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Outdoor ritual photograph in a palm-fringed garden. A tall carved stone or terracotta kalasha-like pot, topped with a bundle of dried grass and green leaves and wrapped in a rope, is decorated with white jasmine garlands and red flower garlands. A standing man in a dark turban-like crown with a gold ornament and a bright red rose garland, wearing an orange-red robe and a brown rudraksha mala, smiles while holding a silver incense or lamp vessel and a small silver bell. Beside him, a seated or bent man in an orange-red cloth and a rudraksha mala looks down near the base. a person is the standing man in the orange-red robe with the ornate crown and garlands, described by his crown, saffron-toned clothing and rudraksha malas; the bent man is a devotee or priest.

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March 01 20162016-03-01March 01 20162016-03-01Outdoor ritual scene in a palm-lined garden. A man in a rust-orange robe with a long dark hair bun and a gold ornament on top, wearing a red flower garland and a brown rudraksha mala, stands at right holding a silver oil lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a silver bell in the other. Beside him is a carved terracotta-brown shrine-like structure topped with a bundle of straw and green leaves, draped with white and red flower garlands and marigold strands. A cameraman with a camera on a tripod is partly visible at lower right. Probable Swamiji is shown with these cues: long hair bun, rudraksha mala, rust-orange robe and flower garland.2016-03-01Outdoor ritual photograph under palm trees. A tall copper-clad ceremonial pillar stands at left, wrapped with straw and green leaves and draped with white and yellow marigold garlands and red flowers. A man in saffron-orange robes with a red flower garland and a rudraksha mala stands at centre, holding a small bell in one hand and a lit oil lamp or flame in the other, wearing a black turban with an ornate gold ornament. A patterned red and orange umbrella fringed in yellow is visible at right, with another partially visible person beside it. Smoke rises from the lamp.2016-03-01April 10 20162016-04-10January 11 20162016-01-11August 27 20162016-08-27Outdoors in bright daylight, a man with a tall dark dreadlocked head-wrap and a rudraksha-style brown bead necklace stands in saffron-orange robes draped with a thick red rose garland. He reaches toward a decorated copper-coloured shrine or deity murti wrapped in thatched straw, dressed with white and red flower garlands and green leaves, while a second man in orange robes at right holds a metal tray with yellow flowers. Palm fronds and blue sky frame the scene.2016-03-01 +1 copiesJanuary 11 20162016-01-11A photograph of a man in a rust-red saffron wrap, with a red rose garland over his shoulders and a brown rudraksha mala at his chest, standing outdoors and gripping a rope with both hands. He wears a tall, voluminous black hair crown topped with a gold ornament and has a red bindi on his forehead. Beside him is a decorated structure with a stepped copper-toned dome, draped with white and red flower garlands and a thatched bundle of straw with green mango leaves tied to its top. Green trees blur in the background. The man's distinctive crown, saffron clothing and rudraksha cues are consistent with a probable Swamiji presence, so he is described as Swamiji (probable) performing a ritual pulling action at the pole.2016-03-01 +1 copiesDecember 14 20162016-12-14A photograph of an outdoor ritual beside a tall copper kalasha-style pillar wrapped in a white and red cloth and draped with white jasmine and red rose garlands, set against palm fronds and green foliage. A smiling figure with long dark hair stands at right in a rust-red robe, wearing layered rudraksha and bead malas, red and white flower garlands, gold bangles and an armband, holding a small brass oil lamp or bell in one hand and a metal ritual vessel in the other. A seated devotee's head is visible at the bottom edge. The pillar appears to be a ceremonial object used in a puja.2016-04-10