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Outdoor scene under a palm tree at a concrete platform. A barefoot man in a flowing red-orange cloth wrap with a black rudraksha mala and a white horizontal forehead mark holds a long wooden pole, lowering it toward the ground. Beside him stands a second man in orange robes holding a silver bowl. Two men in white shirts and a man in grey stand in the background near a white car and a low wall. The taller figure in red-orange has no clearly distinctive ceremonial adornments beyond the mala, so identity is uncertain.

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June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15A man in a flowing red-orange saffron wrap, with a dark rudraksha mala around his neck and a white tilak on his forehead, stands beside a square concrete fire pit emitting smoke. He holds a long wooden stick over the pit with one hand and a pale pink towel in the other, with rose petals scattered on the ground. Behind him, two girls in white and pink or yellow outfits stand watching, and an older woman in a white sari and a man in white shirt and trousers stand further back. Palm trees and a stone boundary wall form the setting, with a yellow sign partly visible at left.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15A photograph of an outdoor fire ritual at an open ground with coconut palms behind. A man with hair tied in a knot, a white sacred ash mark on his forehead, and a rudraksha mala draped over his bare upper body stands at a fire pit, wrapped in a flowing red-orange cloth. He holds a long wooden stick topped with a brass vessel with flames, and gazes down at the fire. Several white-clad devotees and a woman in a white patterned dress with a yellow lanyard stand nearby, hands folded, watching. A board with a portrait stands in the background. The page identifies the standing ritual figure as a person based on the rudraksha mala, red-orange garment and fire ritual, though the face is not clearly identifiable.2009-06-15A man in flowing saffron-orange robes with a long rudraksha mala and a red bindi walks barefoot across striped woven mats in an outdoor temple courtyard. Beside him a shaven-headed man in white dhoti and shawl with red borders, holding a folded paper, walks with bare chest and a rudraksha mala. Behind them more men in white dhotis stand near an orange-washed plinth, with a black stone Nandi bull draped in red and orange marigold garlands and a grey stone female figure on the left. Stone and brick temple structures, palm fronds and a tall pillar with garlands appear in the background.2010-09-08A bare-chested man in a flowing saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a long dark bun, a white tilak on his forehead, and a dark rudraksha mala, stands at a smoking fire pit lined with white stone. He holds a long wooden pole and a golden ladle-like vessel, pouring offerings into the fire as a homa. Around him, people in white clothes with yellow-and-black garlands watch quietly. Tall coconut palms and a dark signboard with Kannada text stand behind, and scattered leaves and petals lie on the stone.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15A man in a saffron-orange wrap stands outdoors beside a tall copper-clad pillar with banded rings and a black stone Nandi bull wearing a garland of yellow and orange flowers on a white pedestal. He wears rudraksha beads around his neck, a white horizontal forehead mark, and a bare upper chest, holding a long wooden pole diagonally across his body. Coconut palms and greenery fill the background, and a blue-and-white sign is visible at the lower right.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15