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A man walks barefoot across a paved courtyard toward a doorway, wearing a red saffron-toned draped garment with gold-coloured borders over his shoulder and wrapped around his lower body. He wears a long necklace of dark rudraksha beads and a red tilak mark on his forehead, with his hair pulled back. A silver SUV is parked behind him, a brick wall and orange flowering plants are in the background, and a cream-coloured metal cabinet sits at the left edge. He looks downward as he walks. Only one person is visible.

September 12 2011

2011-09-12 +1 copies

A man in a maroon and orange-bordered dhoti and upper wrap walks across a hexagonal paved courtyard beside a white SUV. He wears a long dark rudraksha mala looped at his chest, holding it with one hand, and has a red tilak mark on his forehead with his hair swept back. Behind him is a sandy dirt area with green shrubs. No a person candidate is distinguishable from appearance cues beyond the plain ritual attire, so the identity is not established.

A barefoot man in a red-orange dhoti and shoulder wrap with gold borders walks along a concrete path beside an ornate red metal fence with gold finials. He wears a dark rudraksha mala, a white horizontal tilak with a red dot on his forehead, and his eyes are lowered. Behind him are an orange brick wall, a water tank on a steel stand, and green trees. Dry leaves lie on the ground.

2011-09-04 +1 copies

A photograph of an outdoor temple courtyard. In the centre, a man in an orange-red dhoti with gold-yellow borders, a red-orange shawl, a gold-beaded necklace and a rudraksha-style mala stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, forehead marked with white and yellow tilak. Behind him at left, another person in orange robes holds a black dog. On the right, a pink-curtained shrine arch holds deity murtis, one in a blue-purple cloth on a wheeled cart, with a small seated black statue and potted plants nearby. A dark SUV is parked behind, and small red-and-cream prayer mats lie in the foreground.

A barefoot man in a maroon-red draped garment with gold border walks across a paved courtyard in daylight, carrying the cloth edge with one hand and wearing a long gold bead necklace, gold armlets and a bangle. A red tilak mark is on his forehead. Behind him, a figure in orange robes walks, and a red brick wall with green shrubs lies beyond.

A procession outdoors on a paved courtyard in bright daylight. In the centre an elderly man with a long white beard and a red flower garland walks in an orange robe and orange shoes, holding a ceremonial staff topped with a small ornament. Beside him a younger bare-chested man with dark, swept-back hair wears a brown-gold dhoti and a heavy ornate gold necklace with rudraksha beads, smiling as he walks. Several shaven-headed men in orange and brown dhotis with rudraksha malas flank them, one holding a ceremonial umbrella overhead, and a figure in white stands behind. A white car and a red building with a green gate are in the background.

A photograph of a man walking barefoot along a concrete path beside a terracotta-orange wall. He wears a red draped shawl with gold-bordered edges over red dhoti-style lower garments and has long dark swept-back hair, with rudraksha mala beads around his neck. His hands are held together in front of his chest. Beside him on the right, a shaven-headed priest in saffron robes with a white tilak and rudraksha beads walks. A small dark stone marker and a pile of earth lie in the foreground.

October 27 2011

Photograph of two men walking barefoot along a concrete path outside an ashram compound with an orange-brick wall, a red metal gate on the left and stone deity sculptures visible behind. The man in front wears a red draped robe with gold trim and a gold-edged dhoti, a rudraksha mala, a red bindi and white forehead marks, walking with eyes lowered and hands folded at his waist. Beside him, a bald man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a pendant, also with white forehead marks and a red bindi, walks holding a small dark object. A woman in white with an orange shawl follows behind them.

2011-08-29 +1 copies

A procession on a pale dirt road lined with trees and a red brick wall, with a small canopied palanquin visible in the background. In the foreground, two shaved-headed men in saffron and orange robes walk forward. The man at front wears rudraksha malas across his chest, beaded bracelets and a sacred white marking on his forehead and arms, and holds his hands together. The man beside him wears a saffron robe with a red-striped cloth at the waist and a long mala. Behind them, a line of devotees in orange and maroon robes, several women among them, follow along the path. Sunlight and palm-shaped shadows fall across the road.

October 27 2011