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A guide in a rust-red sari and shawl stands on a dirt path beside a large dark stone sculpture of a seated deity under a hooded serpent canopy, wearing a red cloth headband, a beaded necklace and white drapery. A group of visitors listens: a woman in white, a man in a white shirt and cream shorts holding a small bag, a young woman in a white dress, and children in white and cream clothes, one carrying a yellow backpack. Behind them a red compound wall, green bamboo and trees, and two women in colourful saris walk past. Grey rocks lie in the background under a pale sky.

May 02 2018

2018-05-02 +2 copies

May 02 2018

May 02 2018

Outdoor photograph of a procession on a dry dirt path beside a row of large dark stone sculptures in the foreground on the right. A man in the centre wears a saffron-orange robe with a white dhoti and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, and holds a bright orange umbrella aloft over his head. Around him walk a crowd of devotees: several women in red and maroon saris, men in white kurtas and dhotis, and a man in a checked shirt. Pale stone busts and a long open-sided shelter with a corrugated roof stand in the background under a hazy sky.

Outdoor scene in a garden courtyard beside a red wall and green gate. A dark stone deity murti with a gold arch behind it, garlanded with orange flowers, sits in front of bamboo and green trees. A woman in a red-orange sari stands at the shrine holding an offering. Around her, a group of devotees in white clothing face the shrine: a man with long dreadlocks in a white dhoti with gold border, a bald man in a white kurta, a boy in white with a yellow scarf, women in white and a woman in a pink-strapped bag and white outfit. Some stand with hands folded in prayer, others watch quietly. The scene reads as a devotional darshan or puja at the murti.

Outdoor photo of a procession walking past a row of grey stone deity sculptures against a red wall on dry grass. A man in a white dhoti and bare chest with a long rudraksha mala holds a bright orange umbrella aloft. Beside him a man in an orange-saffron robe with a rudraksha mala walks, and a woman in a yellow saffron-style sari walks among followers in white and orange clothing. Several people follow along a path lined with weathered stone figures, including a seated stone deity with an ornate crown on the right and a figure on the left.

A group of about a dozen women and a few men stand in a shaded outdoor garden beneath a large banyan tree at a sacred site. On the left, a dark stone deity murti in orange cloth, with a red-and-white flower garland, is set against a yellow cloth backdrop. A woman in a dark sari near the center gestures toward the murti as she speaks, while others in white, blue and orange-brown clothing listen with hands folded. The scene suggests a pada puja or darshan at the banyan tree. No person in the frame is clearly identifiable as a person, and the only figure in saffron is the stone murti.

Outdoor ashram scene at a shaded shrine. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand at left; one holds a microphone and gestures with a raised fist while the other, with a rudraksha mala, listens beside him. A dark stone deity murti stands in an arched niche with green drapes, adorned with white flower garlands, red cloth and a beaded necklace. Red stones form a platform before it, with brass lamps and a stone vessel. Around them, a group of visitors in white clothing with red beaded garlands sit and stand, some holding water bottles, and one woman in a yellow sari appears at right. Iron railings and trees frame the courtyard.

February 01 2015

Outdoors under a leafy tree, a figure in saffron-orange robe and matching orange head wrap bends forward and touches a stone-built mound topped by a dark statue of a seated deity with a hooded serpent-like crest and orange drapery. Several people stand nearby: a woman in white sari with hands pressed together at the right, a man in a white t-shirt and light trousers at the far right, another man in a light shirt, and an older woman in white on the left. A small square stone slab with offerings lies at the lower right. The a person cue is ambiguous: the orange-robed figure has a head wrap but the page does not confirm his presence, so identity is not asserted.

May 02 2018

2018-05-02 +1 copies