A photograph of a dry, sandy patch of ground with tall green stems bearing small magenta globe-shaped flowers. Behind them stands a long low red-brick building with a corrugated roof and a small orange flag on a pole. A white satellite dish van is parked at the right edge beside a few trees. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a dry, sandy patch of ground with tall green stems bearing small magenta globe-shaped flowers. Behind them stands a long low red-brick building with a corrugated roof and a small orange flag on a pole. A white satellite dish van is parked at the right edge beside a few trees. No people are visible.

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A photograph of several slender green stems topped with round, magenta-purple globe-shaped flower heads. Green oval leaves grow along the stems. The background is a blurred sandy-brown ground with patches of green scrub and a small shallow puddle of water. No people, deities or ritual objects are visible.

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A close, low-angle photograph of a dry gravelly ground with sparse green plants bearing small magenta globe-shaped flowers in the foreground and midground. Behind them stands a red-painted single-storey building with a white wall-mounted air conditioner unit and a small orange flag on a pole. A pale overcast sky fills the background. No people are visible.

A procession of saffron-robed sannyasis walks barefoot along a dirt path past a red-painted building. In the foreground, a man with long dark hair and a saffron wrap with yellow borders walks ahead, wearing a beaded necklace and sandals; a second saffron-robed man with a large beaded necklace walks at the right edge. Several bald, white-painted sannyasis in orange and brown robes follow, one carrying a long brass horn and another a large round fan-shaped parasol. A cameraperson at the right edge films the procession. Mounds of excavated earth and gravel surround the path.

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A close-up photograph of a single magenta globe amaranth flower head on a slender pale green stem, with a small purple-tinged green bract at its base. The flower has a dense, spiky pompom texture with tiny white specks. The blurred background shows warm reddish-brown soil and soft green leaves out of focus. No people, deities or ritual objects are visible.

A close-up photograph of a single magenta globe amaranth flower head on a slender pale green stem. The dense, spiky pink-purple bloom is in sharp focus against a soft, blurred background of warm reddish-brown earth with out-of-focus green leaves at the lower edge. A small green and burgundy bract sits beneath the flower head. No people, deities or ritual objects are visible.

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A close photograph of rough, grey-brown granite rock with orange-brown weathered streaks, partly covered by dry grass and thin wiry stems. A cluster of small bright purple flowers grows from a crack in the rock on the left, with a few more purple blooms scattered across the stone and grass. No people, deities or ritual objects are visible.

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