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Outdoor photo at an ashram grounds with coconut palms and stone deity sculptures. A tall copper-coloured pillar with a kalasha-style top stands on a white stepped plinth decorated with marigold garlands, beside a black Nandi-style stone figure. Colourful rangoli floor designs are at the base. Several people in white and off-white traditional dress move around, while drummers in dhoti-style lower garments and white shirts play a large drum and other percussion. A yellow vehicle with decorated framed images and garlands stands at right. The scene resembles a ceremonial procession or puja setup.

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An outdoor temple courtyard with pale sand ground and tall palms. A white square shrine base holds a black Shiva lingam wrapped in yellow and orange garlands, with a tall tiered kalasha-style pillar rising behind it. Rangoli designs in coloured powder lie at its foot. Around the shrine, several people in white dhotis and saris walk and stand with hands folded in devotion. On the right, drummers in red and maroon dhotis play dhol drums beside a decorated vehicle with banners. Stone sculptures of deities stand in the background, beyond a low wall.2009-12-28December 28 20092009-12-28December 28 20092009-12-28Outdoor temple courtyard with a tall copper-coloured flagstaff wrapped in cloth, rising from a white stepped base decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands. In front sits a black stone Nandi bull garlanded with yellow and purple flowers, with a coloured floral rangoli design on the ground. Palm trees and grey stone deity sculptures stand in the background. Several people in white clothes and white saris walk around the site carrying brass vessels on their heads, while a drummer in a dark shirt and maroon dhoti plays cymbals in the foreground, and a man in a white shirt and yellow shawl walks nearby. The scene looks like a ritual procession around a sacred pillar.2009-12-28December 29 20092009-12-29Outdoor temple courtyard with palm trees and a tall copper-clad flagstaff rising from a white base decorated with a garland. Several saffron-robed sannyasis stand around the base, along with people in white and cream dhotis and saris. One white-robed figure bends in offering at the base, and a woman in a dark brown sari stands nearby. Two large rangoli-style floor designs in colored powder and chalk lie in the foreground, separated by a red-topped platform. Stone sculptures of figures stand on the left, and to the right a yellow decorated vehicle with floral garlands and a framed deity picture sits beside a white van. Two women in white and gold-bordered saris stand at the far right. No one is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.2009-12-29Outdoor temple courtyard at the Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam with coconut palms and a tall copper kalasha or flagstaff rising from a white pedestal. A bronze deity murti sits on a white platform in front of it. Devotees in white dhotis and saffron robes stand in a line facing the murti, some with folded hands, while a child in orange and a small child in red watch from the left. A white-robed man in a dhoti and grey shirt walks across the foreground. To the right, a yellow and gold decorated ratha/palanquin with flower garlands and a small truck with a canopy are parked. Colourful floor rangoli designs of deities and figures decorate the ground, and a red-roofed stand with offerings and flowers sits in the centre. Grey stone statues line the left background.2009-12-29December 29 20092009-12-29December 23 20082008-12-23July 07 20092009-07-07A large outdoor temple courtyard at an ashram with palm trees and a tall copper-coloured pillar behind a white stepped platform holding a black stone statue. A long line of people in white clothes stands along both sides, many women in white saris with gold borders, some in orange and pink. In the foreground a barefoot man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala walks past a flat white platform with a red-topped square base. Behind, a yellow and gold palanquin with a decorated canopy and a ratha-style float stand near a red-and-white temple structure. Several children in white also appear in the procession.2009-12-28Outdoor temple scene beneath tall coconut palms. A white-clad priest stands before a white plinth holding a black stone murti garlanded with marigolds and yellow flowers, with a small brass offering table in front. A tall copper-coloured kalasha-style pillar rises behind. Several men in saffron and orange robes stand at left, including one in a saffron wrap at front looking toward the camera with hands joined, and a bald man in orange at left. Women in white, blue and maroon saris stand at right with hands folded in devotion beside a decorated yellow-and-red vehicle with floral garlands. Stone statues stand among the trees at left.2009-12-29