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A photo of an outdoor ritual at a carved wooden shrine-like structure on a tall, urn-shaped stone base, decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands. A man with short dark hair, bare-chested and wearing a red-and-gold striped dhoti and shawl, stands at right with a white garland of flowers around his neck. He holds a silver bell in one hand and a small lamp or camphor-like flame in the other, performing aarti. Palm trees and green foliage fill the background.

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A photograph of an outdoor temple scene with a large ornately carved wooden or stone pedestal-shaped shrine, draped with yellow and red marigold garlands. A man in rust-red and saffron-banded cloth stands at right, bare-shouldered, with a white floral garland around his neck and his hair tied up, holding a small silver bell or lamp and reaching toward the shrine. Tall palm trees and green foliage surround the scene under an overcast sky. Partially visible people appear at the bottom left edge.2014-08-31A person in a rust-red and saffron striped dhoti and shawl stands outdoors beside an ornate carved wooden shrine pillar draped with yellow and red marigold garlands. The person holds a brass oil lamp or puja vessel in one hand and a flame or offering toward the carved shrine, with coconut palms and green foliage behind. The scene resembles a temple ritual at a shrine, with a carved wooden kalasha-topped structure as the focal point.2014-08-31October 05 20142014-10-05October 05 20142014-10-05A man in a rust-red and saffron-bordered dhoti and upper cloth, bare-chested with a long garland of marigolds and red flowers, performs aarti with a brass lamp beside a carved brown wooden shrine draped in yellow and pink flower garlands. He holds a small brass bell in his other hand. Palm trees and green foliage surround the outdoor setting.2014-10-05Outdoors under palm trees, a bare-shouldered man in a maroon and gold-bordered dhoti and shawl stands beside a copper dhwajastambha flagpole base wrapped with yellow and red marigold garlands. He holds a small handheld bell in one hand and a ritual vessel in the other, performing the flag-hoisting ceremony. Sunlight falls on the copper pillar and palm fronds.2015-09-08August 31st 20142014-08-31September 08 20152015-09-08Outdoors among palm trees, a man in a maroon-red dhoti and wrap with orange-gold borders stands beside a carved reddish-brown stone shrine pillar wrapped in garlands of yellow marigolds and red flowers. He wears long garlands of white and yellow flowers and a rudraksha mala across his chest, holds a brass kalasha-style vessel and a small handheld bell, and performs an offering or puja at the shrine. Ornate carvings decorate the shrine. a person cues are weak here, so identity is uncertain; the figure is a priest or devotee performing puja.2014-10-05A copper-coloured ceremonial pillar or dhwaja stambha wrapped with yellow and red marigold garlands and topped with bundled straw, at an outdoor dhwajarohanam flag-hoisting rite. A man with long swept-back hair, bare-chested except for a rudraksha mala and gold-and-red flower garland, wears rust-orange robes with a yellow sash and holds a small bell and flower petals. Beside him, a shaven-headed priest in a white upper cloth with white tripundra markings holds a silver vessel. Palm trees and greenery surround the scene.2015-09-08September 08 20152015-09-08November 26 20142014-11-26