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Outdoor ritual photograph in a palm-fringed garden. A central figure in a rust-red turban, rust-orange dhoti-style wrap and multiple rudraksha malas, with a flower garland, grips a rope while lifting or lowering a decorated carved wooden palanquin-like kalasha structure topped with green leaves and marigold garlands in yellow and red. Beside him a bare-chested attendant with long hair and white body markings pulls on a rope, and another attendant in saffron-orange cloth with beaded necklaces stands by a red-garlanded wooden pole. A person in orange cloth with a rudraksha mala is at the right edge. Blurred heads of onlookers appear in the lower foreground.

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December 03 20162016-12-03Outdoor ceremony beneath coconut palms. A man in a rust-red turban and rust-red dhoti-style garment, wearing a heavy gold necklace, a white and pink flower garland and a rudraksha-style mala, holds a long white cloth that hangs from a tall copper-brown kalasha-topped pillar decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands. Beside him a bare-chested man with long hair, rudraksha beads and a wristband lifts a wicker basket of white cloth. Colourful striped cloth is draped over a platform at right, and a few heads are visible at the bottom edge.2016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 14 20162016-12-14Outdoor photo of a bearded man in a saffron-orange turban and rust-red robe, wearing a thick gold necklace, a marigold and red-rose garland and a rudraksha mala, standing beside a large ornate copper kalasha-like vessel draped with yellow and red marigold garlands. A shaved-headed attendant with long matted hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti, holds a silver bowl toward him. Palm fronds and a crowd of onlookers are behind them.2016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 14 20162016-12-14Outdoor ritual scene beneath coconut palms. A bearded man with long swept-back hair and a rust-red turban stands at left, gripping a long white cloth, wearing a rust-red dhoti-style wrap, a pink-and-white garland, gold necklaces, and gold armbands. Beside him, two men in rust and orange clothing hold a rope and red cloth; one bare-chested man with long hair and striped body markings holds a woven basket. A wooden carved stand wrapped in yellow and red flower garlands supports a leafy green canopy at left. Colourful fabric hangs at lower right.2016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03