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Outdoor photo on red earth beside a dirt mound with a flat grey stone set upright on top and a single yellow flower at its base. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with gold armlet leans over the mound to place or adjust the stone. Around the mound, several men stand watching with hands clasped: one in a blue patterned shirt, one in a checked shirt and jeans, one in a white kurta and dhoti, and a young boy in a checked shirt. A cameraman with a video camera on the left films the scene. A brass pot sits at the left edge. Behind them are a metal-frame shed, a dark SUV, and green trees under a pale sky.

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Outdoor ground ritual on reddish-brown earth beside a small tent and a parked dark SUV. A shirtless priest in a white dhoti with a gold-edged cloth, wearing a yellow-beaded wrist band, gestures over a mound of freshly dug soil with a standing grey stone and a small yellow flower placed on it, beside a brass-coloured pot. Around him stand about six men in checked or plain shirts, one in a navy shirt and white trousers bowing with hands folded, another in a white shirt and white dhoti, and a cameraman at left with a camera. No identifiable a person depicted or present.2017-02-03February 03 20172017-02-03Outdoor photo of a small rural ritual at a dirt mound. A shaved-headed, bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with white sacred markings on his arms and forehead leans over a mound of red-orange earth, while another man in a striped shirt and checked lungi presses a stone or lingam-like object into it, decorated with yellow and red flower garlands. Several men in white shirts, checked lungis and one in a pink shirt gather around, and a metal pot and offerings of yellow flowers and cloth lie on the ground. A white stone shrine and a tree stand behind a low fence in the background. The priest is not shown in saffron or ornate clothing, so his identity is unclear.2017-02-03February 03 20172017-02-03February 03 20172017-02-03Outdoors on a dusty red-earth plot beside a fence, several men gather around a freshly mounded earth shrine. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with white sacred markings on his forehead and arms kneels at the top of the mound, placing his hands on a rough upright stone. Garlands of yellow and red flowers lie on the mound, with a metal pot nearby. Other men in white shirts and lungis, one in a checked shirt, stand and crouch around the shrine, while a cameraman films at right. A tree and hills stand in the background.2017-02-03February 03 20172017-02-03Outdoor ground-breaking or earth-ritual scene on bare red soil. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands at the centre-back holding a small brass pot, while a man in a white shirt and checked lungi digs with a spade at right and another man in a grey shirt and checked lungi works at right edge. A woman in a white blouse and checked skirt pours water from a pot onto a mound of earth, with a pink plastic bucket and a clay pot nearby. Flower garlands and fruit sit on cloth at left, and onlookers in shirts and trousers, including children, watch from the left. A striped umbrella and a white tent frame appear in the background.2017-02-03Outdoor photograph of a dusty red-earth ground where several men are gathered around a large mound of freshly dug red soil. A bare-chested man in a pink-white dhoti stands at the center, while a man in white kurta and white dhoti bends over the mound, and others in checked lungis and striped shirts watch or work nearby. Small plates of flowers and cloth bundles lie on the ground at left, with a metal sieve-like tool in the foreground. Behind them are a partially built metal-framed shed, parked white cars, trees and a striped canopy at right.2017-02-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a ritual at a red-earth site beside a small stone shrine with a pointed spire and a banyan-type tree. A shirtless man in a white dhoti stands at a mound of earth decorated with marigold and flower garlands, holding a small object overhead near his head with his hands, while standing men in checked shirts, white dhotis and lungis watch nearby. A clay pot and offerings sit by the mound, with a small boy in a brown shirt at left. The sky is pale and the field is dry.2017-02-03Outdoor photograph on a dusty red-earth field beside a small grey stone shrine with pillars and a tree behind. In the foreground a mound of earth is decorated with marigold and yellow flower garlands and scattered petals. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands at the mound holding a bundle of flowers and greenery overhead, while a small brass pot sits nearby. Around him stand several onlookers in shirts, checked shirts, lungis and dhotis, watching; a boy in a light shirt stands at left. Mountains appear faintly on the horizon.2017-02-03Outdoor photograph of a bare-chested man in a white dhoti bending over a freshly dug red earth mound, placing garlands of pink, yellow and green flowers and scattering petals. A striped canopy stands at left on bamboo poles, with a seated group beneath it. A standing man in a white shirt and lungi watches, and a person in a striped checked shirt stands at right. A small white stone shrine structure sits near a tree at the upper right. Dry grassland and a fenced field extend behind. The scene resembles a ritual offering at a sacred site.2017-02-03