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A photograph of an outdoor ritual at a small grave-like mound edged with white stone and planted with saplings. In the foreground, two people in saffron-orange robes stand at the left; one wears a red and orange floral garland and a rudraksha mala. A figure in a white shirt and white dhoti bends over the plot, pouring from a steel bucket onto the ground. A crowd of onlookers stands behind a rope line, including boys in beige and khaki, a man in a light blue shirt and a woman holding a small child in orange. Parked orange trucks and a brick wall sit in the background under a bright sky.

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Outdoor photo of a small ceremonial planting at a garden plot edged with white-painted stones. In the foreground, a man in a saffron-orange robe stands at left with a rudraksha-style bead necklace. A person in an orange top and a long red-orange wrap bends over the plot, pressing soil around a young fern-like sapling, while another person in white kneels beside them and a steel bowl of soil sits on the grass. The planter wears a large garland of red flowers and white jasmine strands. Onlookers stand behind a rope line: men in shirts and lungis, boys in khaki shirts, a woman holding a small child, and a crowd near orange buses and a brick building. A white stone marker with a gold finial stands at right.2010-01-23Outdoor scene at a small garden plot beside a white-painted border. A woman in an orange sari with a large red and white flower garland stands bent forward, pouring water from a metal vessel onto a newly planted sapling. Beside her a man in white shirt and white dhoti kneels and digs or tends the soil. Behind them a crowd of onlookers, mostly men and a few boys, watches; a boy in a cream shirt stands near the front. Orange and red buses are parked in the background next to a brick wall, and a steel bucket of water sits on the ground in the foreground. A person in orange robes is partly visible at the left edge.2010-01-23A photograph of an outdoor ground-level ritual at a small garden plot beside a brick building and a parked orange-and-white truck. In the foreground, a man in a saffron-orange robe kneels at a planted bed, pouring water from a metal vessel and steel cup over a small sapling. Beside him, a man in white clothes bends forward, and a woman in a red sari stands nearby. A row of onlookers behind a rope barrier includes men in white shirts, children in yellow and green clothes, and a woman holding a small child. A banner with Tamil text hangs on the building wall. Several people are visible, including partially visible figures at the edges. The orange-robed kneeling figure is in the foreground, with appearance cues that are uncertain.2010-01-23July 29 20082008-07-29July 29 20082008-07-29July 29 20082008-07-29Outdoor groundbreaking or planting ceremony on bare red earth under an overcast sky, with palm trees and a thatched hut in the distance. A barefoot figure in saffron-orange robes wears a long white jasmine garland and a red-and-white flower garland, with a gold necklace and a rudraksha mala; long dark hair falls past the shoulders, and a shawl is draped over the robes. Next to them, a younger man in orange cloth bends to the soil, while a man in white holds a silver plate with a small silver cup and offerings. Around them, men in white dhotis and shirts, some with lanyard badges and orange-and-red beaded malas, watch closely. A young coconut palm sapling stands in the foreground.2009-08-16July 29 20082008-07-29September 24 20062006-09-24Outdoor ceremony at a dusty roadside site beside a parked orange Tata-style truck with a canopy. Three women in saffron-orange sarees stand on a white painted platform with a swan-shaped white ledge; one woman in orange wears a red and white garland and raises her hands in greeting while a man in white shirt and white dhoti stands beside her. Potted plants sit on the ledge, and a red-and-white banner with Tamil lettering hangs behind. Older men in white shirts and dhotis watch from the right, and a printed panel of photographs stands at the left edge. Several saffron-clad people are visible in the scene.2010-01-23Outdoors, a group of people gathers around a freshly planted sapling set in a circular bed of red soil ringed with white bricks. A long-haired man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and white-painted forehead kneels and tends the young plant with both hands, while a second orange-robed man beside him and a man in white shirt and dhoti pour water from a clay pot onto the soil. Behind them, devotees in white dhotis and shirts hold a kalasha-like pot, flowers and a tray of offerings. A bucket of water sits in the lower right. The scene suggests a tree-planting ceremony.2008-07-29July 29 20082008-07-29