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Indoor photograph in a small plain room with cream walls and a speckled floor. A seated man with long dark hair, a red-and-white forehead mark, a beaded necklace and an orange sleeveless top smiles while sitting against the wall. Nearby, a bare-chested priest sits on an orange cloth beside a plate of fruit and small brass vessels, and a kneeling man in white dhoti and orange shawl tends to the ritual items. A standing man in white with an orange shawl and a bearded man in white with an orange shawl look on, and a man in white shirt and dhoti on the right holds his palms together in anjali. A white cloth and a silver kalasha-like vessel lie on the floor.

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Indoor photograph in a small plain-walled room with a speckled floor, where a seated bare-chested man with a shaved head and a rudraksha mala, his back to the camera, is attended during a small ritual. Nearby on an orange cloth are a brass plate with lemons and fruit, small metal vessels and a silver lamp. A younger man in white dhoti and orange shawl kneels and bends forward over the offerings. A man with long dark hair and an orange shawl, seated on the floor, looks down. A standing man in white with an orange shawl stands with hands clasped, and another standing man in white with glasses and folded hands watches. A man in white with arms crossed stands at the left edge. No a person candidate is identifiable from appearance alone, so the role is given as devotee or attendant.2006-12-04A photograph in a small plain room with cream walls and a speckled floor. A man with long dark hair, a saffron cloth over his shoulders and a gold-beaded necklace sits cross-legged on the floor, smiling. In front of him a man in a white dhoti and white shirt bows low with his head near the floor, his saffron shawl draped over his back. A shirtless man in an orange cloth sits at the left edge beside a brass plate of fruit, flowers and a small silver vessel. Two standing men on the right wear white kurta-style clothing with orange shawls; one has a rudraksha mala and gray beard, the other stands with palms pressed together in namaste. A young man at far left in white dhoti and orange shawl stands with arms folded. Steel containers sit on the floor nearby. Four physical people are prominent with others partially visible.2006-12-04A small tiled room where a seated priest with bare back and a gold necklace performs a puja on an orange cloth, with a brass plate of fruit, a silver vessel and a small oil lamp before him. A woman in a white sari with gold border and an orange shawl kneels at right and reaches toward the offerings, while a smiling person in an orange garment with a rudraksha mala sits behind her. Two young men in white dhotis stand at left against the wall, one bare-chested with arms folded and the other in a white kurta with an orange shawl, also arms folded. The scene shows a ritual gathering in a simple ashram room with cream walls.2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Indoor photograph of a small room with pale walls and a speckled floor where a ritual is taking place. A shirtless older man with a gold necklace and rudraksha mala sits in the foreground on an orange cloth, facing a silver plate of fruit and a small kalasha-style vessel. A woman in a white sari with orange border kneels and bows over a small mirror-like tray, while another woman in orange sits against the wall with a rudraksha mala. A standing man in white dhoti and orange shawl with folded hands watches. A plate of fruit, a yellow basket and a small rolled cloth lie on the floor.2006-12-04A dim, unfinished stone-walled chamber during a garbha consecration. A central figure in an orange robe with long, swept-back dark hair sits cross-legged on a low wooden stool, leaning forward toward a square stone base holding a brass yantra-style object covered in white cloth. Around him, young men in white kurtas with orange shawls kneel and bend close, one with hands raised over another's head. An older man in white dhoti with a maroon border stands at the right edge, hands folded.2006-12-11December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04A photograph of a ritual scene indoors on an orange cloth mat with a striped rug. A kneeling man in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered yellow shawl and a red-beaded rudraksha mala holds a small leaf or offering in his hands while a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti with a maroon-striped shawl kneels opposite him, extending his hands. Behind them a line of men in white dhotis and shawls stands along the wall, and a man in an orange robe stands further back. A bronze vessel, a metal bowl, and a garland of white flowers and red blossoms hang on a wooden stand near a microphone stand. A woman in a beige sari kneels at the lower left edge of the frame.2011-03-05A photograph in a small corner room with cream walls and a speckled floor. A man with short curly hair and a red forehead mark stands at left, wearing a white kurta, white dhoti with red border and an orange shawl, hands clasped. A central figure with long, swept-back dark hair, a red forehead mark, a gold ceremonial necklace and an orange-saffron shawl sits cross-legged on the floor, smiling upward. A woman in a gold-orange sari with a red forehead mark gestures as she speaks at right. A bare-chested man in an orange cloth sits in front, with a steel plate of fruit, a steel tumbler and small brass vessels on an orange cloth before him. A woman in a maroon checked sari kneels at lower right, bent forward over the ritual items.2006-12-04A photograph inside a plain room with pale tiled walls and a small microphone stand. Several saffron-robed men stand on an orange cloth. The bald man in the centre wears an orange shawl over his shoulder and has his back to the camera. A man in white dhoti kneels with his head bowed on a white cloth. A woman in a cream saree with a red border sits cross-legged on the floor, holding betel leaves, and a silver plate with green leaves sits in the foreground. On the left, a woman in an orange saree stands near a man in orange wearing a gold-beaded necklace. The scene suggests a ritual offering with betel leaves.2011-03-05A photograph of a temple ritual in a pink-walled room with brass oil lamps on tall stands. Several men perform a puja. A bare-chested priest in orange dhoti with white sacred markings on his chest and arms sits before a large steel plate and a small wooden platform, with a flower garland and coconut in front of him. Beside him another man in orange and white reaches toward a lamp. A man in white dhoti sits at left, a man in a blue-and-white garment sits at right, and a man in orange dhoti and a pink cloth stands at far right adjusting his hair. Brass vessels and a decorated pot stand nearby.2007-08-09Indoor photo in a plain white-walled room with a speckled floor. A long-haired man in orange robes and a gold-beaded necklace sits cross-legged on a mat and smiles. In front, a man in white dhoti and orange shawl kneels with folded hands bowed toward him. Nearby on an orange cloth are a brass tray of fruit, a small silver vessel and flower petals. Three more standing men watch: one in white with arms crossed and an orange shawl, one bearded with folded hands in white and orange, and one in white shirt and glasses with palms pressed together.2006-12-04