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Outdoor photo at an ashram grounds beside a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A man with hair tied in a knot and wearing an orange saffron wrap pours or scatters pink flower petals from his hand over a stone platform with brass plates holding offerings and a small brass oil lamp. Beside him stands another monk in an orange wrap with a rudraksha mala. Behind, a man in white clothes films with a video camera, and an older man in white stands at a white-washed shrine with flowers. A blue sign reads DO NOT ENTER THE CAVE. The scene shows flower offerings and a puja at a sacred site. Four people are visible.

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Outdoor temple courtyard under a large banyan tree with aerial roots, sandy ground and low brick platforms. In the foreground a man with hair in a topknot and an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, bare-shouldered, stands bowing with his hands holding a brass plate of flowers. Behind him a cameraman in white shirt and white dhoti films with a video camera. A woman in a white sari stands with hands folded in the background near a white pillar. At right a dark stone deity murti with red garland and red decorated image stands beside a pile of red offerings. A brass oil lamp and a plate with red flowers sit on a low stone ledge at left. a person cues: the orange-clad figure's topknot, saffron robes and rudraksha-style beaded necklace, appearing in a ritual puja setting.2012-04-19December 25 20082008-12-25 +1 copiesDecember 25 20082008-12-25December 25 20082008-12-25 +1 copiesDecember 23 20082008-12-23January 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesNight photo of a temple courtyard lit by a camphor flame. A priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, bald and seen from behind, holds a brass aarti plate with a lit flame toward a figure standing in front, who wears a red-orange garland and orange cloth and has a mark on the forehead. Behind them, a man in white dhoti and shawl presses his palms together. To the left, a man in white clothes holds a camera, and a large banyan tree with aerial roots stands beside a stone platform with a red-painted floor. In the background, a silver-framed arch surrounds a deity murti draped with flower garlands. A small brass lamp sits on the ground nearby.2012-04-24December 23 20092009-12-23Night-time photo at a banyan tree with large aerial roots and a white-edged stone platform. A bald priest in orange ochre robes with gold border holds a metal tray and lights an oil lamp flame at a shrine opening at right, while a second robed figure in red-orange attire stands beside him. A man in white dhoti stands behind taking photographs. A blue sign reads DO NOT ENTER THE CAVE, and a white geometric kolam design is drawn on the ground.2012-04-24December 25 20082008-12-25Outdoor temple ritual beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A shrine arch frames a deity murti draped in red and yellow garlands. Several men and women in saffron-orange robes stand in a line along a dark polished floor. A woman in an orange sari with a white flower garland stands center-right holding a brass vessel, while nearby devotees hold offering items and a long wooden staff with a decorated top is held at right. Brass lamps and a flower-strewn tray rest on white ledges at the left foreground, and a striped canopy appears at upper right. The setting suggests a puja or darshan at an open-air shrine.2008-12-27