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Outdoor photograph beneath a large spreading tree with dappled sunlight. Standing at left, a man with long dark hair and a red-orange tilak wears a saffron-orange dhoti and a long white and green floral garland, with gold bangles and a gold necklace. Beside him, a shaved-headed monk in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala rings a silver bell while bending forward. At the lower left, another person's hand holds a small vessel. On the right, a large dark stone or bronze deity figure with a crown-like headdress and a green leaf garland stands in front of the tree, and a tripod-mounted camera is visible in the background.

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February 05 20152015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05Outdoor ritual scene beneath a large banyan tree with dense green leaves and hanging aerial roots. A tall black stone deity murti stands at right, adorned with green leaf garlands and bangles on its arms. In the centre, a man with long dark hair and a red-and-gold striped dhoti and shawl, wearing a white and red flower garland and gold bangles, stands near a second man in matching orange-red robes bending forward with hands at his waist and rudraksha mala around his neck. A shaved-headed attendant at left wears orange cloth and rudraksha beads, and offerings of orange marigolds and red flowers sit on a tray beside brass vessels and a kalasha-style pot in the foreground. A tripod camera stands in the background. The scene appears to be a puja or abhishekam-style offering before the murti.2015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05Outdoor ritual abhishekam before a large dark stone deity murti adorned with a green leaf garland. A bald priest in saffron-and-gold robes with a rudraksha mala kneels at the lower right, pouring liquid from a small silver vessel into a metal bowl. Beside him, a second priest in similar orange-gold robes with a bald head sits at left, holding a brass plate with offerings. A third figure stands behind in a red-orange garment with a long white flower garland, gold bangles and a red-and-white garland, extending a hand over the offerings. Large spreading tree branches form the backdrop, with silver vessels and a kalasha-style pot on the ground.2015-02-05Outdoor puja beneath a large leafy tree at an ashram. Three men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls perform ritual worship before a black stone deity murti on the right, adorned with green leaves and a crown. The man in front left bends over a tray of flowers and offerings on a striped blue cloth, while a man in the centre holds a flaming lamp and small bell toward the murti. A man behind, wearing a flower garland, stands with palms joined in prayer. A tripod and brass vessels are visible on the altar. No identifiable a person appearance is clearly present.2015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05Outdoor ritual at a large banyan tree with dense canopy and hanging aerial roots. On a raised wooden platform draped with a blue-and-red striped cloth, a bald man in a red-brown dhoti and orange shawl kneels, tending a brass plate of offerings and a small flame. Standing behind him, a man in maroon and orange robes with a long flower garland and bangles holds his hands in anjali, while another man in red-orange cloth lifts a burning lamp toward the tree. A dark stone deity murti with a green garland stands at right, and a brass kalasha and vessels sit on the platform. Devotees in orange robes watch from below, and a lamp-lit aarti-style puja is underway.2015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05