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Outdoor ritual on a raised red-and-white striped platform beneath coconut palms. A tall ornate ceremonial pillar with a flag rises at the centre, its base surrounded by flower garlands and a small dark deity murti on a white pedestal. In the foreground, seated devotees in orange robes sit on orange cloth; several women in orange saris and a shaven-headed man in orange cloth with rudraksha-style beads hold brass trays and offerings. Smoke rises to the right. Behind the platform, a larger crowd of people in white and light clothing sits on the ground, and plastic chairs are visible at the left edge. Floral garlands, plates of fruit and oil lamps are arranged on the platform.

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October 08 20082008-10-08Outdoor ritual gathering on a sandy ground beneath tall palm trees, with a tall ornate wooden pillar or flagstaff rising in the background and a small white shrine structure at its base. In the foreground, a raised white platform with a dark cloth-covered altar, marigold garlands and brass plates of offerings sits on a striped red-and-white border. Around it, a group of women and young people in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged, while a larger group of devotees in white clothing sits on mats to the right. Smoke rises from the central area. A small white toilet block with a green roof stands at right.2008-10-08Outdoor ritual scene on a raised platform with orange cloth and a red-and-white striped border. A tall copper-toned flagstaff with an orange flag rises from a white base in front of coconut palms. Several people in orange robes sit cross-legged on the orange cloth, some holding brass plates and offerings, while a central orange-draped shrine structure and a white altar with a garland of white flowers stand before them. Brass vessels and plates of offerings sit on the platform, with smoke rising behind the flagstaff. Behind the platform, a larger crowd of seated people in white and light clothing watches from the ground, and an orange chair stands to the left.2008-10-08Outdoor ritual on a sandy ground beside coconut palms. Several men in orange robes and rudraksha malas sit cross-legged in rows, hands folded in anjali; the front-centre man has his hands pressed together with eyes lowered. A tall copper flagstaff with an orange flag rises behind a white platform holding a black stone shivalinga garlanded with yellow marigolds. Before the priests sit a black stone yajna pit, a silver kalasha with a mango-leaf and flower topping, a silver oil lamp, brass bowls of grain, flower petals, plates of yellow flowers and spices, and orange cloths spread on the ground. Seated devotees in white and yellow clothes watch from the back, and a tripod-mounted camera stands beside the platform.2008-10-08October 08 20082008-10-08Outdoor ritual at a temple courtyard with palm trees and a striped red-and-white platform. About a dozen seated devotees in white clothes, several women with yellow and orange cloth, face a fire pit sending up thick smoke. Standing priests in white and saffron-orange shawls tend the homa. A small black stone deity murti stands at left beside a white pedestal. A tiered gopuram appears at the edge of the frame.2008-09-30July 11 20102010-07-11Outdoor photograph at a temple grounds with a tall, slender orange-and-cream pillar rising from a white stepped platform beneath a coconut palm. At the centre, a seated man in a saffron-orange robe and a dark rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a low platform inside a ring of grey ash, hands folded in his lap, eyes closed, with a small brass kalasha/pot beside him at the left. Behind him a black stone linga is draped with a marigold garland. Dark stone deity sculptures stand at the left, and several people in white and cream clothing sit in meditative pose on ash rings in the background, including a woman in a white sari at the far left and a man in a yellow shawl at the right. Trees and open sky complete the setting.2010-07-14Outdoor photograph at a temple grounds with a tall wooden kodimaram-style flagstaff draped in orange cloth and wrapped with yellow-and-red flower garlands, rising from a white pedestal that holds a black stone Nandi-like bull. A seated figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits in the foreground on a small cushion before a circle of ash and a brass kalasha. Around them, devotees in white dhotis and yellow shawls sit cross-legged on ash circles, some on a striped mat, with smoke rising from fire pits. Palm trees and dark stone sculptures frame the scene, and a white kolam decorates the ground below.2010-07-07July 09 20102010-07-09October 09 20082008-10-09July 09 20102010-07-09