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Two men kneel on red earth at an outdoor site, arranging marigold petals into large flower designs on white sheets. The nearest sheet holds an orange-petalled oval with a silver-outlined white swan-like or bird motif edged in purple, and a second sheet beside it shows a similar design with yellow petals. Plastic bags of petals sit nearby, and white tent walls and scattered sticks are visible behind. One more figure stands in the distance. The man at left wears a striped shirt and the man behind him wears a white shirt. Other petal mats lie in the background.

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December 31 20062006-12-31August 03 20082008-08-03Outdoor photo of a flower-decorated samadhi or memorial platform at an ashram-style site. Orange, yellow, red and pink marigold and gerbera garlands and loose petals trace the edges of a pale concrete platform. A man in a checked shirt crouches at the left edge arranging petals, and another man in a grey shirt stands behind holding a pink plastic-wrapped bundle. A blue tarpaulin covers an object near the back, and scattered plastic bags, wrappers and stems lie on the ground at right. Red and white bunting and a red canopy frame the scene, with palm-trunk poles at the right edge.2007-08-09December 31 20062006-12-31December 29 20092009-12-29Four young men sit cross-legged on the bare red earth in an outdoor work area, beside a low wall of red bricks. They are assembling small items on a white woven sheet and a pinkish cloth: pale cards with purple borders, some already filled with bright orange-red powder, and a few loose packets. The man at left wears a checked shirt, the one at top centre a striped shirt with a thread bracelet, the man at right-back a white shirt, and the front-right man a blue-striped shirt. A torn orange sachet and a stack of white papers lie among them. Nobody in the scene is identified as a person.2006-12-31December 31 20112011-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31A group of men sit and stand on a floor covered with newspaper in a red-walled room, stringing and sorting marigold and rose flowers into garlands. Yellow and orange marigolds, white jasmine, and red and purple flowers are heaped around them. A tall garland pillar wrapped in red, white, yellow and purple blossoms stands at right beside a man in a striped shirt and blue trousers. The men wear white shirts, checked shirts and lungis. Sacks and a blue bag sit in the background. No a person is visible in this flower-preparation scene.2015-01-03A photo of a red-walled room where men are assembling flower garlands on the floor. Seven or eight men sit or crouch on newspaper-covered ground, stringing yellow marigolds, white jasmine and red roses into long garlands; piles of yellow and white blossoms and loose petals lie around them, and sacks are stacked along the back wall. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands at the centre-right, and a tall garland with bands of red, white, purple and yellow hangs on the right edge. No a person candidate is visible.2015-01-03Several young men sit on a tiled courtyard floor making a flower design of yellow marigold petals and pink rose petals laid in a long curving pattern. Most wear white kurta-style clothes; one in a blue t-shirt wears a rudraksha-style mala and holds marigold petals. A man in a grey shirt on the right places petals, and a plastic bag of petals lies in the centre. Behind them, a white metal gate and a standing figure in a light blue shirt appear in the background.December 26 20082008-12-26