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Night photo of an outdoor ritual at a decorated white silver-toned shrine area. In the foreground, many metal bowls hold coloured powders, grains, pulses and pink and red flower petals on a multicoloured cloth. A seated man on the right wears a dark turban, red-maroon dhoti and draped orange-red shawl, with bare upper body, rudraksha-style bead bracelets and folded hands in namaskar. Behind him are ornate white decorative shrines, a small domed canopy, a seated deity murti with garlands and a red digital clock showing 08:37. A person in white stands at left near a drum-like object. A microphone stand is in front of the seated man. Shrine statues and devotees are in the background, and the figure is.

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January 31 20182018-01-31Night outdoor ritual scene under a dark blue sky with a crescent moon. A man seated at right with a dark turban, bare upper body, a red-maroon cloth wrap and beaded bracelets sits with palms pressed together in prayer beside an ornate white silver-toned shrine canopy. Behind him stand more ornate silver-toned shrines and temple structures decorated with marigold garlands, and a deity murti is visible within. The ground is covered with colourful striped cloths holding bowls of red kumkum, yellow turmeric powder, grains and flower petals. A digital clock reads 08:37 PM 52 at left. The image is a photograph.2018-01-31Night outdoor ritual under a dark blue sky with a crescent moon and a small blue bird logo at upper left. A man sits cross-legged on the right with palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a dark turban, rudraksha beads, a bare chest, and a red-orange cloth draped over his shoulder and lap. He sits beside an ornate silver throne-like palanquin decorated with flower garlands and silver lions or animal figures. Behind him stands a silver shrine canopy with a glowing gold tree. Foreground shows colourful striped cloth on the ground, many silver bowls of red kumkum, yellow turmeric, grains, pulses, pink and red flower petals, and a digital clock reading 08:37 PM. A few people stand at the far left in white clothes. The a person identity is not established by appearance here, so the figure is described by role only.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31Night outdoor ritual photograph with a crescent moon in the dark sky. Dozens of metal plates heaped with flowers, grains, spices, nuts and powders cover a colourful striped cloth in the foreground. Behind them, a seated figure with long dreadlocked hair, bare-chested with rudraksha-style adornments and a floral garland, sits with palms pressed together in namaste near a microphone stand. Ornate white silver-toned shrines, canopied palanquin-like structures and a pedestal with a deity murti stand beside him, decorated with marigold garlands. Dark statues wearing garlands line the right edge under a tree, and a red digital clock reads 09:15.2018-01-31Night photograph of an outdoor ritual at Adi Kailash Aadheenam with a crescent moon in a dark sky. In the centre-right, a man in a dark turban, rudraksha mala and light garlands sits with palms pressed together before an ornate white silver shrine and deity murti decorated with marigold garlands. Heaps of colourful offerings, pink flower petals, red and yellow powders and grains, cover the cloth-covered ground in the foreground. A digital clock reads 09:15 at left, and a large metal vessel sits beside a stone mortar. Attribution of the seated man to a person is not established by the scene itself.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31Night outdoor ritual scene under a dark blue sky with a crescent moon at upper left. In the centre, a bare-chested seated man with a shaved head and a red-and-white cloth wrapped at his waist sits with palms pressed together in namaskar before a white marble shrine with ornate arches and a small canopied altar. Along the right, a row of dark stone deity statues adorned with yellow and orange marigold garlands stands near a tree. The ground is covered with colourful striped mats, with brass vessels and small piles of kumkum, turmeric and grain in bowls. A microphone stand and a red digital clock showing 08:37 are visible. Figures in the background handle equipment. Ritual worship of Lord Muruga-related murtis is suggested by the setting.2018-01-31Night outdoor ritual scene with a large spread of offerings in metal plates across a colourful striped cloth: red and pink petals, yellow and white marigold-type flowers, red powder, grains, pulses and seeds. Behind them, a seated figure with a shaved head and bare upper body, wearing a red-brown cloth and beaded necklaces, sits with hands folded in anjali mudra before a white ornate canopy and carved white shrine structures decorated with garlands. Dark stone deity murtis garlanded with yellow and orange flowers line the right side, and a tree stands at the edge under a dark sky with a moon. A digital clock reads 09:15 at left. Ritual setting consistent with a puja or pancha archana offering.2018-01-31Night-time outdoor ritual at the Adi Kailash setting beside a large tree. A seated priest in a rust-red dhoti and bare upper body sits cross-legged before a microphone stand, facing a line of dark stone deity murti decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands. Silver ornate palanquin-style shrines and a silver peetha stand behind him. Colourful striped cloth covers the ground, with small brass bowls holding red kumkum, yellow turmeric and other powders in front. A large brass vessel sits at left and a red digital clock reads 08:37. A crescent moon shines in the dark blue sky. Thaipusam-style procession preparations or homa-related worship appear in the scene.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31