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A photograph of a ritual scene inside a plain hall with a white-painted wall and corrugated roof strung with orange pennants. In the foreground a long-haired man in an orange sleeveless garment and a red forehead mark smiles while holding a brass vessel and a white cord stretched toward a second person in an orange shirt on the right, who also holds the cord. Behind them stands a large white painted bull statue, a Nandi, draped with a golden-brown cloth and set on a blue-framed platform, with a tripod-mounted camera at the right edge. Small purple flowers and a green plant sit on a low white brick ledge. Two or three further people are partly visible in the background.

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December 25 20072007-12-25December 19 20102010-12-19October 08 20072007-10-08Outdoor temple scene at an ashram with palm trees behind. A black-and-white spotted cow stands at centre, garlanded with white and red flowers and a green halter, held by a young man in a white kurta with an orange shawl and a red bindi. Beside him a shaven-headed man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and white tilak on his forehead rests a hand on the cow. A black stone yoni-shaped abhishekam basin behind the cow is decorated with white and red flower garlands. Several people in white clothes stand watching in the background, including a woman in an orange shawl and white attire, a figure in orange, and men in white kurtas.2007-10-08Outdoor temple courtyard during a Pradosha puja at Aadi Kailaasa. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti and an orange shawl holds a rope tied to a black-and-white cow garlanded with white jasmine and red flowers. Behind him, a dark stone basin-shaped pedestal rests on the sandy ground, also garlanded with white and red flowers. Several people in white clothes stand around, including a woman in orange shawl and others in white, arms folded. A stone Nandi statue with a flower garland appears at the left edge, and palm trees fill the background.2007-10-08A workshop interior where a white sculpted bull, Nandi, stands on a blue-framed wooden platform beside a pink and gold Ganesha figure. Four people face the statues from behind: a woman in white with long dark hair, a man in a long orange robe with a red-bordered cloth, a small child in a peach shirt and white dhoti, and a woman in a sleeveless orange dress touching the bull's raised platform. Tools, a ladder, plastic bags and unfinished white deity figures lie around the corrugated-roof room.2009-12-15Indoor temple scene with a crowd of devotees standing and pressing palms together in namaskar. In the foreground, a young monk in saffron robes and an orange turban stands at left with hands folded. Beside him, a long-haired man wears an orange dhoti-style wrap, a multi-strand beaded mala, and a white tilak on his forehead, also with palms joined. Behind them, an older man in a beige shirt bows his head with hands folded. A black stone Nandi bull with flower garlands sits on a raised platform at center right, with brass oil lamps and a brass lamp stand nearby. Painted deity murtis and figures stand along the back wall, and a man in a red garment and dhoti-like cloth stands at right. Women in saris and salwar stand among the devotees, and a toddler is held at left.2009-10-17December 19 20102010-12-19October 14 20072007-10-14Night outdoor ritual at Mattu Pongal celebrations. A cow with a brown coat, garlanded horns and yellow and white flower decorations stands on a sand-coloured platform while a white-clad older man holds its head. Behind them, devotees in saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas stand with hands joined and some carry brass trays with offerings. On the right, a bare-chested man in brown cloth wears a long white flower garland and has long dark hair, with an ornamented figure beside him in an orange robe and white head cloth. A striped mat covers the ground and a crowd stands behind in the dark.2018-01-15June 07 20162016-06-07Night photograph of a ceremonial flag or cloth being handled at a temple-like structure decorated with yellow marigold garlands on the left. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a long gold necklace and shoulder-length dark hair stands bare-chested in the centre, holding an orange and blue flag with a white cloth draped across the lower frame. Behind him, men in white dhotis and orange or white shawls stand near a silver vessel, and a man in a blue striped shirt is at the right edge. A hand from the left reaches toward the flag. The figure in the centre has distinctive long hair, saffron clothing and a gold necklace, but the appearance is not clear enough to confirm identity, so this is only a visual candidate and uncertain.2006-12-22