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Outdoor ceremony beside a large ornate copper kalasha on a stone base, topped with bundled straw and green leaves. A bearded man in a rust-red robe and dark brown shawl, with long dark hair and a red-and-white flower garland, stands on a raised step raising his right arm and holding a thin implement. Beside him a second robed figure in orange-gold cloth and another attendant in a white dhoti and dark shirt are present, with palm trees behind and a gold railing at right. Several people are visible at the edges of the frame.

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Outdoors among coconut palms, a bearded man in a rust-brown robe and a long rudraksha-style mala stands on a tall stone kalasha-style base decorated with white jasmine and red-and-yellow flower garlands and topped with green leaves and straw. He raises one arm and holds a thin cord or rope, while a bare-chested assistant in white dhoti stands at left beside the base. A man in white and a seated spectator in white appear at the lower right near an orange railing.2017-01-01January 01 20172017-01-01August 27 20162016-08-27December 03 20162016-12-03Outdoor ritual photograph in a palm-fringed garden. A central figure in a rust-red turban, rust-orange dhoti-style wrap and multiple rudraksha malas, with a flower garland, grips a rope while lifting or lowering a decorated carved wooden palanquin-like kalasha structure topped with green leaves and marigold garlands in yellow and red. Beside him a bare-chested attendant with long hair and white body markings pulls on a rope, and another attendant in saffron-orange cloth with beaded necklaces stands by a red-garlanded wooden pole. A person in orange cloth with a rudraksha mala is at the right edge. Blurred heads of onlookers appear in the lower foreground.2016-12-03April 21 20152015-04-21Outdoor ceremony beneath coconut palms. A man in a rust-red turban and rust-red dhoti-style garment, wearing a heavy gold necklace, a white and pink flower garland and a rudraksha-style mala, holds a long white cloth that hangs from a tall copper-brown kalasha-topped pillar decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands. Beside him a bare-chested man with long hair, rudraksha beads and a wristband lifts a wicker basket of white cloth. Colourful striped cloth is draped over a platform at right, and a few heads are visible at the bottom edge.2016-12-03A photograph of a ceremonial flag-hoisting at an outdoor temple setting with palm trees. A tall copper kalasha-like pillar stands at centre, topped with a bundle of straw and green leaves and wrapped with yellow, orange and purple garlands. A man in a red and gold turban, red patterned shawl and a heavy gold necklace with a garland stands to the right, one arm raised holding a long white rope used for the flag. Behind him a second man in orange dhoti and bare chest holds the rope. Two people with palms pressed together watch at the lower left and right, and a metal lamp stand with lit oil lamps and garlands is visible at left.2016-12-14January 01 20172017-01-01January 01 20172017-01-01A photograph of an outdoor ritual beside a wooden ratha or chariot decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands and a kalasha of green leaves on top. A bearded man in a maroon-red turban and rust-red dhoti and shawl stands centrally, holding a long pink-white cloth rope, with a gold and beaded necklace, rudraksha mala and a floral garland. Beside him a bare-chested young man with long dreadlocks, a saffron-orange dhoti and a red-beaded necklace holds a woven basket of cloth. Coconut palms and a tasselled multicoloured canopy fill the background. Two people are visible.2016-12-03January 01 20172017-01-01