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Outdoor photograph on a hillside with green trees and a rising wooded hill behind. A shaved-headed priest in orange-saffron robes with gold trim stands at left, back partly turned, raising a brass plate or arati lamp with a flame and offerings. Seated cross-legged on a rock at right, eyes closed, is a person in red-saffron robes with a long gold-bead garland, bangles and a red bindi, hands folded in lap, base of the rock covered with pink flowers.

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May 17 20112011-05-17May 17 20112011-05-17Outdoor photograph on a rocky outcrop beneath a rugged hill with sparse green trees. A man with long dark hair stands barefoot in a red-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a long gold-beaded necklace and a gold armband, and looks down toward a seated figure. In the lower left, a bald man in orange robes sits on the rock. Nearby on the stone are a string of pink flowers, brass pots, small brass vessels and bowls on a red mat. Lush bushes and trees frame the scene.2011-05-17Outdoor photo on a rocky hilltop with a large brown rocky hill and green trees behind. A person in a red-orange robe with a yellow-orange wrap and a marigold-style garland sits cross-legged with eyes closed on a flat boulder, wearing gold bangles and a forehead mark. Beside them on the rock are brass vessels and a small lamp, and a hand at right holds an aarti or lamp plate. A bald person with hands folded in prayer appears at the left edge. Looks like a puja or meditation at a rock on a hill.2011-05-17May 17 20112011-05-17May 17 20112011-05-17May 17 20112011-05-17Outdoor photograph on a rocky hillside with green shrubs and a dry, scrubby mountain behind. A tall figure with long dark hair and a red-orange silk dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold-beaded garland and gold armlets, stands on a rock. A bald man in orange-and-gold robes kneels and pours water from a gold kalasha over the standing figure's feet, as in a padapuja. Pink flower petals lie on the rock, and a second man in orange robes holding a white garland stands at the right edge.2011-05-17Outdoor photograph on a rocky hilltop under a pale blue sky with green trees and distant hills. A bald priest in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, seen from behind, holds a lit brass aarti lamp and a small vessel toward a standing figure. That figure wears a red-pink dhoti and shawl with white and orange floral garlands around the neck and shoulders, and stands on a white rock draped with pink flower petals. The scene looks like a ritual aarti offering at a hilltop shrine.2011-05-17May 17 20112011-05-17Outdoor photo on a rocky hillside with green shrubs and a brown rocky mountain behind. A woman in a red-pink sari with white and red flower garlands stands on a flat boulder. A shaven-headed priest in orange-saffron dhoti and shawl bends over the rock pouring liquid from a brass vessel, with flower petals and a yellow offering on the stone. A man in white dhoti and shawl stands to the right beside brass pots and vessels on a mat, with a cushioned seat nearby.2011-05-17Outdoor padapuja on a rock with a hillside behind. A long-haired man in a red draped garment with a gold border and a heavy gold necklace stands with bare feet on the rock while a shaved-headed attendant in orange robes and gold beads pours water from a brass vessel over his feet. Yellow turmeric or offering stains the stone. Green shrubs and a rocky mountain fill the background.2011-05-17