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Outdoor ritual site under a corrugated metal roof with a white draped cloth backdrop, set on a brick and concrete platform with stepped tiers. Purple-draped tables hold rows of brass or clay vessels and a small deity murti or idol at the centre, with an oil lamp or offering nearby. Several people in white dhoti and shirt attire move about: one in a pale blue sari stands near the table, a man in white kneels or bends at the lower steps, and others in white stand around the edges. Palm trees and a corrugated fence surround the open-air structure in bright daylight.

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December 22 20062006-12-22A photograph of an outdoor construction site under a corrugated metal roof, with palm trees and a bare-earth ground. A crowd of devotees, mostly men in white dhotis and shirts and women in white and coloured saris, gathers around a low square of exposed red brick foundation. Some workers in white stand on the dirt, and a man in white bends low at the left edge. In the background, a raised stage with a purple-draped table and a seated figure in orange and red clothing sits under a white cloth canopy. A large white structure stands beyond the palms. The scene looks like a ritual groundbreaking or foundation-laying.2006-12-22July 17 20062006-07-17July 17 20062006-07-17December 22 20062006-12-22Outdoor ritual setting under a white canopy and metal frame with palm trees and a hazy landscape behind. On a raised platform draped in purple cloth stand golden deity murtis and brass lamps, with a young woman in orange and white seated near the figures. Rows of brass pots wrapped in woven gold netting sit on the platform. A man in white dhoti and orange shawl bends low at the platform's base, and several people in white and saree walk nearby. Stepped red earth structure at right.2006-12-22July 17 20062006-07-17December 22 20062006-12-22July 17 20062006-07-17Outdoor photo of a groundbreaking or foundation-laying ceremony on bare red-brown earth under a corrugated shelter roofed with palm fronds and green leaf garlands. Several small square brick foundations are being set out. A crowd of roughly 40 people in white ritual clothes, white sarees, and pale and blue saris moves among them, some carrying items. A woman in a bright orange saffron sari stands at the right foreground, facing away. Behind the shelter a black draped backdrop hangs in front of a white curtain, and rocky hills and a white wall appear in the distance.2006-12-22December 22 20062006-12-22December 22 20062006-12-22