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Outdoor photo of a dusty open ground with a puddle in the foreground. A rust-coloured metal frame holds a pulley with a hanging brass vessel. A group of men in shirts and trousers stand watching, one in a green kurta. On the left, a woman in a pale sari walks across the ground, and a white-tented canopy with red and orange cloth shelters seated devotees and an orange-robed figure. Palm trees and a clear sky sit behind the scene.

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December 13 20112011-12-13December 13 20112011-12-13Outdoor ground at a festival or ashram event under bright sky. A tall rusty metal frame holds a hanging brass or copper pot decorated with a flower garland, suspended from a rope. Beneath it, a wet patch of ground and several people stand in a loose line; a man in a green kurta and another in a pink shirt look up toward the pot. Behind, a red-and-white canopy shades a seated crowd, with people in white and orange clothes, and a figure in orange robes stands at left. Blue buckets sit nearby and palm trees line the horizon.2011-12-13A photograph of a group of people gathered on a bare, reddish-brown earth site under a clear blue sky. A tall rust-coloured metal gantry frame stands in the foreground, with a pulley and rope suspending a small pot or vessel. Several men in white dhoti-style clothing, one in a saffron/orange shirt and one in a light green kurta, stand in a cluster watching, while a few women in white and dark clothing stand nearby, one in a white top holding the rope. A blue signboard and a few distant construction vehicles and trees appear in the background.2009-12-19Outdoor photo on a dusty, puddled dirt ground under an overcast sky. A clay pot hangs from a rope strung between two tall rust-coloured poles at right and centre, a pot-breaking style game. A man in white kurta and white dhoti stands centre with a stick in hand, bald-headed, with a rudraksha-style mala visible at his neck. Around him, devotees in white kurtas and white dhotis, a monk in saffron robes, and women in white saris and salwar kameez hold small cups and stand beside blue plastic drums. A crowd of onlookers, many in white, watches from the background, some seated on the ground. Blue plastic drums, a red-brick wall and trees frame the open lot.2010-09-02Outdoors on a dusty ground, a group of young people and children play a water game beneath a red metal frame with a hanging bell or weight. A man in a lilac shirt and grey trousers leaps upward, arm raised, as water sprays around him. Men in white kurtas with yellow waist sashes stand nearby, some holding red buckets and blue drums. A man in orange clothing stands at the right edge, and a modern building with scaffolding rises in the background under a clear blue sky.2010-12-22December 19 20092009-12-19Outdoor photo of a dusty open ground where a crowd gathers around a tall rust-coloured metal frame holding a hanging clay pot on a rope, a Krishna Janmashtami style pot-breaking or hanging setup. Several people in white clothes stand in shallow puddles near blue plastic drums. Two figures in saffron-orange robes stand at right, one a woman in orange sari and one a man in orange sannyasi garb, alongside a man in white kurta and women in pastel and white salwar. A low orange brick wall and green trees sit behind under overcast sky.2010-09-02December 19 20092009-12-19Outdoor photo of a Janmashtami-style pot-breaking game on wet, muddy ground. A clay pot hangs from a rope tied to a red metal frame at centre. Several people in white dhotis and white kurtas or sarees gather around it, some holding small plastic buckets or cups. Blue plastic drums stand at left and right, and water splashes from the pot toward a man in a white dhoti at centre. Other people in white, red, pink and blue clothes watch from the sides under a heavy grey sky with trees and an orange brick wall behind. A figure at centre wears a translucent white robe. a person, the a person, is not visibly identifiable from appearance here.2010-09-02Outdoor photo on dry dirt ground beside a shallow puddle. In the foreground a bare-chested man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron dhoti and holds a long rope, pointing toward a wooden frame. A clay pot hangs from a crossbar on tall wooden posts. Beside it a man in an orange shirt and white dhoti stands with a long orange cloth. Behind them a large crowd of about forty men in white, orange and dark clothes stands watching under a pale sky with trees and a metal scaffold at the left edge.2006-12-25Outdoor photo on a dusty, puddled dirt ground at an ashram-style site, with a rust-coloured metal frame holding a clay pot suspended from a rope. A woman with long dark hair in a sleeveless orange top stands in the right foreground, facing away and pulling the rope. Around her, a crowd of devotees in white, orange and maroon clothes watch; a girl in a blue top and a girl in pink hold small cups or buckets. A man in orange and a bald man in white stand at the left, and a red brick wall and trees sit behind under a cloudy sky.2010-09-02