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Outdoor ritual scene at a temple-style setting with saffron-robed men in orange cloth and red shoulder sashes. A shaved-headed young man in front-right holds a steel plate of offerings with flowers and rice, adorned with a long gold-and-white bead necklace and a pendant. Beside him, a man in orange holds a small steel container. On the right, an ornate gold-leaf carved frame or throne panel stands, and a potted green plant with leaves is being tended by a person with curly dark hair in orange clothing reaching toward the pot. A clear glass lantern sits in the foreground. Scaffolding and greenery appear in the background.

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Outdoor photo at a ritual site with a gilded carved frame on the right and a potted sapling beside it. A long-haired figure with dark curly hair in an orange sleeveless top and orange wrap stands in the centre, holding a metal plate with flowers and offerings toward the frame. Around them, several men in orange robes with rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold chains stand, one carrying a silver vessel on a tray and another in white with an orange shawl. A wire-mesh vessel sits on the ground in the foreground, and trees and a white board appear in the background.2008-04-19April 19 20082008-04-19Outdoor ritual at a gold-ornamented shrine structure. A long-haired person in an orange sleeveless top and orange dhoti pours water from a silver vessel over a clay pot holding a plant, with green leaves placed at its base. Beside them, saffron-robed men with rudraksha-style garlands and bangles stand with palms pressed together in devotion. A figure in white clothes stands behind, and a white canopy and flower garlands appear in the background. The gold-framed shrine has ornate carved relief patterns.2008-04-19July 07 20092009-07-07Outdoor photo of a group of young male devotees in saffron-orange dhotis and rudraksha malas, many with white tilak on their foreheads, performing a ritual beside a bare tree wrapped with a pink cloth. A flame burns on a small lamp in the centre, and a young man holds a brass plate with flowers and offerings. Another devotee on the right plays a small drum. Dirt ground, a red brick wall and green trees form the background. Most participants appear shirtless or lightly clothed, and a few stand near the flame with leaves in hand.2016-10-31July 07 20092009-07-07Outdoor groundbreaking ceremony on reddish-brown earth with green trees behind. A long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes and a multi-strand beaded garland stands at left holding a small metal oil lamp with a flame, leaning over a freshly dug pit where a young sapling in an orange pot is planted, surrounded by flower petals. Two shaven-headed young men in orange dhotis and shawls and beaded garlands stand behind and to the right, one holding a silver tray of offerings. Several men in white dhotis and a person in yellow watch from the background, along with a small orange flag and a white-and-red draped table at left. The scene reads as a tree-planting or ashram-inauguration rite.2008-04-19Outdoor ritual scene under palm trees. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a small red tilak on his forehead holds a yellow garland-wrapped thread and a plate of yellow flowers. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in orange robes with a bead necklace holds a tray. Below, hands reach up to receive an orange cloth bundle, and a shaved-headed devotee in white is partly visible at the bottom edge. A carved bronze lamp stand with yellow marigold garlands stands at left.2011-10-07Photo of a puja at an outdoor Hindu ritual setting. A man with long, swept-back dark hair, bare-shouldered in an orange cloth and wearing ceremonial gold bead necklaces, leans forward holding a silver kalasha-style vessel and a silver puja vessel on a tray. Beside him, a shaven-headed priest in orange robes with white forehead marks and glasses holds a small tray with a card or packet, and another man in orange with gold-bead necklace and maroon-edged cloth holds a silver dish. Behind them, a man in a red and gold turban and a person in yellow robes stand among onlookers, with orange flags visible overhead. A videographer's camera is at the left edge. The figure with long hair and orange cloth is a candidate for a person by appearance, but the identification is uncertain.2009-10-17December 31 20092009-12-31April 02 20122012-04-02Outdoor photo under a large leafy tree on a dirt path. To his left, a bearded man in a white kurta wears an orange shawl and mala. Behind them, saffron-robed sadhus walk along the path. At right, a shaved-headed priest in orange clothing with white and red markings and pink flower garlands carries a silver kalasha, a ceremonial pot with green leaves, through the procession.2007-08-09