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A photograph of an outdoor temple ritual at a shrine. A seated figure with long, swept-back dark hair wears a red-orange garment, a rudraksha mala and a thick yellow and red marigold garland, with white ash markings on the body. Hands are cupped in front of him above a stone slab holding offerings and a tray. Behind him, a decorated deity murti is draped with garlands. Around him, a crowd of men in white dhotis with gold borders, some bare-chested with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings, stand with folded hands. A standing priest in orange and a rudraksha mala assists nearby. Stone pillars and a red boundary wall frame the open-air setting.

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March 07 20162016-03-07Outdoor temple-courtyard scene at a shrine with a large white Shiva linga on a stone base, decorated with yellow and red flower garlands and a garland-draped deity figure behind. A seated man in a red-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing layered garlands of yellow and red flowers and a tall black hair bun, sits in front of the linga with bare hands extended, while a priest in orange and a white-clad attendant with tilak markings tend offerings. Several people in white dhotis with rudraksha malas and smeared white ash stand and sit around the shrine, and a woman in red sari sits nearby. Ritual items include a silver tray, a bowl of white sugar or ash, and scattered marigold petals.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07