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Outdoor photograph of a ritual scene on a bare concrete courtyard under a clear blue sky. In the foreground, a silhouetted figure with long hair and a dark wrap stands with hands joined in prayer, facing a small open-sided pavilion with a golden-yellow sloped roof and red pillars that houses a deity murti. Behind the pavilion are tall green trees. A line of about a dozen people in saffron-orange robes stands to the left and right of the pavilion, with several people in white robes standing nearby. Silhouetted figures holding ceremonial items frame the left and right edges of the image. A red stone wall and piled stone blocks are visible at the far left.

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Outdoor photo at a temple courtyard with a small open-sided shrine topped by a sloping roof and a deity murti in a niche. In the foreground, a figure in a dark robe with a sash stands with back to the camera, facing the shrine. Groups of people in saffron/orange robes and white garments stand in rows across the paved courtyard. On the right, a person in dark clothing holds a long staff, and another standing figure with a shaved head is partly visible. Trees and a clear blue sky form the background, and construction stone is stacked to the left.2015-02-05Outdoor photo at a temple courtyard under clear blue sky. In the foreground, a silhouetted woman with long dark hair in a dark dress stands with hands raised in greeting. Two lines of devotees in saffron-orange robes and white clothes face each other across a paved open area toward a small open-sided shrine with a sloped metal roof, red pillars and a deity murti inside. A tall flagpole with a staff-like pole appears at the right edge with a standing sannyasi in orange. Trees and a distant tower are behind the shrine. Several people are visible, with saffron robes and white garments prominent.2015-02-05Outdoor photograph under a clear blue sky at an ashram courtyard. In the left foreground, a dark silhouette of a person with long hair and a dark, striped garment stands facing away, hands raised together. On the right edge, another silhouetted figure with a dark garment is partially visible. In the middle distance, a row of people in saffron and orange robes stand with hands folded in namaskar, with several people in white clothing among them. Behind them is a small open-sided canopy with a sloped roof over a shrine containing a deity murti, surrounded by green trees and a tall antenna. Partial copyright text is overlaid on the right side of the frame.2015-02-05Outdoor temple scene under a clear blue sky. In the foreground at left, a figure seen from behind in a long dark maroon and brown striped garment stands facing a small open-sided shelter with a shallow sloped roof, which houses a deity murti with a flower-decorated shrine. A long line of people in saffron/orange robes stands along the lower ground, interspersed with several people in white clothing. At right edge, a person in white holds a camera. Trees line the background and a thin antenna rises behind the shelter.2015-02-05Outdoor photo beside a small open-sided shrine with a sloped wooden roof, where a deity murti sits within a decorated niche under a clear blue sky. A tall figure in a long dark maroon garment stands in the left foreground, seen from behind with hands raised in a gesture of reverence. To the right, a photographer in white clothes holds a camera. A large group of people in orange and saffron robes and in white clothing stands in rows on the grass facing the shrine. Trees and a distant tower line the background.2015-02-05February 23 20152015-02-23Outdoor ceremony at an ashram: a long red carpet runs toward a decorated open-sided canopy shelter with yellow-and-white garlands, a deity murti or altar set under it. In the foreground a figure seen from behind, with long dark hair and a maroon-red cloth draped over one shoulder with gold borders, wears a red garland and a gold bangle and stands with hands joined. Along the right, saffron and orange-robed sadhus and sannyasis hold tridents and staffs, some wearing rudraksha malas and garlands; a bearded man in orange stands beside a woman in red. To the left, devotees in white and pastel clothing stand with hands folded. Trees and a clear sky sit behind the canopy.2015-01-04Outdoor photo under a clear blue sky. In the foreground at left, a silhouetted figure with long hair in a dark maroon wrap-style garment stands with back to camera, hands raised near the chest. Across the grounds, a line of devotees in saffron and orange robes and white clothes stands in front of a small open-sided shrine with a canopy, containing a deity murti decorated with garlands and red cloth. A white-clad person with a camera stands at right, and a partly visible figure in dark clothing appears at the right edge. Trees and a low red boundary wall frame the scene.2015-02-05 +1 copiesOutdoor procession in front of a small open-sided temple shelter with a red-and-gold roof and red pillars, featuring a deity murti in a niche. Women in orange saris with gold borders line both sides of a paved courtyard, several with hands joined in namaste. Men in white dhotis and kurtas and women in red and white saris walk in the centre, one carrying a blue-and-gold umbrella over a palanquin-style ritual object with a trident. A drummer in orange on the right plays a drum. Bare trees and a dry hillside form the background.2015-02-05February 23 20152015-02-23October 31 20142014-10-31 +1 copiesOutdoor scene at a temple-like shrine under a canopy, with a long red carpet running toward a deity murti and gold-trimmed decorations. In the foreground on the left, a person with long dark hair, seen from behind, wears a red-orange garment and a red-and-gold garland, with bangles on the arm. On the right, saffron-robed sadhus and devotees in red and orange stand in a line, one holding a golden staff with a tip and another a long ornate staff, with hands folded in greeting. Two lines of devotees in white, orange, pink and green stand along the path. Trees and bright sky fill the background.2015-01-04