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Outdoor ritual photo under a large leafy tree. Four men in maroon and gold-bordered dhotis stand on a raised red platform covered with a striped blue and pink cloth. Two men at left hold garlands of yellow marigolds and red flowers with green leaves. A man in the centre wears a white flower garland and gold armband and stands with hands at his sides. A bald man in the centre-right bends forward, pouring liquid from a white vessel over a dark stone deity murti with an ornate golden arch behind it. The murti is draped with green leaf garlands. A silver lamp stand and a tray of flowers sit on the platform.

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Outdoor ritual beneath a large spreading tree at an ashram setting. Four men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls stand on a raised wooden platform draped with a striped blue-and-pink cloth; a brass lamp and offering plates sit on the table. The man second from right, with a towel-like shawl, holds a vessel raised toward the tree while others in orange wear marigold and yellow garlands. Beside them are two large dark stone deity murtis with garlands, and a woman in red-and-white sari with rudraksha beads sits at the lower edge of the frame. Marigold and green leaf garlands hang throughout the scene.2015-02-05Outdoor puja beneath a large leafy tree at an ashram. Three men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls perform ritual worship before a black stone deity murti on the right, adorned with green leaves and a crown. The man in front left bends over a tray of flowers and offerings on a striped blue cloth, while a man in the centre holds a flaming lamp and small bell toward the murti. A man behind, wearing a flower garland, stands with palms joined in prayer. A tripod and brass vessels are visible on the altar. No identifiable a person appearance is clearly present.2015-02-05Outdoor ritual abhishekam at a shrine beneath a large leafy tree. A bare-chested priest in an orange-red dhoti with gold border pours water from a silver vessel over a dark stone deity murti, which is garlanded with green leaves. Three other men in matching red-orange and gold robes stand behind a wooden platform draped with a striped purple cloth. Flower garlands of yellow marigolds and red blooms hang on the left, and a silver puja vessel sits on the platform. The central standing figure has long dark hair, a gold bracelet and a flower garland. Four people are visible.2015-02-05Outdoor photo of four priests in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls performing a ritual beneath a large leafy tree. On the left, a priest in a shawl holds a long garland of orange and yellow marigolds and green leaves. Two priests in the centre and right sit or stand around a low red table draped with a striped blue cloth, holding brass and silver vessels and an offering plate; one bends forward tending the items, while the rightmost priest, wearing rudraksha beads, holds a lit oil lamp toward a black stone deity murti with a crown, garlanded with green foliage. A carved stone arch frames the murti on the right.2015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05Outdoor abhishekam at a large tree. Several men in maroon-red dhotis with gold borders stand on a raised platform draped with a blue-and-white striped cloth. A central man with long dark hair wears a white and red-orange flower garland, a gold armlet and a red-and-gold shawl; he holds a conch-like vessel and a long-handled ladle. Beside him a man in a matching maroon-and-gold dhoti pours liquid over a large black stone deity murti, which is draped with green leaves and a garland. Brass kalasha vessels and a tray of orange and red flowers sit on the platform. A man in white clothes stands behind. Sunlight streams through the leafy branches overhead.2015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05Outdoor photograph beneath a large leafy tree at an ashram. A dark stone deity murti with a crown and a garland of green leaves stands at right. Three saffron-robed devotees perform a ritual: a standing woman in an orange sari with a white flower garland, a shaved-headed man in orange cloth with a rudraksha mala extending his hand toward the murti, and a kneeling shaved-headed man in orange clothes reaching toward a brass vessel and plates on a striped blue cloth, apparently a puja or abhishekam offering. Three people are visible.2015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05Outdoor ritual at a large banyan tree with dense canopy and hanging aerial roots. On a raised wooden platform draped with a blue-and-red striped cloth, a bald man in a red-brown dhoti and orange shawl kneels, tending a brass plate of offerings and a small flame. Standing behind him, a man in maroon and orange robes with a long flower garland and bangles holds his hands in anjali, while another man in red-orange cloth lifts a burning lamp toward the tree. A dark stone deity murti with a green garland stands at right, and a brass kalasha and vessels sit on the platform. Devotees in orange robes watch from below, and a lamp-lit aarti-style puja is underway.2015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05Outdoor ritual beside a large banyan tree with a tall dark stone deity murti on the right. Three men in saffron-orange dhotis and matching shawls stand on a raised wooden platform draped with a blue and pink striped cloth. The central man wears a long white and orange garland and holds a lit flame near his face; the man on the right holds a lit lamp and rudraksha mala; a shaved-headed priest kneels at left beside a brass vessel, a plate of orange flowers and a small oil lamp. A fourth figure in orange stands at far left with a green and yellow garland. Smoke drifts through the foliage and a light flare appears above, with a scaffold visible behind. The swami identity is not visually established, so no candidate is named.2015-02-05