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Outdoor ritual scene under a canopy of green banana plants with fruit bunches hanging on either side. A long row of black lingams, each wrapped in white cloth and garlanded with rudraksha, stands in front of the group. Several men in saffron/orange robes, some with rudraksha malas, stand at the front. A central figure in orange with long dark hair and a saffron shawl holds his hands together in prayer, with a camera operator filming nearby. Behind them, men in white dhotis and white and yellow shawls stand with hands folded, and a child watches at the right edge. A banner with printed deity illustrations hangs at left, and trees fill the background.

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January 08 20102010-01-08Outdoor ceremony with rows of seated people in white dhotis and white shirts, many wearing black caps, filling the foreground. Between two tall banana trees with hanging green bananas, a person in a long orange robe stands centrally, wearing a garland, with long dark hair, holding a small object. Beside them, a bald man in orange and a man in orange with a garland stand near a drummer in orange who plays a large drum. Behind them, men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with yellow and orange shawls, stand watching, with a photographer in white shooting. A painted banner on the left shows a temple gopuram. Trees and a string of small lights fill the background.2010-01-08January 08 20102010-01-08January 08 20102010-01-08Outdoor ritual scene with rows of white-wrapped black Shivalingams arranged on the ground in front of banana plants with hanging green bananas. A tall man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe and a long ornate garland, holding a small ritual item in his hands, while a shaved-headed priest in saffron with beads stands beside him. Other saffron-robed attendants and men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand nearby; a man in white holds a video camera, and a musician with a long horn-like instrument stands at left. Trees and a white post frame the background.2010-01-08January 08 20102010-01-08Outdoor photograph of a temple-style ritual site in the early evening. A long-haired man in an orange-saffron robe draped over his shoulders stands barefoot on a red-and-white striped platform before rows of black Shivalinga stones, each adorned with flowers. Beside him, a man in orange dhoti and orange upper cloth holds a brass plate, and a woman in white with a yellow cloth carries a silver tray. A shallow plate of yellow flowers and a small oil lamp sit on the platform, with kolam designs drawn on the ground. A white pillar is decorated with a banana plant and pink, orange and yellow balloons, and trees stand in the background. Multiple people in white and orange are visible at the right edge.2011-01-15Photo 11742519A photograph from behind of a person with long dark hair wearing an orange sari and matching orange top, standing at the edge of a large outdoor ground covered with rows of white-wrapped, cylindrical offering bundles topped with black caps, each set on a small raised base. Green bananas hang from a tree at the upper left and a white pillar stands at the left edge. Beyond the rows, a long open-sided shed with red roofing and colourful bunting stands in front of a forested hill under overcast sky.Outdoor ritual scene in a palm-lined grounds with a white-plastered stone platform holding a black Nandi-like bull statue garlanded with red flowers. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and long hair stands barefoot in the foreground beside a small brass pot on a stone ring. Around him, several men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls sit or stand on sand-and-gravel circles, some with hands folded. A man in white with a saffron cloth over his shoulder walks at left holding a staff. Tall ornate brass lamp column stands behind the platform.2010-07-10December 08 20112011-12-08Outdoor satsang on a rocky hillside among trees, with a gopuram-topped temple on the hill behind. A seated figure in orange robes with long dark hair and a white flower garland sits on a raised mat, speaking into a microphone, with a person cue of long swept-back hair and orange saffron clothing. Around him sit rows of devotees in orange and white clothes, many with orange shawls, and a woman in orange sits nearby. Offerings of fruit, nuts and sweets on banana-leaf plates and flower garlands in pink and purple lie in the foreground, and tall striped poles and a palm frond are visible.2008-08-02