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Outdoor ritual photograph in front of a red multi-storey building with barred windows and black water tanks. A large grey oval stone, wrapped in a garland of marigolds and red, white, green and purple flowers, sits in the foreground. Behind it a man with a shaved head and bare torso, wearing a red-brown shawl and a bead necklace, stands beside a figure in orange garments. A multicoloured fringed canopy on a gold pole is held overhead. A third person in orange and a woman in red stand nearby. A decorative figure is partly visible at left.

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January 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph in front of a red multi-storey building with white railings and black water tanks. A large grey stone or metal oval object is decorated with a band of flower garlands in red, pink, yellow, white and green. A central man stands behind it wearing an orange-brown robe, bare chest, a rudraksha-style necklace and a sacred mark on his forehead; he is holding or leaning on the object. Beside him stands a younger man in orange with a shaved head. A child in orange with a flower garland in the hair stands at left. A tall gold-pole umbrella with multicoloured fringed canopy shelters the group. The orange-clad figure's presentation with the umbrella and garlands fits a ceremonial procession setting.2018-01-01 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a ritual at a large dark stone yoni-shaped or oval altar decorated with a thick border of marigold and multicolored flower garlands. Behind it, a man with long dark hair and a bare chest, wearing a red-orange dhoti and rudraksha-style beads, holds a brass vessel and pours or offers from it. Beside him, another man in an orange-red cloth with a headband and beads stands with his hands together, and a small figure in orange crouches at the edge. A colourful striped canopy with fringed tassels in blue, yellow, green and red shades hangs overhead. Behind them stands a red multi-storey building with water tanks on a rooftop, and white metal railings surround the area.2018-01-01 +1 copiesOutdoor ceremony in front of a red-painted building. A man in an orange-red ochre robe with a vibhuti or tilak mark on his forehead sits on a raised peetha/throne beneath a multicoloured fringed canopy. Two attendants in saffron-orange robes stand beside him, one with a rudraksha-style neck mala. In front of the throne is a large dark stone shivalinga-shaped form with a thick arched garland of marigolds and red, white, green and yellow flowers. Black water tanks, white railings and a green tarp are visible behind. a person: the seated man has a bearded face, a tilak on his forehead and a red-orange robe with a ceremonial neck mala, sitting on a throne under a canopy, matching the page's event; he is an in_person candidate.2018-01-01 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual at a red-walled building with a large grey stone lingam draped in a garland of marigolds and multicoloured flowers in red, white, yellow and purple. Several men stand above on a raised platform beneath a striped multicoloured canopy on a pole. One man in orange-saffron robes and rudraksha beads holds a plate or offering, while another in an orange cloth and white shawl stands near him. Water tanks, a green tarpaulin and a steel frame are visible behind. Stepped stone ghats lead down to the water.2018-01-01 +1 copies