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Outdoor ritual photo at dusk under a pale sky with palm fronds. A man in a rust-brown silk dhoti and shawl, wearing a red and white flower garland, gold ornamental necklaces and a red bindi, holds a golden rope raised above his head while his left forearm is bandaged in white. Beside him a shaved-headed priest with white forehead markings in a bare-chested pose grips the same rope. The rope is looped around a copper-toned ornate pillar or ratha-like structure draped with orange satin and wrapped in pink and yellow marigold and chrysanthemum garlands, with dried grass and green leaves tucked along its top. Recognition of the man as a person is appearance-based only and uncertain.

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October 05 20132013-10-05October 05 20132013-10-05October 05 20132013-10-05October 05 20132013-10-05Outdoor ritual photograph at dusk beside a palm tree. A man with a shaved-looking dark head and tilak on his forehead stands bare-chested in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold ornamental necklace and pink-and-red flower garlands with yellow tassels, and gold earrings. He raises one hand near an ornately carved copper-toned kalasha-style vessel wrapped with a yellow-flowered garland and a yellow cord. A hand from the frame holds out a silver plate toward him.2013-10-05A photograph of a man standing outdoors beside a temple tower (gopuram) draped with yellow flower garlands, with a palm tree behind him. He wears a rust-brown silk dhoti-style garment, a gold ceremonial necklace, and a long red flower garland with gold-edged bands. His right forearm is wrapped in white bandage, and he holds a small cluster of yellow flowers, reaching toward the garlanded tower. He has short dark hair and a red forehead mark. He is the only person visible.2013-10-05September 09 20142014-09-09Outdoor photo of a dhwajarohanam flag-hoisting at a temple celebration beside a copper-clad flagstaff base wrapped in yellow and red-purple marigold and rose garlands. Two men in saffron-brown dhotis stand at the pole: a bare-chested man in the foreground hauls a maroon cloth banner up the staff while another man in a red-brown wrap smiles and holds the cloth. A white rope runs up the pole. Behind them, palm trees, a red-and-blue canopy and several robed devotees in orange and maroon attire are visible.2014-11-26Outdoors under a corrugated metal roof, a long-haired figure in a rust-orange garment with a gold waist band and a bare upper body reaches toward a tall ornate copper or brass kalasha-like vessel wrapped with white cloth and topped with green leaves. Red and white flower garlands hang down its carved sides, and thin ribbon streamers are tied around it. A second man in a rust-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a shaved head stands at right, holding up ribbons. Gold bangles adorn the first figure's arms. This appears to be a ritual decoration or abhishekam-style preparation of a sacred vessel.2015-01-04Outdoor photo of a stone-and-copper ritual pillar or kalasha-topped column decorated with yellow and white flower garlands and a red flower garland, set on an orange-painted base near palm trees at dusk. On the left, a bald priest in orange robes with a white forehead mark raises a long yellow cord or staff toward the top of the column. On the right, a person in an orange-brown silk dhoti and matching shawl, wearing a red flower garland, a gold necklace and a white armband, reaches up to touch the pillar's top. A few saffron-robed attendants stand in the background.2013-10-05September 26 20162016-09-26January 04 20152015-01-04