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A courtyard ritual in front of a cream-walled building. A young man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala holds a silver lamp-stand with a flame, offering it to an elderly bare-chested man with white hair and a long white beard, wearing an orange dhoti, rudraksha mala and a wristwatch, his palms joined in prayer. At left, a poster shows a smiling person in a blue robe with a white turban beside a red staircase. A second person's folded hands appear at right edge. Text in Tamil script appears on the wall and a board.

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A photograph taken outdoors at a plain concrete-paved courtyard in front of a cream-coloured building with barred windows and Tamil signage. On the left, a young man in a white shirt and orange shawl holds a brass bowl with a flame burning inside, a rudraksha mala hanging from his neck. In the centre, an elderly bare-chested man with long white hair and a long white beard wears an orange dhoti and a rudraksha mala, his hands folded at his waist. On the right, a young boy in a checked shirt stands with his palms pressed together in prayer. The scene suggests a small ritual with a flame offering.2006-10-09Outdoor temple-procession scene at a ratha or decorated platform. A young man in white kurta with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala holds a silver cup with a lit flame. Behind him, an elderly bearded man with bare chest and orange dhoti stands with hands raised. Behind the platform stands a golden deity murti garlanded with flowers. A framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" appears above, showing a man in white turban, and another small portrait shows a figure in orange turban. Two onlookers in striped and plain shirts stand at left. Palm fronds hang at the top left.2006-10-09Outdoor photo of a ritual at a street-side ashram entrance on a paved courtyard. A young man in orange robes and an orange turban stands at left with palms pressed together in namaskar, smiling. Beside him, an older bearded man with long grey hair, wearing orange robes and holding a brass lamp or arati implement, performs an aarti before a flaming oil lamp mounted on a pedestal near a white pillar. Behind them, devotees in white dhotis and shirts, a woman in a red sari, and a man in a checked shirt stand with hands folded. A multi-storey white building with decorative grilles and palm trees stands in the background.2006-11-24Outdoor photo at a temple-like courtyard in Kanchipuram, with a flame in a silver bowl held up in the foreground. A young man with long dark hair wears an orange turban with a red bindi, an orange wrap, and a rudraksha mala, holding the lamp while smiling. Beside him an older bald man with a white beard wears an orange dhoti-style wrap and holds his hands together in greeting. A man in white shirt and trousers stands behind them, and a few devotees, including a woman in red sari with folded hands, watch from the background near a multi-storey building.2006-11-24November 25 20092009-11-25September 23 20062006-09-23May 18 20122012-05-18August 03 20082008-08-03Photograph of a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and white shawl with gold border, wearing a long beaded necklace of gold-toned beads, holding a silver tray with a multi-flame silver aarti lamp, the flames rising and smoke drifting. Behind him another priest in white and a younger man in saffron-orange robes with a beaded necklace stand in an orange-walled courtyard. A hand at the left edge holds a bell-like object. The priest with the aarti lamp is not an identifiable a person candidate by the given cues, so this is an aarti ritual by priests and devotees.2011-12-01Outdoor scene on a sandy path with palm trees behind. In the foreground a man in peach-coloured robes stands with his back partly toward the camera. Several saffron-robed sannyasis with grey beards and white tripundra marks on their foreheads stand with hands pressed in anjali. One older man in a grey shawl stands among them. At right, a young man in a white kurta with a yellow shawl holds a small brass vessel containing yellow flowers or offerings. Behind them, women in white and blue salwar clothing wearing lanyards and yellow garlands watch. Stalls and a stone structure appear in the background.2009-12-29A photograph of a ritual moment indoors beside a garlanded doorway with yellow and orange flower garlands. A bearded elderly man with white hair, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with a white towel over his shoulder, stands with palms pressed together at his chest, wearing spectacles and a white forehead mark. Beside him a younger man with his hair in a topknot, bare-chested with a white cloth and a red-and-white beaded necklace, holds a brass lamp with a flame and gestures toward him. Behind them, men in saffron-orange robes and a man in white with a tilak stand in the room, and a gold-and-brown cloth hangs on the right.2007-01-30January 21 20092009-01-21