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Outdoor photograph beside a silver SUV with its door open, at what looks like an ashram entrance with a brick wall and palm trees behind. A man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, with a gold necklace, carries a silver vessel with yellow flowers on a tray, while a smiling man in a purple silk dhoti with a red-and-gold border and a red shawl, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold ornaments on his arms, steps forward with his hand extended. A third person in white holds a tray of white flowers at the right edge, and a photographer is partly visible. The scene suggests a pada puja welcome.

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October 26 20112011-10-26A photograph of a roadside arrival outside a parked silver car. On the left, a man in saffron-orange robes with a gold-bead necklace holds a silver kalasha topped with green leaves, a corn cob and a purple flower, and gestures toward the right. Facing him on the right, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears a red-and-gold sari-style garment, a long rudraksha mala and a gold necklace with a pendant, and a red tilak on his forehead; he holds his hands out in conversation. A white-clad attendant is partly visible at the far left edge, and an orange brick wall and a green sign stand behind. The scene reads as a pada-puja welcome, with the kalasha offered to the figure on the right.2011-12-12December 18 20112011-12-18Outdoor evening scene at night beside a silver car with its door open. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing layered gold necklaces, bangles and a leopard-print shawl, stands smiling with a tall black-haired hairstyle and white-and-red tilak on his forehead. Beside him a shaven-headed young man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala holds a silver kalasha pot topped with green leaves on a plate, offering it. Behind them a decorated festival cart with colourful fringed hangings and a deity murti is visible, and a palm tree and an information board stand nearby. Procession ritual setting consistent with a rathotsavam.2011-12-17A man with long dark hair, a red bindi and an orange saffron garment with gold trim stands beside an open silver car door. He wears a beaded rudraksha-style mala necklace and matching beaded armbands and wrist bands. He reaches his hand toward a brass vessel held by a young man in orange robes wearing a gold-beaded necklace, and the vessel is decorated with yellow marigold garlands. Another person sits inside the car, and palm trees and an orange-painted wall stand in the background.2011-12-22December 14 20112011-12-14A photograph outside a building beside a black SUV with white polka-dot pattern on its door. A man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a long gold-beaded necklace and a white tripundra forehead mark, extends his hand toward a silver kalasha topped with mango leaves and a yellow flower, being presented by a bare-chested attendant in maroon garments with gold borders. A person in a white and orange shawl stands behind, a bald man in the background holds a phone to take a picture, and a woman in a maroon sari with gold border stands at the right edge. Red brick wall and paved ground behind.2013-03-08May 13 20132013-05-13March 03 20112011-03-03December 18 20112011-12-18Outdoor photo at an ashram gate on a dirt road with palm trees and a brick building behind. A bald priest in saffron-orange robes and gold necklace holds a silver kalasha with a green leaf garland and white flowers, offering it toward a man in a red-pink dhoti-style garment with gold beaded necklaces and a long swept-back hairstyle who steps out of a grey SUV. Several people in white dhotis and orange-robed attendants stand nearby, and a small ceremonial umbrella with a decorative top is visible at left.2010-12-26December 17 20112011-12-17