand in the background, with orange flags and palm trees beyond. The orange-robed figure has long hair, an orange turban and rudraksha-style beads, consistent with the a person cues, so this is an appearance-based probable identification.

Outdoor temple procession scene on a street with a thatched-roof building at left. A decorated wooden ratha or palanquin with a red-and-orange canopy and red pillars is draped with yellow and orange marigold garlands and red cloth. Several bare-chested priests in white dhotis with ochre and yellow borders stand on and around the vehicle, one lifting a white cloth and another adjusting garlands. Older men in white shirts and a man in a dhoti stand at the base. Devotees in white and saffron clothing, one in orange robes, crowd the road, and a photographer with a camera stands at right. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person.