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A man in a red cap, white shirt and grey trousers leans over a white-painted stone structure, brushing white paint onto its ledge. He holds a paint bucket with red-streaked paint in his other hand. Behind him stand coconut palms and hanging leaf garlands strung on a line. Above the white base sits an ornate copper-coloured vessel decorated with yellow flower garlands.

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A man in a white shirt, grey trousers and a red cap bends over a white-painted stone platform, dipping a brush into a paint bucket to paint the base of a copper-coloured ornate pillar or kalasha decorated with yellow marigold garlands. Palm trees and banana leaves surround the structure, with paper-cut decorative strands hanging above. A partially visible person in white and another in a green cap stand at the left edge.2008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30A young man in a brown t-shirt and checked lungi sits on a concrete plinth beside a large polished copper kalasha-shaped vessel with embossed floral bands. Wooden scaffolding poles and lashed timber rails frame the scene, with coconut palms and a clear blue sky behind. A small red-and-white tin sits at his feet on the concrete base, and a white pillar rises beside the scaffolding. The setting suggests construction or installation work at an outdoor site.2006-12-19A man in an orange-and-white striped shirt and white trousers bends over a row of black stone Shivalingas set on yoni pedestals on a tiered brick and concrete platform with a white metal railing. He is working with a mound of grey wet material, pressing it into a round mould or basin, while a bowl of the same material sits in the foreground. Several other black lingams stand around him, and a red cylindrical tool lies beside the basin.June 29 20142014-06-29 +2 copiesJuly 20 20092009-07-20August 20 20142014-08-20 +1 copiesA barefoot man in an orange cap bearing a Nithyanandapedia logo and a pale yellow patterned shirt with rolled-up grey trousers bends over a row of grey stone Shivalingam-shaped moulds set in a red-edged concrete channel. He holds a small hammer in one hand and a chisel or trowel in the other, working on the base of a mould where grey grit and dust lie. Other similar lingam-and-base forms and a heap of grey sand sit nearby, with wet concrete and gravel around them.Outdoor ritual at a gold-coloured dhvaja stambha or flagstaff base with palm trees behind. Several young men in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stand around the gold pillar; one in the foreground wearing a leopard-print headband and a rudraksha mala pours liquid from a small silver vessel onto the base, while others fold their hands in prayer. White sweets or offerings sit on the gold tiered base, with yellow flowers scattered on a stone platform. Dwajarohanam flag-hoisting preparations.2018-12-22December 12 20062006-12-12 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual photo under tall coconut palms beside an ornate carved wooden kalasha-style pillar with a palm-frond top, wrapped with white jasmine and red flower garlands. A standing man in orange-saffron robes with a black turban-style headwear and layered beaded rudraksha-type necklaces, wearing a red-and-yellow flower garland, raises one hand while flower petals or water scatter near him; a person in the right foreground holds a brass ritual vessel and red cloth. Several other people are partly visible at the lower right.2016-01-11December 22 20062006-12-22