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A photograph of an outdoor temple scene with a large ornately carved wooden or stone pedestal-shaped shrine, draped with yellow and red marigold garlands. A man in rust-red and saffron-banded cloth stands at right, bare-shouldered, with a white floral garland around his neck and his hair tied up, holding a small silver bell or lamp and reaching toward the shrine. Tall palm trees and green foliage surround the scene under an overcast sky. Partially visible people appear at the bottom left edge.

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A person in a rust-red and saffron striped dhoti and shawl stands outdoors beside an ornate carved wooden shrine pillar draped with yellow and red marigold garlands. The person holds a brass oil lamp or puja vessel in one hand and a flame or offering toward the carved shrine, with coconut palms and green foliage behind. The scene resembles a temple ritual at a shrine, with a carved wooden kalasha-topped structure as the focal point.2014-08-31A photo of an outdoor ritual at a carved wooden shrine-like structure on a tall, urn-shaped stone base, decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands. A man with short dark hair, bare-chested and wearing a red-and-gold striped dhoti and shawl, stands at right with a white garland of flowers around his neck. He holds a silver bell in one hand and a small lamp or camphor-like flame in the other, performing aarti. Palm trees and green foliage fill the background.2014-08-31A copper-coloured ceremonial pillar or dhwaja stambha wrapped with yellow and red marigold garlands and topped with bundled straw, at an outdoor dhwajarohanam flag-hoisting rite. A man with long swept-back hair, bare-chested except for a rudraksha mala and gold-and-red flower garland, wears rust-orange robes with a yellow sash and holds a small bell and flower petals. Beside him, a shaven-headed priest in a white upper cloth with white tripundra markings holds a silver vessel. Palm trees and greenery surround the scene.2015-09-08Outdoors under palm trees, a bare-shouldered man in a maroon and gold-bordered dhoti and shawl stands beside a copper dhwajastambha flagpole base wrapped with yellow and red marigold garlands. He holds a small handheld bell in one hand and a ritual vessel in the other, performing the flag-hoisting ceremony. Sunlight falls on the copper pillar and palm fronds.2015-09-08August 31st 20142014-08-31September 08 20152015-09-08Outdoor photograph of a man in a saffron-orange dhoti and matching shawl, bare-chested, wearing a rudraksha mala and a garland of white and orange flowers, standing beside a reddish-brown stone pillar-shaped shrine. The shrine is hung with yellow marigold garlands and pink flowers, and carved with a small arched niche. He holds a bundle of yellow flowers in his right hand and looks down toward the shrine, apparently offering flowers in worship. Palm trees and green foliage fill the background. The man is a person in a ritual flower offering rather than an identified figure; he has long, swept-back hair, which, together with the saffron clothing and rudraksha beads, gives a probable appearance-based match in this context.2014-10-05September 08 20152015-09-08A man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl with gold-striped borders stands outdoors beside an ornate bronze-coloured shrine structure garlanded with marigold and red flower strands. He holds a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a small handbell in the other, performing a puja. He wears a long multi-strand bead necklace and a fresh pink and orange flower garland. A palm tree and green foliage fill the background.2014-09-09October 05 20142014-10-05August 31 20142014-08-31August 31 20142014-08-31