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Outdoor ritual scene beneath tall palm fronds. A bearded man with long dark hair and a white tilak on his forehead holds a rope or cloth band while wearing a red-brown wrap, white flower garlands and a red-and-white garland. Beside him, a bare-backed young man wears an orange dhoti with a gold border and a white sacred thread, and another figure in orange and white stands at right. Behind them stands an ornate bronze or copper pillar-like vessel decorated with white jasmine garlands, red and yellow flowers and green leaves on top. The setting suggests a temple or ashram ritual with palm trees in the background.

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January 01 20172017-01-01January 01 20172017-01-01Outdoor ritual photo beneath tall palm trees. In the centre, a man in a dark maroon robe with a long white cloth draped over his shoulders and a rudraksha mala around his neck and a garland of white flowers and red roses holds a white cloth and gazes upward. To the left stands a carved wooden kalasha-like pot topped with a bundle of straw and green mango leaves, decorated with white flower garlands and yellow marigolds. On the right, a bare-chested priest with a sacred thread wears an orange and yellow-bordered dhoti and holds a woven basket. A tall gold-toned structure is visible behind them. The scene suggests a ceremonial abhishekam or puja setting.2017-01-01January 01 20172017-01-01January 01 20172017-01-01Outdoor photo of a ceremony beside a carved wooden palanquin or ratha decorated with white and red flower garlands and yellow marigolds. A bearded man with a tilak on his forehead wears a rust-red garment and a long rudraksha mala, with a white flower garland around his neck. He sits with eyes closed and hands held forward near a cream cloth draped over the structure. A younger attendant in an orange dhoti with a yellow border, bare-chested with white markings on his body, bends toward him. Palm fronds and greenery frame the background.2017-01-01January 01 20172017-01-01August 27 20162016-08-27Outdoor photo at a temple courtyard with palm trees behind. A tall copper-toned dhwajastambha flagstaff, wrapped with white and red flower garlands and topped with a sheaf of straw and green leaves, stands at left. A man in saffron-orange robes with a long rudraksha mala and a flower garland holds a rope in his raised right hand, pulling the flag rope during the flag-hoisting. A second man in orange cloth with a striped border stands beside the pole, arm extended. The first man wears a dark wrapped turban-like headpiece and a red-and-white garland. The scene shows the Dwajarohanam flag-hoisting that begins a Brahmotsavam.2016-01-11September 26 20162016-09-26Outdoor photo of a ratha-style ceremonial structure, a small carved wooden or stone shrine-like chariot with a tiered roof, draped with white jasmine garlands and red-and-green flower garlands. Its top is decorated with bundled grass and green leaves. A man in a rust-red robe wears a long rudraksha-style mala and a vertical tilak, and he holds the chariot's rope with one raised hand while steadying the structure with the other. Palm trees and green foliage stand behind him under bright sky.2017-01-01Outdoors beneath a tall coconut palm, a bearded man in a maroon turban and a red-and-white patterned shawl stands with a long white flag rope in his raised hands during a flag-hoisting ritual. He wears layered gold necklaces, a rudraksha-style pendant and a floral garland in yellow and pink. Beside him, a shirtless man with long dreadlocks and an orange dhoti turns away, and a bare-shouldered woman stands at the right edge. To the left, a decorated wooden temple pillar or kalasha-topped shrine is wrapped with yellow marigold garlands and leafy bundles. The scene shows a dvajarohanam flag hoisting, with three visible people and the ritual flag rope being lifted.2016-12-14