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Outdoors under a metal-roofed open shelter, a smiling woman with long dark hair wears a rust-orange sari with a gold border and a red-and-blue beaded garland. She stands beside a tall carved stone kalasha-style pillar, decorated with white and red flower garlands and a wrapped cloth of white and gold at the top, while a tree and palm fronds frame the scene. Yellow ribbons hang from the roof beams. Another person is partly visible at the lower edge.

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A photograph of a figure with long, swept-back dark hair and a ceremonial gold necklace, wearing a rust-orange wrap and a red-and-blue beaded garland, reaching up with both arms to touch a tall copper-coloured ritual structure topped with a white cloth wrap and green leaves. The structure is decorated with white and red flower garlands and has carved pillars. Hanging white paper or leaf ornaments and a metal-roofed canopy frame the scene. Other fabrics and a golden-yellow sash are visible at the lower left.2015-01-04Outdoors under a bright sky beside palm trees, a tall ornate terracotta kalasha-style monument stands on a carved stone base, its upper section draped with white and red flower garlands. In the foreground at left, a large garland of red and yellow roses hangs. At right, a standing man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl wears a red and white flower garland over his shoulder, gold bangles on his wrist, and long hair falling behind him, facing the monument with his hands together. A partly visible figure stands near the lower left.2015-01-04A woman in an orange sari with a red and orange flower garland and gold jewellery stands beside a carved wooden palanquin or ratha decorated with white and red flower garlands and a white cloth wrapped around a kalasha-topped top. She raises a red flower in her right hand toward the structure, smiling in bright outdoor sunlight with palm fronds behind her. A brass vessel is held nearby by another person's hand at the right edge.2015-01-04A figure in a saffron-orange robe with long dark hair, a red and blue beaded garland, gold bangles and a white tilak on the forehead reaches up to adjust a copper-coloured ritual structure wrapped in white cloth with orange and green borders and topped with green leaves. The structure is decorated with white flower garlands and red blossoms, and a second person in orange stands behind. Hanging paper-like leaf ornaments dangle from a metal frame under a corrugated roof.2015-01-04A person with long dreadlocked hair piled on the head, wearing an orange-saffron cloth and a long red-and-pink flower garland with yellow flowers, smiles while standing beside a carved wooden dhwajasthambha-style flagstaff at an outdoor temple setting. The wooden pillar is draped with white jasmine and red flower garlands, and its top is wrapped with green leaves and straw. Palm fronds and trees fill the background. At the right edge, a silver bowl with flowers rests on a tray.2016-01-11January 04 20152015-01-04January 04 20152015-01-04Outdoor photo of a ceremonial wooden pillar wrapped with white and yellow flower garlands and red blossoms, topped with a bundle of straw and green leaves. A man with long dark hair piled in a topknot, wearing an orange-saffron robe and red and white flower garlands, raises his hand and scatters petals near the pillar, with a silver bowl held at the right edge. Palm trees and green foliage surround the scene. Swamiji (probable): a man in a saffron robe with long swept-back hair, adorned with flower garlands, performing the flag-hoisting at the temple pillar.2016-01-11Outdoor photo beside a tall carved wooden or terracotta-coloured temple pillar wrapped in a white and green-patterned cloth with red trim, decorated with yellow marigold garlands and a red flower. A person with long dark hair stands at right in a saffron-brown wrap, wearing a dense mala of rudraksha-style beads, a white and red flower garland, and gold bangles, one arm raised to touch the pillar. Palm trees and bright sky form the background.2013-04-14Outdoors under a bright sky and palm trees, a bare-torsoed man in a brown dhoti with gold borders and a long garland of red flowers stands beside a decorated ritual structure. He raises both arms to hold a rope, while an orange-and-teal parasol with a lotus-like motif stands at his side. The tall copper-coloured vessel with a kalasha-like top is wrapped in white and red flower garlands and green leaves. No face details are used for identification; the figure's role is a ritual officiant at the structure.2014-08-20January 04 20152015-01-04April 14 20132013-04-14 +1 copies