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A photograph of an outdoor ritual beside orange-painted container structures, with palm trees behind. A central figure with long dreadlocked hair and a full beard wears a bright orange-red top and maroon-brown lower cloth, and pours liquid from a vessel onto a small rounded object held by a bare-chested assistant in orange cloth. A colourful striped umbrella with a yellow canopy is raised over them. To the left, a white-clad priest in a dhoti stands near a rounded concrete slab. Drummers in orange cloth with small white drums and other devotees stand on the right, and a white-shirted elderly man watches. The scene reads as a ceremonial abhishekam with an umbrella-bearing procession.

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December 31 20162016-12-31Outdoor ritual at a construction site beside orange-painted metal containers and palm trees. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a full beard wears an orange-red top and rust-coloured dhoti, and holds a large multicoloured ceremonial umbrella over the scene while pouring water or milk from a vessel onto a stone or concrete slab. Beside him, a younger boy in orange cloth stands close. Behind, several shirtless young men in orange and saffron dhotis hold small white hand drums, and a white-clad older man in a white dhoti and shawl stands nearby. Sand, a pipe and freshly dug earth surround the slab.2016-12-31 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual at an ashram site beside orange-painted container buildings and palm trees. A bearded man with long dark dreadlocked hair, wearing an orange-red top and rust-red dhoti, holds a multicoloured parasol over a kneeling figure and pours water over the head of a bald, bare-chested figure in orange cloth. Nearby, a man in a white shirt holds papers, a man in a white dhoti with a shawl stands behind, and a woman in a blue sari watches. On the right, several young men with shaved heads, orange cloth and beaded necklaces hold white drums. Sand and concrete slabs lie in the foreground, with pipes and a wall behind.2016-12-31 +1 copiesDecember 31 20162016-12-31 +1 copiesDecember 31 20162016-12-31 +1 copiesDecember 31 20162016-12-31 +1 copiesA man with long dreadlocks and a full dark beard, wearing an orange-red long-sleeved top and rust-orange dhoti, pours liquid from a clay pot onto a sandy dirt ground at an outdoor ritual site. Above him a large ornate umbrella with multicoloured fringe and a yellow shaft is held by a second man in rust-orange cloth. To the left, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands near orange shipping-container structures and palm trees. On the right, a white-clad older man watches, and several boys and young men in orange dhotis, some bare-chested, stand near round drums.2016-12-31 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual scene beside orange-painted cabin structures with palm trees behind. A bearded man with long dark hair past his shoulders wears a rust-orange top and maroon-orange dhoti, cupping a small clay pot or vessel in both hands while a rainbow-colored parasol with tassels is held over him. A younger man in orange cloth and a rudraksha mala stands at left holding a red cloth, and a boy in an orange dhoti holds a golden staff. At right, several young men in orange dhotis stand beside small drums, and a man in white dhoti with bare chest stands further back. Freshly dug soil and a concrete slab lie in the foreground.2016-12-31 +1 copiesDecember 31 20162016-12-31 +1 copiesDecember 31 20162016-12-31 +1 copiesDecember 31 20162016-12-31Outdoor ritual procession beside orange-painted shipping-container structures. A man with long dark hair and a full beard wears an orange-red fleece top and brown-maroon dhoti and holds a terracotta pot in both hands, a person figure based on long hair, beard and saffron-red clothing; he walks past a concrete slab. Behind him, a bare-chested attendant in an orange cloth raises a striped multicolour umbrella on a long yellow pole, and drummers in orange dhotis carry round drums. Dry sandy ground, palm trees and a tree trunk at left.2016-12-31 +1 copies