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Outdoor ritual at a temple-style yard under a tent canopy. A shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes and a saffron head-cloth, with a white tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha mala, sits at a microphone before a stone platform, pouring from a brass bowl with a ladle. Brass lamps, a kalasha-type vessel, a brass oil lamp and marigold and orange flowers sit on the platform. Behind him a woman in an orange shawl and white garment and other devotees in white stand near colourful umbrella-shaped canopies with bird and floral patterns. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam.

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Outdoor ritual scene at an open-air puja. A bald, shaven-headed man in saffron robes with rudraksha beads and a white tilak sits cross-legged at the centre behind a microphone, hands in a mudra over a brass bowl. To his left, a man in white clothes with an orange shawl kneels beside a brass oil lamp (deepam) with garlands. On the right, a woman in an orange sari holds a lit flame, and other people in white stand nearby. Multicoloured canopy umbrellas, a white flag on a pole, and white steps decorated with marigold flowers and banana leaves surround the scene, with offerings of fruit and flowers in front.2007-09-03September 03 20072007-09-03September 03 20072007-09-03September 03 20072007-09-03September 03 20072007-09-03April 22 20162016-04-22Photo of a ceremonial gathering at a sacred fire area. A man seated centre-right in saffron robes wears a rudraksha mala and a long multicoloured flower garland, gesturing with one raised hand while speaking into a handheld microphone. Around him, several people in white and saffron shawls sit on a woven mat; a man in saffron stands at left holding a tall gold-tipped staff. In the foreground are a silver bowl of rice or grains, brass dishes, small lamps and scattered yellow flowers along a brick-like platform. A bearded man in glasses and a woman in white sit among the group. Robes and shawls are predominantly saffron and white.2007-12-24Outdoor ceremony on a raised platform covered with a red and white cloth. A shaved-headed man in a saffron-orange shawl and white dhoti sits cross-legged before a microphone on a stand, smiling and gesturing with one hand; he wears a rudraksha-style mala. Behind him stands a man in white clothes beneath a fringed canopy. To the right, a man in white with a mala tends brass vessels, a tall brass lamp stand and a tray of fruit, and women in white sit at the edge of the platform. Garlands hang on a pillar at the far right, and a painted decorated pillar stands at the left.2007-09-03December 29 20102010-12-29December 25 20062006-12-25Night photograph of a ritual at an outdoor altar. A shaven-headed man in full saffron-orange robes, with a white tilak and red bindi, wears a long gold-coloured necklace and stands on a white cloth, holding a small metal kalasha-style vessel in one hand and a tall wooden staff with a small saffron flag in the other. Nearby, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala stands at left, and a young man in white with an orange shawl stands at right. A colourful umbrella and gold-tipped ceremonial standards appear behind. The altar in front is draped in yellow cloth with marigold garlands, flowers, fruit, a brass bowl, a small deity murti, and metal lamps and pots. Several seated devotees in white are visible in the background.2007-02-11February 12 20132013-02-12 +1 copies