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Outdoor photo of a colourful striped canopy tent with a multicoloured fabric valance and hanging tassels, set on a sandy compound beside a red corrugated metal wall and palm trees. Beneath the tent, a few people sit on mats and rugs in white clothing, with a standing man in white dhoti and shirt at the left edge near water bottles. Decorative banners with triangular emblems hang from the poles. A wooded hill rises in the background under a pale sky.

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January 20 20192019-01-20January 20 20192019-01-20February 03 20172017-02-03Outdoor ritual on a dusty ground in front of a low concrete platform with white pillars and a red brick wall, with a hill behind. On the raised platform, a figure in an orange sannyasi cloth stands near a seated person in red and gold beneath a multicoloured umbrella; a seated figure in orange sits at the edge. Another orange-clad figure and a figure in white stand at the left. A row of seated devotees in white dhotis and shirts sits on striped red and blue mats in the foreground, with a camera on a tripod and a small fire or lamp glowing at the right. The scene suggests a puja or satsang at a temple-adjacent site.2017-02-03Outdoor ashram courtyard with a bare brown hill behind it and palm trees on the left. Many people in white ceremonial clothes, mostly men in white dhotis and shirts, move among tented stalls with striped and maroon canopies. Two large orange-and-yellow parasols stand on the left and right foreground, and a brass lamp stand with a lit oil lamp sits on a table at right. A woman in a white sari with a shoulder bag walks in the foreground beside a man in a blue shirt and dark trousers. Red flags fly from poles at upper right.2017-03-11February 03 20172017-02-03February 03 20172017-02-03February 03 20172017-02-03Outdoor photo of a ritual at a raised red-and-white platform on a dirt ground, with a hill behind a red boundary wall. A seated figure in a red-orange garment with a rudraksha mala and an ornate gold necklace sits under a multicoloured canopy umbrella, while a bare-chested man in saffron cloth stands before him, facing the platform. Several white-clad devotees sit on mats and cloth in front, some with palms joined, and a cameraman with a tripod films from the right. A small tree stands in the foreground and a white-clad group stands at the left edge. The seated figure has long swept-back hair and visible ceremonial adornments; appearance-based identification is a person, seated as the central figure receiving honour from the standing man.2017-02-03 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual gathering on a dusty earthen ground before a red boundary wall and a green hill. On a raised white platform at right, a figure with a red turban and ornate gold and red necklaces sits on a dark seat under a multicoloured umbrella, while a standing attendant in an orange robe stands beside him. Around a small potted tree in the centre, a group of about a dozen seated devotees in white clothes sit on striped woven mats, some with a tripod-mounted camera. Other figures in orange and white stand or sit on the left and right edges. The setting suggests a public ceremonial meeting or darshan.2017-02-03An outdoor ritual gathering with rows of seated devotees dressed in white, many kneeling before small black lingams on a paved courtyard. On the left, a large deity murti with an orange face and red-and-orange cloth is adorned with yellow, pink and white garlands, a rudraksha mala, and a gold necklace, set on a draped white-and-striped cloth. Two older people in white clothes stand near the rows, one bending over offerings, while a few others in white and blue move through the background. Containers and a hillside appear behind the courtyard, with scattered flower petals on the ground.2012-01-08Outdoor ritual on bare red earth before a low red brick wall and a rocky hill. A shirtless man in an orange cloth stands on a raised stone platform with arm extended, holding a lamp or offering toward a seated figure beneath a small ornate umbrella. Seated devotees in white clothing sit on striped mats in the foreground, some with hands folded, and a camera on a tripod records the scene. Other people in orange and white stand near white pillars at the left. Several orange-clad figures and devotees appear at the right edge.2017-02-03