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A young boy in an orange polo shirt and blue shorts stands in an outdoor temple courtyard, drinking from a green tender coconut held to his mouth with both hands. Behind him, under a palm-thatched pavilion with golden pillars, several deity murtis are decorated with garlands and sit on a raised platform. A brass oil lamp stand and a small canopied seat with a red cushion stand to the right. A knife and coconut husk pieces lie on the red-painted ledge in the foreground.

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A young boy in an orange short-sleeved polo shirt drinks from a green tender coconut, holding it up to his mouth with one hand. A woman in pink is partly visible at the right edge. Behind him, under a golden-pillared open pavilion with a dark roof, a seated figure in a golden-brown chair is faintly visible among trees, with a red-edged stone platform and garden plants in the background.2022-01-01A young boy in an orange t-shirt and magenta pants crouches on a bare floor, feeding fresh green grass from a woven basket to a brown cow. The cow wears a red and white rope halter, a red flower garland on its neck, and yellow and red turmeric-kumkum marks on its forehead and horns. Behind them a shrine holds a deity murti adorned with a pink garland beside brass oil lamps, set on a green cloth. A standing priest in a red dhoti with gold border, stands at the right, partly cropped, with bare feet. This is a gaumatha puja and goseva offering.2022-01-19Jan 19 2022 sripuram2022-01-19A photograph of a courtyard-style gathering in which a young boy in orange monastic robes leans forward to look at a brown, fibrous coconut held in the open palm of a seated man wearing cream-white clothes and a red-and-beige beaded mala. Beside them, a woman in a blue and purple striped sari with a beaded necklace holds a white enamel mug and rests her hand on a brown notebook. Another hand holding a light blue mug appears at the top of the frame, and an orange cloth is visible in the background. The man's face is not visible, so no identity can be attributed from appearance.2017-02-01A young boy in an orange t-shirt and magenta dhoti stands barefoot offering a woven basket of green grass to a brown cow with a red and white flower garland around its neck and yellow turmeric marks on its horns. Behind them, a golden canopied shrine with a domed top houses a small figure seated with a red shawl and orange turban, adorned with pink flower garlands, with oil lamps in front. Fresh grass lies on the ground and the setting is a covered temple courtyard with red walls. This appears to be a go-seva gaumatha puja offering.2022-01-19February 01 20172017-02-01February 01 20172017-02-01A young boy with short dark hair, wearing an orange saffron wrap and a thin silver chain, sits cross-legged and reaches toward a brown coconut held in the open palm of an adult seated in white clothing. A cream-coloured garment and a red-and-white beaded mala with a small yellow pendant are visible on the adult. A second child in orange-toned clothing sits partly behind the boy, and a blue cup and a dark bottle appear at the edge of the frame.2017-02-01February 01 20172017-02-01A young boy in an orange cloth sits cross-legged and reaches toward a brown coconut resting in the open palm of a person in cream-white clothing. Another child in orange sits behind him with a silver chain. The seated adult wears a red-and-cream beaded necklace and a yellow pendant. A blue cup is visible at the top edge. The scene suggests a courtyard initiation session, with the boy touching the coconut's fibrous husk.2017-02-01February 01 20172017-02-01 +1 copiesFebruary 01 20172017-02-01