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Outdoor photograph of a fire ritual on stone steps lined with black shivalinga-style stone pillars. A bare-chested man in a dark red dhoti and red turban holds a metal tray of burning fire and offerings high over his head with both arms. Around him, young people in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas sit on the steps, several playing long brass horns. Two women in saffron and a woman in a pink and maroon sari stand with hands folded in prayer beside the fire. A green plant grows on the steps and a rope stretches overhead.

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January 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual on wide grey stone steps. A bare-chested young man in rust-red dhoti and red headcloth stands on the lower step holding a brass plate of burning camphor or offerings aloft in both hands, flames rising. Behind him, rows of devotees in saffron-orange robes and orange headwraps sit on the steps; one at left presses palms together in anjali, and several hold long staffs or drums. Two women in orange saris sit in the foreground at right, one in a green-and-red sari beside her. A tripod-mounted camera appears at top. The scene suggests an aarti on temple steps.2018-01-01 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20182018-01-01Outdoor Pongal celebration at a temple-style courtyard under a tented canopy. A man in a maroon-brown dhoti and a rust-red turban, wearing a long multi-strand flower garland and gold ornaments, extends his arm toward a small flame in a clay oil lamp held by a woman in orange robes and a patterned headband. Next to them, a fire pit of brick and yellow marigold petals burns with metal pots and a kalasha-like vessel nearby. Behind them, women in orange and saffron saris stand with palms pressed together, a child in white dhoti and a boy with a garland watch, and a woman in orange stands near sugarcane stalks.2018-01-14July 01 20132013-07-01January 19 20142014-01-19 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesDecember 02 20172017-12-02June 10 20132013-06-10 +1 copiesDecember 29 20102010-12-29December 16 20162016-12-16