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Outdoor garden shrine with several grey granite deity murti statues among coconut palms and leafy trees, with faint smoke rising in the background. Two men sit on the ground at right in white dhoti-style clothing with yellow shawls, one seated before a low stone pedestal, the other further right beside marigold offerings. A tall standing murti holds an object in one raised hand, a seated figure with a raised hand and a serpent-form stone sculpture stand nearby, and red and white painted pillars line the foreground. A white stupa-like structure appears at right.

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July 03 20102010-07-03 +2 copiesJuly 21 20102010-07-21December 15 20092009-12-15A row of grey stone sculptures of deity murtis stands on a sandy path beside a low wall, with banana plants and tall coconut palms behind them. The statues are multi-armed and ornamented, several holding objects, and some standing on pedestals. Two uniformed men in khaki stand at the left edge near the banana leaves, partly visible. Bunting is strung along the wall.2009-07-07Outdoor temple courtyard with palm trees and a grey sky. In the centre, a man with a shaved head and long hair at the back wears an orange saffron robe and sits cross-legged on a low wooden platform within a ring of gravel. A brass kalasha stands before him. Behind him is a large black stone Nandi bull with a red and yellow marigold garland, beside a black deity murti. To the right, a man in white with a yellow shawl sits on the ground. On the left, a woman in orange sits on the gravel, and several other women in white garments with yellow shawls sit meditating among black stone statues of deities and a tall copper-coloured lamp pillar. A white plinth and a white shrine stand nearby.2010-07-08 +1 copiesOctober 31 20102010-10-31 +1 copiesAugust 07 20102010-08-07October 07 20112011-10-07January 14 20102010-01-14A photograph of a seated outdoor fire ritual in front of large grey stone sculptures of deities with cobra hoods, one holding pots and a trident-like object. In the foreground, a man in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back hair and a tilak on his forehead sits cross-legged with hands in mudra, smoke drifting across the frame. Behind him, a woman in white and yellow sits with eyes closed in meditation beside a small fire pit with ash. Palm trees and greenery surround the stone courtyard.2010-07-05Outdoor photo of a stone-carving yard with rows of grey granite deity murtis on pedestals in the foreground, including a seated figure with a tall crown and a seated figure holding a ritual object. Dark polished black lingams with peetha bases sit to the right. Behind them, several men in saffron-orange robes and one in white walk among green trees under an overcast sky, with white pillars and a red-and-white curb in the frame.2011-10-07Outdoor photo of seven shaven-headed men in white dhotis and white shawls with yellow scarves seated cross-legged on circular raised platforms of concrete ringed with grey gravel, eyes closed in meditation. Palm trees and a bare dirt ground surround them. Behind them stand a white stepped stone structure and a tall pillar wrapped in red and yellow flower garlands, with dark stone sculptures of deities and figures at left. The man in the foreground on the left wears a rudraksha mala and a red-bordered white cloth. Smoke rises faintly among the trees.2010-08-06