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Night scene at an outdoor temple-style pavilion with a striped orange and cream floor mat and a white colonnade hung with framed pictures and colourful tasselled banners. A gilded shrine with a deity murti sits to the left. A saffron-clad man in the foreground walks across the mat, bare-chested with a rudraksha mala. Several devotees in white dhotis and shawls, and visitors in western clothes including a woman in a pink skirt, move about the space; a few people in orange cloth stand near the right pillars.

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May 30 20182018-05-30Night-time temple courtyard ritual with a crowd of devotees facing a decorated shrine. Foreground devotees in white dhotis and orange saffron robes stand with their backs to the camera, some with red-and-saffron shawls. Many women in white and orange saffron clothing, one older woman with grey hair in an orange top has her hands joined in prayer. On the right a lit shrine holds a deity murti decorated with garlands. On the left a decorated palanquin with red and pink garlands and a Ganesha murti stands near a pillared hall with framed portraits and hanging saffron banners. A white smoke plume rises in the middle. Several orange-clad people are visible near the centre, and the scene appears to be a devotional ceremony or aarti.2018-05-22May 30 20182018-05-30Devotees in white and orange ritual clothes walk in a crowded procession across a red-carpeted temple courtyard toward an illuminated deity shrine at right. A bald man in white dhoti with a red-and-gold shawl and rudraksha mala walks at centre, back to camera. Others wear saffron-orange robes, white dhotis with gold borders and beaded necklaces; some women have loose hair, one older woman has white hair. A camera crew films at right. Background shows stone pillars, a green cloth backdrop, a decorated palanquin-like canopy at left and a garlanded deity murti.2018-05-22May 22 20182018-05-22May 22 20182018-05-22A photograph inside a large white tented hall decorated with hanging striped cloth banners in red, green, and orange. Seated devotees fill orange and yellow mats on the floor, several women in yellow and orange dress and others in white. In the centre, a standing group of men and women in white and orange garments with marigold garlands around their necks stands facing the front. A tall dark-haired man in a white kurta is at the front right, and a bearded man in a white robe stands near him. Behind them a small altar with a framed deity image sits near a wall, and a seated speaker in white is at the left with a large altar picture of a goddess to the left edge. Some participants wear orange sashes. Loudspeakers hang from the tent frame.2009-11-16A photograph inside a covered ashram hall with a corrugated roof and hanging decorative banners in red, orange and blue. Rows of devotees sit on mats along both sides of a central aisle lined with metal railings. Many men in white dhotis and orange shawls, and women in white, yellow and orange saris, sit cross-legged. In the foreground a woman in orange sari sits with hands folded, and a seated sannyasi in orange robes and a gold-coloured necklace sits at the right edge. A man in white clothes with an orange shawl and a shoulder bag walks down the central aisle away from the camera toward an altar. On the right, an altar draped in orange and red cloth holds deity murtis and brass lamps.2009-06-01Outdoor temple courtyard with a large grey stone gopuram tower at left and a pillared colonnade at right, the ground patterned with white and yellow kolam designs. A group of about twenty people stands in the open courtyard. Several men wear saffron or orange robes and some have shaved heads; one central figure in an orange robe with long dark hair stands with hands joined. Other men wear white dhotis and white shirts, and women wear colourful saris in maroon, pink, orange and purple. Some people stand barefoot. The scene appears to be a temple visit or devotional gathering.2011-09-26April 14 20182018-04-14April 25 20162016-04-25A large indoor hall with a corrugated metal roof and wooden beams hung with colourful tasselled banners. Many people sit on red, pink and multicoloured striped mats. Men and women wear white clothes with red and orange shawls, and several wear beaded necklaces. Ornate red and multicoloured parasols and a decorated palanquin-style canopy stand near the front, with a brass vessel and oil lamp on the floor. A standing figure in white and orange sits at the centre-left among seated devotees, with a red flag and a Singapore-style flag visible. The scene resembles a ritual gathering with ceremonial umbrellas and offerings.2015-09-12