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Outdoor ashram scene under trees and a thatched shelter. A young man with long hair, bare-chested, wearing orange cloth and a beaded necklace, stands at right holding a brass bell. Nearby, a bare-chested man in orange garments with a garland pours or tends at a stone well-like structure. Several devotees in white dhotis and shirts, women in white and cream saris, and girls with backpacks gather around. Yellow brick borders and a brass vessel are visible. Ritual abhishekam or puja-like activity is taking place.

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Outdoor ritual scene under tall trees at a shrine decorated with marigold and multicolour garlands around a deity murti. Several saffron-robed men in orange dhotis and shawls, with rudraksha malas, stand in a line. A long-haired man in a cream-white robe with gold border stands centre-left holding a puja vessel while a saffron-clad attendant pours from a vessel. A saffron-clad man holds an ornate multicoloured parasol and a tall trident-like staff. Another man in a white robe with gold trim stands at the right edge. Offerings of fruit and flowers sit on a white stone table in the foreground, with brass thali plates. Taken as a photo of a ceremonial procession or puja at an ashram.2009-01-01An outdoor ritual at a dirt-floored ground with a fire-walk path of hot embers. A barefoot man in saffron-orange robes and a long orange-beaded mala walks across the glowing ash-covered pit while a man in white dhoti and shirt with a long pole rakes the path beside him. Behind them, a crowd of devotees watches, many in white kurtas and dhotis, a woman in a pink sari, and a woman in a cream sari with gold border. A brass pot sits near a tree, and a drummer in a blue shirt plays a large drum at the lower right. A second saffron-clad man stands nearby in the background, and a man in white stretches an arm toward the walker.2008-12-31April 02 20122012-04-02December 06 20112011-12-06A photograph of an outdoor flag-hoisting ceremony at a tree-shaded ground with a sandy floor and a white rangoli design. In the foreground, a man with long swept-back dark hair, a ceremonial gold-and-white garland, and a saffron sleeveless robe holds a silver cage-like vessel, while a younger man in white dhoti and saffron shawl stands beside him. A row of people in saffron and white robes stands in the background, with a tall pole and saffron flags at the left and right. Several people press their palms together in prayer. The printed caption at the top corner reads Flag Hoisting by Swamiji, and a portrait-style label is not visible in the frame. Several cues on the foreground man (long swept hair, saffron robe, ceremonial garland) are distinctive, so he is described as a person with the role of the person performing the flag-hoisting.2006-12-23Outdoor temple courtyard shaded by large spreading trees. A group of about eight people stand near a golden deity murti seated on a gilded base with a gilded lotus-like pedestal in the lower left. A man in a white dhoti and shirt stands at center, and a woman in an orange saree with her back to the camera faces the shrine. A younger person in an orange dhoti and a woman in a yellow saree stand to the right beside a man in a pink shirt. A seated figure in red garments with a garland sits near the shrine. A low red-brown wall and a yellow-domed temple structure appear behind the group.2019-04-07A procession of devotees walks across a bare dirt ground beneath a large spreading banyan tree. In the foreground at right, a man with long dark hair wears an orange robe and a gold necklace of flower garlands, smiling and gesturing with his hand. Beside him, a devotee in white dhoti and orange shawl bows low, touching the ground with his hand while others in white dhotis and orange shawls follow in line. Behind them, an older woman in white sari with orange shawl holds a book, and several more devotees in white and orange stand along the path. A faint kolam or drawn pattern marks the ground near the bowing devotee.2006-12-23Outdoor photograph under a leafy tree at a temple site showing a Shivalinga on a stone base being bathed in an abhishekam. A man in saffron-orange robes with bare shoulders kneels at the left, pouring from a small vessel onto the black lingam. A woman in a white sari with a gold border kneels and holds a metal pot to pour water over the lingam. Nearby, devotees in saffron robes, white kurtas and white clothes stand around, including a girl in a white dress with a red-orange shawl and a boy in white with a rudraksha mala. A man at the right wears a white kurta and a lanyard. In the right foreground, a person in an orange head wrap with a white flower garland is seen from behind. The scene conveys a ritual bathing of a Shiva lingam with offerings.2005-12-31July 14 20132013-07-14January 11 20162016-01-11January 01 20132013-01-01October 04 20142014-10-04