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Outdoor ritual on bare red earth beneath a striped canopy in purple, green and white. Two bare-chested men in white dhotis stand at left; the nearer one pours or holds a pot of liquid over a small dark stone lingam-like pillar garlanded with orange, yellow and red flowers and marigold strands. A man in a blue shirt and jeans stands with folded arms, and a cameraman in a white shirt and dhoti films. Behind them a large seated crowd, including many people in saffron and orange robes, faces the ritual under the tent. Ritual marks are visible on the bare torso of the nearer priest.

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Outdoor ritual on bare red earth beneath a striped purple, green and white canopy. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in white dhoti pours liquid or applies offerings near a small grey stone set in mounded red soil, decorated with red, white and yellow flower garlands and scattered petals. A man in white shirt and dhoti, with an ash-marked face, holds flowers and a bowl beside him. Behind them a seated crowd of devotees, many in orange and red clothing, sits under the tent while a man in white with a camera stands among them. Trees and a few onlookers in shirts stand in the background.2017-02-03February 03 20172017-02-03Outdoor photograph on bare red earth at a shrine-like site. A bare-chested priest in a lavender dhoti stands at left, holding a decorated clay pot with pink flowers and pouring water. In front of him, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, wearing glasses, bends forward and pours water over a dark stone marker decorated with a garland and red flowers. Behind them, a man in blue shirt and a man in checked shirt, one holding a camera rig, watch. A striped purple, green and white canopy shades a seated crowd of devotees on mats at right, some in red and yellow saris. Trees and open ground fill the background.2017-02-03Outdoor photo of a shaved-headed, bare-chested priest in a white dhoti kneeling at a red-earth mound decorated with marigold and rose garlands, petals and yellow turmeric powder, holding a small offering tray. Behind him stand several men: an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti with hands folded, a man in a white shirt and checked lungi, and men in dark shirts and lungis. A small stone shrine with a pinnacle and a green tree stand in a field behind a wire fence under a hazy sky.2017-02-03Outdoor photo of a groundbreaking or earth-digging ceremony on reddish soil under a striped blue, purple and green tent. In the foreground, a barefoot man in a white shirt and blue checked lungi digs with a flat metal shovel while another older man in white stoops nearby. Behind them, a seated figure in an orange-red robe sits on a raised red seat, flanked by rows of saffron-robed attendees on mats. Onlookers in white dhotis and casual clothes stand at the sides, and a kalasha-like setup is not visible; the scene reads as a ceremonial site ritual with a crowd of about a hundred.2017-02-03Outdoors on bare red earth, a bare-chested man in a pale lavender cloth on the left pours water from a clay pot decorated with a garland of pink flowers. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti and white shirt with glasses bends forward and holds the pot, water running down. A man in a blue checked shirt and jeans stands watching with arms folded. Behind them a striped purple and green canopy shades plastic chairs and seated spectators on the ground, and green leaves and flower petals lie on the ground at right.2017-02-03February 03 20172017-02-03February 03 20172017-02-03February 03 20172017-02-03February 03 20172017-02-03Outdoor bhumi puja at a construction site. A bare-chested man with long dark hair, wearing a rust-brown wrap and a multicolour flower garland, pours water from a leafy kalasha-style vessel over an excavated pit lined with red bricks decorated with yellow and pink flowers. Around him, a priest in white dhoti with yellow border stands at left, and several men in white and orange dhotis, some with rudraksha malas, watch nearby. A man in a white shirt films with a Sony camcorder held overhead at right. A red-and-yellow fringed parasol stands at top left, with a low red wall and trees behind.2016-11-23November 23 20162016-11-23