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Outdoor photo at a building entrance with grey stone pillars and a crowd of devotees. In the centre, a person with long dark hair wears an orange-and-red garment, a large rudraksha mala, a gold necklace and gold bangles, with palms pressed together in namaste. Beside them, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, wearing a flower garland, also has palms joined. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti bows over a black stone Nandi or shivalinga-style image with white flowers and a yellow-and-red cloth tied around it. Other devotees in white shirts and saffron robes surround them, and a photographer with a camera stands at the left edge.

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June 21 20142014-06-21June 21 20142014-06-21 +1 copiesJune 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple abhishekam scene. A bare-chested man in a red-maroon turban and maroon waist cloth, wearing a long white jasmine garland with red flowers, lifts a garland toward a black stone Shiva lingam decorated with a red and white flower garland and an orange cloth. A pot with a mango leaf sits at the left edge. Behind him a crowd of devotees, one in a dark striped shirt holding a video camera, watches within a temple hall with a wooden roof frame and a blue wall.2014-06-29 +1 copiesDecember 29 20102010-12-29July 03 20122012-07-03Photograph of a ritual at a temple shrine. A figure with a shaved head wearing an orange-red turban and a red-and-gold dhoti, with a white flower garland, reaches toward a black stone deity murti dressed with a white-and-pink flower garland and a cloth. Behind him stands a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts, one with a red-brown shawl, with a camera operator at right. In the foreground a silver plate holds a yellow sweet, a bowl of kumkum, a bowl of turmeric, and a bowl of red and orange flower petals. The setting is a covered temple structure with a blue-painted wall at right.2014-06-29 +1 copiesJuly 23 20122012-07-23June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesDecember 31 20092009-12-31Outdoor temple ceremony beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. A central figure in a rust-red robe with gold necklaces and a rudraksha-style mala stands with palms joined, a red-and-gold turban on his head, and a white-and-gold ceremonial umbrella held over him. Around him, men in saffron and orange robes carry trays of fruit and offerings, and a line of devotees in white dhotis, saffron shawls and blue and red saris stands with hands folded. On the right a large golden deity murti is decorated with yellow and pink flower garlands, and a small cobra-shaped stone sits near the base. Red-earth paving surrounds the scene.2016-12-14Outdoor temple-procession scene with a colourful canopy at upper left. An elderly bald man with a gold-banded headpiece, forehead tilak and layered rudraksha and white-bead malas, wearing saffron and gold-bordered orange cloth, holds a folded orange cloth and reaches forward. Beside him a younger shaved-headed man in orange robes and a sacred thread-style neck garland bows with palms pressed together, his head bowed. A tall man in white dhoti and shirt stands at left, and several men in white shirts and dhotis surround them. Crowd members press in at the edges.2012-05-18