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Outdoor temple courtyard with red and white striped steps and a red boundary wall. On the right, a man with bare upper body and orange dhoti and shawl, marked with white body paint, raises a brass lamp with flame in his right hand while holding a bell. Behind him, several people sit and stand in white and colourful clothes; a drummer sits to the right near drums and an ornate red-and-gold kalasha-style offering. On the left stand a golden cobra hood, a golden trident, and two decorated umbrellas, one red and one yellow, near a black stone pedestal with a small oil lamp. Brass lamps and offerings sit on the steps, with marigold garlands, a folded grey mat and a small plate in the foreground. A white bus is parked at the right edge, and a few vehicles are visible beyond the wall. No a person candidate with sufficient visible cues is identifiable.

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Outdoor ritual scene at a temple-like courtyard with red-and-white striped steps and walls. A young priest on the right, shirtless with white ash markings on his chest and arms, wears an orange dhoti and red rudraksha mala, and holds a small brass ritual object in both hands while facing a ceremonial setup. Nearby stand brass pots, oil lamps, a golden cobra hood, a trident, and two decorative ceremonial umbrellas in red, green and yellow. Flower garlands and a pink cloth lie on the steps. A few devotees in white and orange clothing stand behind, and a white van is parked at the right edge.2017-03-11March 11 20172017-03-11 +2 copiesMarch 11 20172017-03-11 +1 copiesOutdoor temple courtyard with red-and-white striped steps and walls, a dry hillside behind it. A priest in orange dhoti with white body markings stands at right, raising a tall brass multi-tiered lamp (aarti) toward a golden hooded cobra canopy over a stone shivalingam-style platform. Golden trishul-topped staffs and ornate colourful umbrellas with yellow fringes frame the shrine. Several seated and standing attendees in white sit in the background, and a white van is parked at right. Brass pots and a small offering plate lie on the steps.2017-03-11March 11 20172017-03-11April 03 20162016-04-03A priest in orange-saffron dhoti and shawl stands barefoot on a mat at an outdoor ritual site, holding a ceremonial bell and small brass vessels, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and tilak marks on his forehead. Beside him a sacred fire burns in a square pit surrounded by brass pots and kalasha vessels. Behind him a tall, multi-tiered decorated pedestal with lotus-shaped tiers, lion figures and a coiled serpent base stands on a teal platform, topped with pots and garlands, flanked by steps painted in red and white. Several people in orange and white clothing are visible in the background among trees.2016-04-03March 11 20172017-03-11Outdoor temple courtyard at Nithyananda Peetham Thiruvannamalai with a red-and-white striped stepped platform. Two young ascetics in saffron-orange cloths stand at the stone-and-brass setup: a standing figure on the left with long dreadlocks and a red mala, and a second devotee on the right with a bare upper body, white ash markings on the chest and arms, and a red sacred thread, pouring water from a brass vessel with a long spout. A cobra-hooded brass ornament sits on a dark stone base, flanked by trishul staves, kalasha-style pots and red-and-gold umbrellas. A white-clad person kneels on a mat in the background, and a hillside rises behind the compound.2017-03-11April 03 20162016-04-03A photograph of an outdoor ritual at a stepped structure painted with red and white bands. In the foreground a priest in orange robes and an orange dhoti with a rudraksha mala and a white tripundra on his forehead stands on a striped mat, holding a brass bell and a ritual implement. A fire burns in a pit in front of him beside brass vessels and a plate of offerings. Behind the fire, a tall, colourful multi-tiered pedestal with lion figures and a coiled naga carving supports figures, and a few devotees in orange and white are visible on the steps and grounds. Trees and a sky are in the background. A second man in a dark suit and another in white stand near the steps.2016-04-03Outdoor temple courtyard with a seated man in an orange-red cloth and long swept-back hair, wearing a white flower garland, seated on an orange cushioned throne on a raised white platform; a priest in white dhoti with bare upper body performs aarti with a flaming lamp before him. White steps with red stripes lead up behind, a colourful deity murti with ornaments stands at right, banana bunches, fruit and a brass vessel rest on the platform. A woman in red sari with folded hands and a child in orange robe sit at the bottom edge, watching. a person, seated on throne, with long hair and orange-red robe and garland; the priest is a white-clad temple attendant.2014-10-02