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Photograph of a temple courtyard ritual with a crowd watching. In the foreground, men in white dhotis and a man in a light blue shirt lift a draped brown cloth bundle with a wooden carrying pole, set over a wooden table with white flower garlands and yellow and red blossoms. A woman in a red shawl on the left presses her palms together. On the right, a smiling man in saffron-orange robes wears a long white jasmine garland with red and yellow flowers and has white sacred ash marks on his arms. Beside him stands an older bearded man in orange robes and a red shawl with rudraksha beads, and a shaved-headed man in white. Several women in white saris and yellow shawls and a child crouch in the background near an orange wall with a blue sign.

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A photograph of a temple courtyard with an orange-painted wall and corrugated roof. A man in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back dark hair stands with head bowed, wearing a long white flower garland and white markings on his arms. Beside him, a second man in an orange robe holds part of a purple cloth-draped palanquin or carrier. Two men in white dhotis and a man in a light blue striped shirt lift the covered carrier, while a man in a red garment kneels on the yellow-flower-strewn floor before it. Women in white saris and yellow garments and a seated child watch. Scattered petals and a bowl of yellow fruit are visible. A blue sign reads Silence please. a person is the orange-robed central figure, identified by long hair and saffron clothing with a garland.2010-07-21A photograph of a temple courtyard with orange-walled buildings. In the foreground, two men in white dhotis and shirts carry a wooden palanquin draped in brown cloth and heavily garlanded with white jasmine and red flowers. On the right, a bearded man in an orange robe with white sacred-ash markings on his arms, wearing a white garland, gestures with raised hands toward the procession. A man in an orange shawl stands at left, and a crowd of devotees, many in white saris and dhotis, watches from behind. A seated child in a blue shirt sits near the palanquin.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21Outdoor temple-courtyard scene under a corrugated metal roof with an orange wall behind. Two men in white dhotis and shirts on the left hold a folded brown and gold silk cloth draped with long garlands of white jasmine and red flowers, presenting it forward. A bearded man in an orange dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala stands centre, hands together. A figure in orange robes with a white garland and white sandal markings on the arms stands at right facing the cloth, with another orange-robed man at far right and a seated woman and child in the lower left. The setting suggests a temple offering of cloth and garlands to a deity, though no deity murti is clearly visible in frame.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph of a temple courtyard where men in white dhotis and shirts carry a covered palanquin-like litter draped in a maroon cloth with gold border and white garlands. On the right, a figure in saffron robes with a white-garlanded neck and sandalwood or vibhuti marks on the arms faces the litter and gestures toward it. Beside them, a bearded man in orange and red shawl with a rudraksha mala stands with hands folded, and a crowd of women in white and yellow saris watches from behind. Orange walls, a red-trimmed doorway and a corrugated roof frame the scene, with flower petals on the floor. Ritual procession or temple abhishekam setting.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21Photo of a ritual at a temple: a man in white dhoti lifts a purple cloth draped over a deity form decorated with white jasmine garlands and red-gold border. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and white sandal markings wears an orange cloth and white jasmine garland and smiles while holding his hands in anjali. Behind him, devotees in orange, yellow and white sit closely together, one child in blue striped shirt. A white powder design is on a wooden tray at left. Two figures in a row in the background also wear orange garments. A small deity murti is partly covered; the setting shows orange painted walls.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21