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Outdoor photo of a temple-grounds scene beside a tree and chain-link fence. A young boy in an orange dhoti with a gold-edged border, bare-chested and wearing beaded bracelets and necklaces, stands at a circular brick-lined pit holding a silver bowl of pink flower petals. Behind him a second figure, bare-chested with long matted hair and an orange shawl, watches. A cameraman in white shirt films from the back, and a red-roofed building and palm trees stand in the background. A visible sacred pit with petal offerings suggests ritual worship.

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Outdoor photograph beside a tree trunk with a red cloth tied around it, a chain-link fence and orange-painted brick posts at left, and small orange-roofed buildings behind dense greenery. Two young men in saffron-orange dhotis stand at a low brick-edged enclosure. The younger one at centre has long dark hair, a rudraksha mala and bead bracelets, and holds pink flower petals. The second, with dreadlocked hair, hoop earring and orange shawl, holds a silver bowl of pink petals. A partly visible man in a white shirt stands at the right edge.2016-10-31Outdoor photograph beside a tree trunk with a fenced pink-orange pillar on the left and a red-roofed building behind. A man in a white shirt and white trousers hangs or swings a small black object with pink flower petals from a branch, while a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron dhoti with a gold-edged border and rudraksha beads stands beside him, reaching to touch the man's head. To the right, a dreadlocked man in an orange dhoti with a beaded necklace holds a silver bowl of pink petals, and another bare-chested man stands at the edge. The setting appears to be a ritual gathering near an ashram-like compound.2016-10-31Outdoor ashram scene beside a tree trunk with a red cord tied around it and a small orange marking on the bark. A young man in an orange dhoti with a gold border and a rudraksha mala stands at a low circular red brick platform, one arm extended toward the foliage. Beside him, a bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair, rudraksha necklaces and gold hoop earrings holds a silver bowl of pink flower petals. A cameraman in white shirt and dark trousers films from behind. A chain-link fence, red-painted walls and palm and mango trees surround the courtyard, with petals scattered on the dirt.2016-10-31October 31 20162016-10-31October 31 20162016-10-31October 31 20162016-10-31Outdoor ritual photo at a dusty, excavated site with a bare-trunked tree in the foreground wrapped with red thread, and a red brick wall and green trees behind. A bare-chested man with long dark hair, seen from behind, stands at the tree. Four men stand in a line facing the tree: the man second from left wears a red-and-saffron dhoti with a rudraksha mala and holds a metal plate; the man third from left wears an orange dhoti and shawl with rudraksha mala, white horizontal markings on his forehead and holds a silver plate with banana leaves; the man fourth from left wears orange cloth with white striped body markings and long braided hair, holding a leaf-covered plate; a young boy at right wears orange cloth and a rudraksha mala. This appears to be a ritual offering at the tree; no deity murti or fire is visible.2016-10-31October 31 20162016-10-31Outdoor photograph of four men in orange saffron dhotis, seen from behind, performing an aarti with a flaming oil lamp on a metal stand held aloft by the man second from right. Long dreadlocked hair falls down their backs, and rudraksha bracelets and mala beads adorn their arms and necks. The man at far left holds his hands in anjali near his chest, and another holds a small brass vessel. Behind them is a sandy cleared ground enclosed by a wire fence on orange posts, with trees, a red-walled structure and a blue-roofed building in the background. No individual's face is visible and no identity is claimed from appearance.2016-10-31Outdoor scene near trees and a red boundary wall in dry earth. A shirtless young man with long dreadlocked hair, rudraksha beads and a white forehead band raises his arm high, holding pink and magenta flower petals or offerings above a tree trunk. Around him, several shirtless men in orange cloth, one holding a brass plate of offerings, another a tray with a lit oil lamp flame, and a drum rests at the left edge. Thin coloured threads are strung between the trees. The setting suggests a ritual offering, possibly part of a puja or sacred rite, with five people visible.2016-10-31October 31 20162016-10-31January 01 20122012-01-01