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Outdoor Navaratri puja under palm trees at an ashram. A seated figure with long dark hair, orange and red garments and a rudraksha-style necklace sits on a carved wooden throne-like seat at left, with a wooden platform beside it. Standing at right, a man in orange robes and beads holds a ritual item while smoke rises from a fire pit or homa near a square altar with brass offering plates. Many devotees in orange and white sit on mats in rows, several with hands joined in prayer. A tall wooden pillar with a yellow and red garland stands at left and a large garland of marigolds and roses hangs at right. A camera operator on a tripod is visible in the background.

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October 08 20082008-10-08Outdoor ritual at dusk beneath coconut palms. A standing man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and light beard holds a lit flame over a fire pit or aarti lamp on a raised platform draped in orange cloth and striped red-and-white borders. Seated beside him, a woman in orange garments sits on an ornate wooden throne-like chair, and a row of women in orange and white kneel in folded-hands devotion. A tall wooden kalasha-topped pole rises behind a white stone base with a deity murti. Dozens of seated devotees in white and orange fill the foreground, with brass pots and offerings on the platform. a person: the standing officiant in saffron with rudraksha mala is the.2008-10-09October 09 20082008-10-09October 08 20082008-10-08October 08 20082008-10-08Outdoor ritual gathering on a sandy ground beneath tall palm trees, with a tall ornate wooden pillar or flagstaff rising in the background and a small white shrine structure at its base. In the foreground, a raised white platform with a dark cloth-covered altar, marigold garlands and brass plates of offerings sits on a striped red-and-white border. Around it, a group of women and young people in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged, while a larger group of devotees in white clothing sits on mats to the right. Smoke rises from the central area. A small white toilet block with a green roof stands at right.2008-10-08October 08 20082008-10-08August 01 20082008-08-01Outdoor ritual on a raised red-and-white striped platform beneath coconut palms. A figure in orange robes sits on an ornate wooden throne at left, with a dark bronze bust garlanded with flowers near a tall copper kalasha-style pillar. Several rows of people in saffron and orange robes sit cross-legged on orange cloth, with brass pots, a tray and a small lamp in front of them. A crowd of onlookers in white and colourful clothes sits on the ground beyond the platform, and smoke rises from the trees. The scene appears to be a ceremonial puja or abhishekam.2008-10-09October 09 20082008-10-09July 03 20082008-07-03Outdoor ritual under an open tin-roofed pavilion with red pillars and palm trees. In the centre, a man in saffron-orange robes with a beaded garland sits with palms pressed together before a square white-edged homa/yagna pit filled with dark ash and flower petals. Beside him stand two saffron-robed men, one gesturing with raised hands. On the right, brass kalashas topped with yellow-green leaves and yellow cloth stand on the ground. Behind them, a seated crowd of devotees in white and red clothing, including elderly women and children, watches the ceremony; orange-walled buildings and banana plants frame the scene. A man in a saffron robe at left appears to be a sannyasi or priest; his identity is not established by appearance alone.2011-07-15