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Outdoor scene on a sandy path lined with palm trees and a low concrete wall behind. A woman in an orange sari with a red sleeveless top and orange shawl faces away from the camera-side man, holding his arm or hand. The man wears a white kurta and white dhoti with a yellow sash across his back and is barefoot. A white van is parked near the wall, with saffron flags on poles and a water tank visible beyond. Red and white stone markers line the path, and a red thread lies on the ground.

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October 27 20082008-10-27Outdoor photo of a group of men and a few women in ritual clothing on a gravel path lined with palm trees and a concrete boundary wall, with scattered red and white debris on the ground. Several men wear white dhotis and white shirts with saffron or orange shawls and yellow sashes; others wear orange and saffron robes. One man in an orange robe and a shorter man in white stand near the right, next to a white stone pillar with red painted sections. A woman in an orange sari carries a teal bucket, and another woman in orange walks in front. Two men in orange robes stand on the right by the white pillar. Mood is a ritual gathering after a festival, with rubble from fireworks or offerings underfoot.2008-10-27Two figures in orange and saffron robes walk away from the camera across a paved courtyard. The nearer figure wears a red sleeveless top under an orange wrap and has hair tied up; the other, with longer greying hair and a draped orange garment with maroon trim, walks barefoot beside them. Behind them stand a table with bottles, a man in white shirt and white trousers with arms folded, and a woman in light clothing. Parked motorbikes, a white van, palm trees and a concrete wall sit in the background, with a blue plastic crate and white plastic chairs nearby.2009-08-06Outdoor photo on a dirt path beneath palm and shade trees, with a red and white striped canopy and strings of small orange triangular pennants overhead. A person with long curly dark hair in an orange robe stands with palms pressed together in greeting, facing an older man in a saffron-orange shawl with a shaved head and a man in a peach robe with hands folded. A man in a white robe bends low at the front-left to touch feet, while a shaved-headed man in orange robes and a shawl stands at right, and a young boy in a white striped shirt and white dhoti stands at far right. Folding chairs and more people are visible in the background.2007-08-09Outdoor photograph on a dirt courtyard beside palm fronds and a shrub bed, with strings of orange flags overhead and a red-and-white striped canopy behind. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with an orange shawl bends forward with her hands near a monk; a figure in an orange robe with long dark hair stands with palms pressed together in greeting. Around them several saffron-robed swamis stand, one in a pale peach robe with a shaved head, another in a bright orange robe with grey beard. Further back, people in white kurtas and a man in dark clothing stand beside rows of white chairs under the tent. No identifiable a person depicted by the presentation cues shown here; the figures are presented as swamis and devotees.2007-08-09Outdoor photo of a barefoot man in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back dark hair and rudraksha-style adornment, standing on a dirt path and pointing toward a grassy plot with wooden fence posts and palm trees behind. Beside him, a man in white kurta with an orange shawl over one shoulder and a folder in hand stands with his back to the camera. A third person in a striped shirt walks in the distance near the fence. The setting appears to be a site visit to undeveloped land.2009-11-25Outdoor photograph in a garden with palm trees, orange flowering plants and a white pedestal with a dark stone top at right. A man in a saffron-orange shawl over a red sleeveless top, with a red forehead mark, stands at right with his arm bent and hands at his waist, facing a second man. That second man, seen from behind, wears a white kurta with orange trim and long dark curly hair, and holds a rudraksha-style bead mala in one raised hand. Both men appear to be in conversation.2007-12-07October 27 20082008-10-27June 15 20092009-06-15August 09 20072007-08-09Outdoors on a paved stone walkway beside a green lawn and white perimeter wall with flowering shrubs. A woman in an orange saffron garment with a marigold garland and long dark hair stands at left, reaching down with her hand toward a man kneeling low in white clothes, his head bowed. Behind them a second woman in orange draped clothing with a red bindi stands with hands folded, and a man in white stands further back near a white car. A small banner with a figure in orange hangs on the wall at the back left.2010-02-17Outdoor padapuja ritual on a dirt ground beneath coconut palms. An older man in white shirt and white dhoti stands barefoot on a brass plate with palms pressed together in namaskar, head bowed. Beside him a devotee in white bends forward while a man in white with an orange saffron shawl pours water from a brass kalasha-style vessel over the feet of the devotee, washing them. Behind, a man in white with a yellow shawl and rudraksha mala holds a white jasmine garland. Other devotees in white stand and kneel on brass plates, and a small white building and stone sculpture appear at the left edge.2010-07-24