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Outdoor ceremony beneath a palm-frond canopy strung with orange and yellow marigold garlands. Three orange-robed sannyasis stand at left with hands joined in namaskar; the bearded man in the centre wears a long orange shawl and white beard. A bare-chested man in white dhoti and gold-toned necklace, holding a leafy bundle and a sealed plastic bag aloft, performs the rite beside a shrine. Heaped marigolds and roses cover the ground; at right a framed portrait with flower garlands and a partly visible inscribed plaque. Several white-clad devotees stand behind.

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August 09 20072007-08-09A photo of an outdoor samadhi ceremony under a canopy of palm fronds and marigold garlands. Four saffron-robed sadhus stand on the left, one with a shaved head and one with long hair and a full beard. In the centre, a bare-chested man in a red shawl and white dhoti, wearing rudraksha malas, pours or offers from a white cloth bundle over a flower-strewn platform. Behind him, a man in white and an older man in white stand near a framed portrait of a smiling bald man with a red tilak, wreathed in white and orange garlands. Orange and red gerbera flowers and rose petals cover the base of the shrine, which carries partially visible lettering.2007-08-09August 09 20072007-08-09August 09 20072007-08-09August 09 20072007-08-09Outdoor ceremony under a canopy of palm fronds and marigold garlands. Several saffron-robed sannyasis stand in a row at left; the central figure in orange with a shaved head and light beard, and a bearded monk beside him in orange, are labelled as candidates for a person by their saffron robes and presence at the event, but their appearance is uncertain, so this is marked unsure. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a red-and-gold shawl stands with his back to the camera at centre, near a second man in white holding a green-wrapped offering. At right a large framed portrait of a smiling saffron-clad teacher is garlanded with white and orange flowers. Below, a carpet of marigold and rose petals and offered bananas lies on the ground. A readable caption on the portrait's base reads partly as Paramashivam.2007-08-09August 09 20072007-08-09August 09 20072007-08-09Outdoor photo beneath a palm-leaf canopy strung with orange and marigold garlands. Several saffron-robed swamis stand in a line, hands folded in prayer, with a few other devotees behind them. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a red-and-gold border bows toward a framed portrait of a smiling bald man with a red garland and white flower garlands draped around it, and marigold and orange flower arrangements sit at the base. a person is not clearly distinguishable among the saffron-robed men, so the a person field is unsure.2007-08-09A photo of an outdoor ceremony beneath a canopy of palm fronds and marigold garlands. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold border, hair in a topknot, kneels at right and offers white and orange flower garlands at a framed portrait of a smiling bald man with a red tilak. Behind him, several men in saffron-orange robes stand with hands folded; one bearded man in saffron holds a bundle of green leaves. Flower petals and marigolds cover the ground, and onlookers stand in the background.2007-08-09Outdoor ceremony under a palm-thatched canopy strung with marigold and orange garlands. A bearded man in a saffron-orange robe stands at left, gesturing with one hand, beside an older man in an orange robe with white hair and beard who holds a red-and-white flower garland. Across from them a priest in white dhoti and shawl with a red-and-gold border holds the garland and a tray. Other saffron-robed sadhus with shaved heads and red-orange turbans stand behind, and a man in white shirt watches at right. Flower arrangements of orange gerbera and red blooms are at the bottom, and a banana plant is visible behind the canopy.2007-08-09Outdoor samadhi shrine ceremony under a canopy of yellow and orange marigold garlands. A man with a shaved head, bare-chested in a red shawl with white dhoti and rudraksha mala, kneels at the front, holding a silver tray of flame toward a flower-covered platform. Behind him, several saffron-robed sannyasis stand with palms joined in prayer, including a bearded man on the left and a bald elder on the centre left. Devotees in white shirts and dhotis stand close by. On the right, a large framed portrait of a smiling saint wrapped in a white garland of jasmine and red flowers rests beside the shrine, with a pink-and-white base. Orange and yellow flowers cover the ground in front. The scene suggests a samadhi puja with aarti.2007-08-09