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A photo of a decorated courtyard entrance with a red carpet strewn with flower petals leading toward a road. A low wooden table covered with a red cloth holds several brass-like pots wrapped in white netting, adorned with white flowers and orange blossoms, plus small plates. A yellow pot with a white rose sits beside the carpet. Green palm fronds and a canopy of leafy branches overhang the path, with a green wall and a blue-violet metal gate on the left. Only a partial view of a white-clad arm and a hand appears at the right edge, with no clearly identifiable person in the frame.

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July 02 20142014-07-02A photograph of a decorated entrance path outside a building. A low wooden table covered with a red cloth holds several brass or metal pots with flowers and fruit arranged in them, and small green leaves. Palm fronds and banana leaves form an arch overhead, with flower strands hanging from it. A red carpet is strewn with petals and runs toward the open doorway. A potted white rose sits in the foreground beside a yellow pot, and a blue-gray gate stands at left. Two people are partly visible at the edges of the frame: one in white clothing at left and one at right whose arm and wrist with a silver bangle are visible. No faces are shown, and no one can be identified in the frame.2014-07-02A decorated gateway at an ashram entrance in a palm-lined courtyard. A leafy arch of banana leaves and coconut fronds is strung with garlands above a narrow opening between green walls. A red carpet runs through the gate, scattered with petals. A man in a light shirt and dark trousers walks through the opening, his back turned. A wooden table on the left holds brass-rimmed vessels with flowers and coconuts, and a tall garland of red and white flowers stands at right.2014-07-02July 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesClose view of ceremonial brass kalasha pots wrapped in white cloth and crowned with yellow marigold garlands, with mango leaves fanned around them and a bed of raw rice on a banana leaf. The pots sit on a red carpet. In the background, two women walk past, one in a green kurta and one in purple, with a third figure in yellow partly visible at right. No a person candidate is visible.2016-12-05April 26 20182018-04-26 +1 copiesApril 26 20182018-04-26 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of ritual offerings on a striped woven cloth in the foreground. Several kalasha-style pots with woven lattice-patterned sides hold coconuts wrapped in lavender-white cloth and crowned with yellow marigold garlands and green leaves. Bananas, red flower petals and a bundle of leaves lie on the cloth. The background is softly blurred with orange and grey tones. No people are visible.2017-08-02Outdoor temple-ground ritual under orange and yellow marigold canopies beside palm trees. In the foreground, a white-draped table holds a small deity murti in a purple garment and gold-brocade cloth, flanked by two brass kalasha pots wrapped in yellow marigold garlands with white flowers and green leaves. Red mats cover the ground, where several people in white and orange-saffron garments sit in rows, and one person in white and yellow prostrates or bows. A man in white stands at the right edge, and a figure in a saffron-clad seat sits beside a white stone platform with a garlanded figure. Brass plates with lamps sit on the mats in front of the table.2008-12-24September 25 20092009-09-25 +2 copiesOctober 27 20082008-10-27Outdoor photo of a ritual display on a maroon-draped table in front of a hedge and palm trees. Several kalasha-style pots are dressed in gold and blue silk with beaded necklaces and red stones, topped with orange and yellow coconut-fibre bundles and green leaves. Two larger pots sit centrally on a blue and gold brocade cloth, one in orange cloth and one in white. Foreground shows blurred yellow bricks and a metal bowl, with the heads of spectators at the bottom edge. No people are clearly visible as persons; the figures are decorated pots, not humans.2014-01-11