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Outdoor photo beneath a large leafy tree at a temple or ashram site. Several young men in matching rust-red dhoti-style garments with golden-yellow borders stand in a row. The central figure, shaved-headed with a rudraksha mala around his neck, stands with his hand on his chest, while the adjacent devotee wears a garland of marigolds and red flowers and gold bangles. On the right, a large dark stone deity murti is draped with yellow marigold and red flower garlands and green leaves. A white-clad attendant with a microphone stands behind them.

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Outdoor ceremony beneath a large spreading tree. In the foreground, a robed monastic in rust-orange dhoti and shawl with long hair and bangles stands with hands joined in respect, next to another orange-robed figure at left bowing forward. A shaved-headed young monastic in orange robes with rudraksha mala and a gold pendant stands centre, hands folded. At right, a dark stone deity murti is draped in garlands of yellow marigolds, red flowers and green leaves. A cameraman in white stands on a tripod platform behind them. Four people are visible.2015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05Outdoor ritual scene beneath a large spreading tree with dense green canopy. A woman in a maroon sari with gold-yellow borders stands centre-frame with palms pressed together in namaskar, head bowed, wearing gold bangles and a gold necklace. To her left, a man in a maroon and gold dhoti-style cloth wears rudraksha beads and carries a brass tray of offerings, possibly flowers and kumkum. On the right, a tall pillar or trunk is draped with long garlands of white, yellow, orange and red flowers with green leaves. Marigold and jasmine garlands hang around the scene.2015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05Outdoor photo beneath a large leafy tree at a temple-like site. Three people in saffron-orange and ochre dhotis or wraps stand before a dark stone deity murti draped in yellow, orange and red marigold garlands. A woman on the left wears a gold bangle and a white-and-red flower garland, and the man in the centre extends his hands toward the murti in a devotional gesture. Carved stone is visible at upper right. No person is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is asserted.2015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05Outdoor photo beneath a large leafy tree at an ashram site. A woman in a rust-red and gold-striped sari stands with palms pressed together in namaste, wearing a white and red flower garland and gold bangles. Beside her, two monastic men in rust-red and saffron-striped robes stand with rudraksha malas; one holds a small brass plate. A black stone deity murti on the right is garlanded with yellow marigolds, red flowers and green leaves. A man in white clothes operates a camera on a raised wooden stand in the background.2015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05