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A photograph of a seated figure in orange robes on a blue cushioned seat, wearing a yellow and red flower garland and sandals, with long dark hair, receiving a card from a man in a white shirt and dark trousers who kneels before them. Flower petals in yellow and red are scattered on the floor, and a small tray of flowers sits beside a seated orange-robed monk with a shaved head. Behind them, orange-robed men and white-clad onlookers stand, and several people hold cameras, one with a video camera. A white-clad figure with rudraksha beads is at the left edge.

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January 03 20122012-01-03January 03 20122012-01-03A woman in orange robes wearing a yellow and white flower garland sits on a blue cushioned seat, holding a folded banknote, while a man in a white shirt kneels and touches her bare feet amid scattered marigold petals on a floor. A man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala and a shaved head stands behind her, and another shaved-headed man in orange sits beside the seat. Onlookers in white shirts and checked lungis watch from behind, and a photographer with a camera stands near a green wall. The setting is a tiled courtyard with a green painted wall and tiled roofs.2012-01-03January 03 20122012-01-03A photograph of a ceremony at an outdoor concrete platform strewn with marigold and yellow flower petals. A woman in saffron-orange clothing with a yellow-and-white marigold garland sits on a blue cloth-covered seat, smiling and reaching forward toward a pot of ash or powder. Beside her, a shaved-headed man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala kneels, handing packets to a small barefoot boy in a white shirt and red shorts. Behind them, a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis watches and some photograph, and a young man in white dhoti with an orange-and-white shawl and beaded necklace stands at the right. A printed devotional card rests on the ground in the foreground. Several people are present, and the scene is an outdoor ritual distribution.2012-01-03January 03 20122012-01-03Outdoor scene on a concrete ground strewn with yellow and red flower petals. In the foreground a woman in orange robes with dark wavy hair and a rudraksha mala smiles while holding out a small object toward a man in a white shirt and white dhoti who bends forward with his hands together. Beside them a bald monk in orange robes and a mala sits with a brass plate of flowers or offerings and extends his hand. Behind them, a man in white holds a garland of yellow flowers, and a crowd of onlookers, including children, watches from a roadside with houses and palm trees.2012-01-03January 03 20122012-01-03January 03 20122012-01-03January 03 20122012-01-03January 03 20122012-01-03A photograph of a padapuja, a foot-worship ritual, in an ashram hall with orange floor cloth. A seated figure with long dark hair wears an orange robe and a multi-strand gold beaded necklace and holds a small tray of flower petals; a bowl of fruit sits on a wooden table beside her. A man in white kneels with his head bowed to her feet on an orange-and-gold cushion, a marigold garland around his neck. Standing devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, some with white and marigold garlands, fold their hands in namaskar, and one wears an orange shawl. Their hair and clothing show no identifying features beyond this.2010-07-24