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October 31 20162016-10-31October 31 20162016-10-31Outdoor photo at dusk of four men in saffron and orange dhotis performing a ritual at a tree. On the left, a shaven-headed man in a red-maroon dhoti with a rudraksha mala and a sacred thread holds a small vessel. Beside him, a bare-chested young man with a white tilak and a mala stands holding a lamp, and a third man with long dark hair and a mala holds a small oil lamp with a flame toward the trunk of a leafless tree wrapped in yellow-orange cloth. A fourth figure in orange stands partly visible at the far left edge. Dry branches, logs and a small red building are visible in the background.2016-10-31July 21 20052005-07-21August 11 20092009-08-11October 03 20142014-10-03December 24 20072007-12-24October 31 20162016-10-31Outdoor photo of several shaven-headed men in plain white dhoti and shawl sitting cross-legged on mats in a sandy courtyard, with small smouldering fire pits and scattered ash and charcoal around them. The foreground man in front keeps eyes closed in meditation, wearing a white shawl with an orange-bordered edge, a rudraksha mala and a dark orange cloth folded under him. Behind him, more seated men in white are visible, and a red-painted temple structure with a dark stone deity murti and a palm grove stands in the background, with a yellow-and-purple cloth draped on a post.2010-09-16October 31 20162016-10-31Three men in saffron and orange ochre robes walk along a white-edged path lined with flat stepping stones beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. The central man in front wears a rust-brown dhoti with gold borders and a long orange-marigold garland with gold beads, his eyes closed and a red tilak on his forehead. A second man behind wears a bright yellow-orange dhoti with pink borders and a white forehead band. A third man at left, partly turned, wears orange cloth with his hands folded. A dark stone shivalinga-like black object and a red stone sit to the right near a red mat. Sandy ground and stone benches complete the outdoor setting.2013-05-09 +1 copiesOctober 31 20162016-10-31