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Outdoor photo in a green, scrubby hillside setting. Three devotees in plain white ritual dress stand together performing an offering. The young man on the left, bare-shouldered with a rudraksha mala, holds a brass kalasha steady while pouring. The woman in the centre, wearing a vermilion bindi and pink garment, holds a brass pot. The woman on the right, in white with a white shawl, pours water from a brass vessel over a bundle of pink and white flowers. A partially visible person stands at the far right edge. Sunlight falls on dry rocks and foliage behind them.

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Outdoor ritual on a rocky outcrop surrounded by green trees and shrubs. A young man with short hair, bare-chested under a white dhoti with a golden border, and a rudraksha mala around his neck, presses offering food from his hand onto a rock. Beside him a woman in a white sari with gold border and a red blouse holds a brass plate of the same offering. Flowers including pink and white blooms lie on the stone along with scattered food and petals.2012-06-03Outdoor ritual scene under green trees at an ashram setting. A bare-chested young priest in orange dhoti and orange shawl with a gold necklace stands at right, holding a silver tray of yellow offerings. An older woman in white sari with gold border reaches to place offerings on the tray. A man in white shirt with rudraksha mala stands at left, and a woman in cream sari with a red tilak stands behind him. Metal vessels and a brass lamp sit on a table at right. No person here is identifiable as a person; the orange-clad figure is a priest.2012-09-19Outdoor photo of two devotees pouring water from brass pots over a large dark rock amid green trees and shrubs. An older woman with white hair, a red blouse and white sari with gold border, and a vertical tilak on her forehead bends forward holding a brass pot. Beside her, a younger man in a white t-shirt with a colourful print, white dhoti, rudraksha mala and a white tilak on his forehead tilts a second brass pot. Water streams over the rock.2012-06-03December 31 20062006-12-31A young man in plain white dhoti and shawl with a white upper cloth draped over one shoulder and a dark rudraksha mala around his neck pours water from a polished brass kalasha over a rock outdoors. Green and red plastic pots sit on the ground beside the rock, with trees and dry earth behind him. He wears a silver bangle on his wrist and his attention is fixed on the falling water.2012-06-03A photograph of a man in white ritual dhoti and shawl with yellow-gold border pouring water from a brass kalasha over a large wet boulder. He has a white tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha-style cord at his neck. Green trees and bushes fill the background. He is a priest or devotee performing the pouring; no identifiable a person candidate is visible.2012-06-03June 03 20122012-06-03A photograph outdoors among green trees. A shaved-headed young man in white dhoti and white shawl with gold borders stands in profile, holding a brass vessel with a spout and a small flaming lamp on a stand, performing a ritual offering. Behind him, a woman in white with gold-bordered sari and a rudraksha mala holds her hands together in prayer. Blurred foliage and hills fill the background.2012-06-03June 03 20122012-06-03Outdoor photograph under a leafy tree at a temple site showing a Shivalinga on a stone base being bathed in an abhishekam. A man in saffron-orange robes with bare shoulders kneels at the left, pouring from a small vessel onto the black lingam. A woman in a white sari with a gold border kneels and holds a metal pot to pour water over the lingam. Nearby, devotees in saffron robes, white kurtas and white clothes stand around, including a girl in a white dress with a red-orange shawl and a boy in white with a rudraksha mala. A man at the right wears a white kurta and a lanyard. In the right foreground, a person in an orange head wrap with a white flower garland is seen from behind. The scene conveys a ritual bathing of a Shiva lingam with offerings.2005-12-31February 23 20072007-02-23Outdoor photo beside a rough stone wall with green leafy shrubs. A shaved-headed man in white ritual clothes with an orange shawl and red-beaded mala holds a small brass or gold-toned plate and reaches toward a figure in front. The front figure, with long hair in a bun, wears a saffron-orange garment, a gold ceremonial necklace and a bright yellow-gold face marking, and is bare-shouldered. Another person's face is partly visible at the right edge. a person is the front figure with the golden necklace and saffron garment, shown receiving the plate.2012-09-24