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A photograph of a temple courtyard with an orange-painted wall and corrugated roof. A man in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back dark hair stands with head bowed, wearing a long white flower garland and white markings on his arms. Beside him, a second man in an orange robe holds part of a purple cloth-draped palanquin or carrier. Two men in white dhotis and a man in a light blue striped shirt lift the covered carrier, while a man in a red garment kneels on the yellow-flower-strewn floor before it. Women in white saris and yellow garments and a seated child watch. Scattered petals and a bowl of yellow fruit are visible. A blue sign reads Silence please. a person is the orange-robed central figure, identified by long hair and saffron clothing with a garland.

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Photograph of a temple courtyard ritual with a crowd watching. In the foreground, men in white dhotis and a man in a light blue shirt lift a draped brown cloth bundle with a wooden carrying pole, set over a wooden table with white flower garlands and yellow and red blossoms. A woman in a red shawl on the left presses her palms together. On the right, a smiling man in saffron-orange robes wears a long white jasmine garland with red and yellow flowers and has white sacred ash marks on his arms. Beside him stands an older bearded man in orange robes and a red shawl with rudraksha beads, and a shaved-headed man in white. Several women in white saris and yellow shawls and a child crouch in the background near an orange wall with a blue sign.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph of a temple courtyard with orange-walled buildings. In the foreground, two men in white dhotis and shirts carry a wooden palanquin draped in brown cloth and heavily garlanded with white jasmine and red flowers. On the right, a bearded man in an orange robe with white sacred-ash markings on his arms, wearing a white garland, gestures with raised hands toward the procession. A man in an orange shawl stands at left, and a crowd of devotees, many in white saris and dhotis, watches from behind. A seated child in a blue shirt sits near the palanquin.2010-07-21Outdoor temple-courtyard scene under a corrugated metal roof with an orange wall behind. Two men in white dhotis and shirts on the left hold a folded brown and gold silk cloth draped with long garlands of white jasmine and red flowers, presenting it forward. A bearded man in an orange dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala stands centre, hands together. A figure in orange robes with a white garland and white sandal markings on the arms stands at right facing the cloth, with another orange-robed man at far right and a seated woman and child in the lower left. The setting suggests a temple offering of cloth and garlands to a deity, though no deity murti is clearly visible in frame.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph of a temple or ashram courtyard under a corrugated metal roof with an orange wall behind. In the centre, a man in a white dhoti and shirt stands barefoot beside a woman in a red blouse and sari who bends forward while scattering flowers and petals on the floor. On the right, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange robe over one shoulder and a long white flower garland, with white ash marks on his arm. Another man in orange stands beside him. Several women in white and yellow watch from the background, and a blue sign with Kannada script hangs on the wall. Yellow marigold petals and scattered rice cover the ground. Overlaid text credits the a person archive.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph of a temple courtyard where men in white dhotis and shirts carry a covered palanquin-like litter draped in a maroon cloth with gold border and white garlands. On the right, a figure in saffron robes with a white-garlanded neck and sandalwood or vibhuti marks on the arms faces the litter and gestures toward it. Beside them, a bearded man in orange and red shawl with a rudraksha mala stands with hands folded, and a crowd of women in white and yellow saris watches from behind. Orange walls, a red-trimmed doorway and a corrugated roof frame the scene, with flower petals on the floor. Ritual procession or temple abhishekam setting.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21