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Outdoor ritual scene at a temple courtyard with palm trees and orange flags. In the foreground, a woman in a rust-red sari with a dark rudraksha mala and gold bangles stands with palms pressed together. Beside her, women in orange and red saris kneel on green leaf mats, one tending a brass lamp and offerings near a tray of flowers and coconut-like items on a pink cloth. Two women hold framed portraits garlanded with white flowers, showing a figure in orange. Behind them, crowds in white dhotis and red shawls stand with hands folded, some holding small items. The scene suggests a padapuja with devotees and portraits honoured in a courtyard.

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December 26 20132013-12-26A large crowd of devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas or saris, most wearing red-orange shawls draped over their shoulders, stands barefoot on green leaf mats in an open courtyard. Many have palms pressed together in anjali and eyes closed, while one man raises an arm. Some hold steel vessels and a white cloth bundle. Orange flags and a decorated pennant on a pole rise above them, with palm trees and a pink stone pillar behind. This appears to be a devotional ritual gathering, with no clearly visible central figure identified.2013-12-26December 26 20132013-12-26July 23 20132013-07-23A large outdoor gathering of devotees during a ritual, with many people standing with palms pressed together in namaskar. Several men in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha beads stand in the foreground, including a bald shaved-headed monk in orange cloth with a dark bead necklace, and a woman in orange sari. Many participants wear white dhotis or kurtas with orange-red shawls. Orange flags and a red pillar frame the scene, with a decorated palanquin or ceremonial structure with garlands at the right and palm trees behind. A figure with a long swept-back head of hair stands near the centre. Green leaves cover the ground.2013-12-26Outdoor ceremony under a shaded pavilion with orange and red flags on poles. A man with long swept-back hair, wearing saffron-orange robes and a gold necklace, sits on a red upholstered throne at left, smiling. Before him on a magenta cloth tray sits a brass plate of offerings. Devotees in red and orange saris with rudraksha malas kneel on banana leaves, and some hold framed portraits of a figure garlanded with flowers. A woman at front right presses her palms together in namaste. Crowd of white-clad and orange-clad devotees stands behind, many with hands folded, indicating padapuja and darshan during a festival.2013-12-26December 26 20132013-12-26December 26 20132013-12-26December 26 20132013-12-26December 26 20132013-12-26A crowded outdoor ritual scene at an ashram. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange-red shawl bends forward, reaching toward the head of a kneeling person. To the right, two young men in white shirts and orange-red shawls stand with cupped hands holding white cloth bundles. A woman in an orange-red sari and rudraksha mala stands at centre, with a white cloth bundle in her hands. Behind them, sannyasis in orange-red robes hold ceremonial staffs and rudraksha malas, with several people in white clothes around them. Some hold white cloth parcels raised overhead.2013-12-26August 31 20142014-08-31