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Outdoor ritual at a freshly heaped mound of earth, scattered with flower petals, under a bright sky and trees. A bare-chested man in white dhoti pours liquid from a brass vessel onto a stone set in the mound while another man in a white dhoti leans in to assist. Behind them stands a man with long hair and a full beard, wearing a rust-orange robe and a rudraksha mala, raising his hand in blessing; a short-haired man in white also stands nearby. Several colourful ceremonial umbrellas with gold and red fringes shade the group. A small boy in a green checked shirt and blue shorts stands in the foreground, with women in saris and onlookers in white and orange behind.

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Outdoor ceremony on reddish-brown earth strewn with yellow and orange flower petals. A white-clad man in glasses pours water from a clay pot onto the freshly dug ground. Behind him, a bearded man with long dark hair wears a rust-red robe and a long brown beaded mala, standing near a line of saffron-robed attendants. Two large decorative umbrellas, one gold-brown and one red with gold embroidery, are held over the group, with a green and red umbrella at the left edge. A man in white ritual dress with a shawl stands with folded hands, and another elderly man in white stands at right. Several saffron-clad devotees and one attendant with a white shawl and red beads stand around the gathering.2017-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20172017-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual on bare red earth with scattered yellow and white flower petals on a mound. A man in a white dhoti and shirt, wearing glasses, pours water from a clay pot onto the mound. Around him, saffron-robed sannyasis hold ornate umbrellas in orange, red and green with tassels. A bearded man in a rust-red robe and a long rudraksha-style mala stands at the center, flanked by a man in white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and ritual attendants in saffron. Older men in white stand to the right. Trees and a hazy sky form the background.2017-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 04 20172017-02-04 +1 copiesFebruary 04 20172017-02-04February 02 20172017-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20172017-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual at a fresh dirt mound scattered with flower petals. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti pours water over a stone or pot at the base of the mound. Behind him, several men in saffron-orange robes hold up ornate umbrellas in orange, red and gold with tassels. A bearded man in a rust-brown robe with a brown shawl stands with hands folded at the centre, wearing rudraksha beads, and another man in an ivory-and-gold dhoti stands beside him. Older men in white shirts and dhotis watch quietly under a hazy sky, and a few people stand further back.2017-02-02 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual at a reddish-earth site beneath ornate umbrellas. A bearded man in a rust-red robe with a long gold-toned beaded necklace and rudraksha mala stands at centre, with a long dark swept-back hair and another man in white dhoti and gold-bordered shawl behind him holding a red-and-gold umbrella. A man in white shirt and dhoti pours liquid from a clay pot onto a freshly dug mound scattered with flower petals. Around them, men in saffron-orange robes and garlands stand, and older men in white dhotis observe. Multicoloured and orange-gold parasols shelter the group.2017-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20172017-02-02February 02 20172017-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 04 20172017-02-04