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Outdoor ground-breaking ritual on bare earth with fresh red soil heaped at right. An older man in a white kurta and cream trousers, barefoot, bends low to place a flower-decorated yellow brick into a trench; several more bricks are already set in a row. Around him stand women in a white sari with a brown border and a purple sari, plus men in striped and white shirts, watching with hands folded. A brass bell, coconut halves, a striped cloth, a brass plate of flowers, and bowls of red kumkum and yellow turmeric lie on the ground in the foreground beside marigolds and roses. A digging tool leans at upper right.

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Outdoor ritual at a red-earth site with a small stone shrine and a leafy tree behind it. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti, with a sacred mark on his forehead, stands at a freshly mounded earth altar covered with marigold and mixed flower garlands, yellow and red powder and scattered petals, holding a small tray or ritual item in both hands in a folded, offering gesture. Beside him another priest in a white dhoti and pink shirt stands with hands folded. Behind them a row of men in everyday clothes, including checked lungis, a green shirt and a dark kurta, stand with hands folded or raised in namaskar near a wire fence. Wooden posts and a dry open field stretch into the background under a pale sky.2017-02-03October 14 20082008-10-14July 08 20122012-07-08February 04 20172017-02-04A photograph of an outdoor groundbreaking or foundation-laying ritual on grass. In the foreground a man in a white t-shirt and blue jeans, barefoot, crouches and sets a yellow-orange brick into a shallow trench of reddish-brown earth, with flower petals and marigolds scattered on the bricks. Beside him on a striped cloth are a brass bell, a brass plate with turmeric, kumkum and flowers, coconuts, and a large garland of yellow and red marigolds over a copper-coloured kalasha or vessel. At left a person in saffron-orange cloth stands partly visible. Behind, a woman in a purple sari and several people in pale shirts and trousers stand watching, and a spade rests at the right edge.2002-01-01 +1 copies2002 - Glimpses From Various Programs2002-01-01February 02 20172017-02-02April 2008 - Making Of Kailaasa In TiruvannamalaiOutdoors on bare red earth, a shirtless man in a white dhoti pours offerings over a mound of soil covered in marigold petals, coloured powder and a small flame. Around him stand a group of saffron-robed sannyasis, several holding ornate multicoloured umbrellas on poles. A bearded man in a long brown robe with hands joined in prayer stands centre-left, beside a small child in a green shirt and patterned shorts also with hands folded. On the right, men in white dhotis and shirts and a man in a blue striped shirt watch with hands joined. Palm trees and a stone shrine structure appear in the background.2017-02-04December 22 20102010-12-22Outdoor photo of a burial-site rite at a small village shrine area with dry red earth. In the foreground a fresh mound of earth is covered with marigold petals and yellow flowers, with a yellow-flower garland on a stone marker at right. A shirtless man in a white dhoti pours or offers from a bowl, with smoke rising, while an elderly man in white dhoti and shirt stands with hands folded. Behind them a row of saffron-robed sannyasis with rudraksha malas and marigold garlands stand with hands folded; one bearded man in brown-maroon robes joins them. Several men in white dhotis and shirts and a man in a blue-striped shirt stand with hands pressed in prayer. A small child in blue shorts stands at left. Red, orange and blue ceremonial umbrellas are held above, and a small stone structure sits in the background under a tree.2017-02-04November 23 20162016-11-23