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Outdoor photo of a ceremony beside a carved wooden palanquin or ratha decorated with white and red flower garlands and yellow marigolds. A bearded man with a tilak on his forehead wears a rust-red garment and a long rudraksha mala, with a white flower garland around his neck. He sits with eyes closed and hands held forward near a cream cloth draped over the structure. A younger attendant in an orange dhoti with a yellow border, bare-chested with white markings on his body, bends toward him. Palm fronds and greenery frame the background.

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January 01 20172017-01-01January 01 20172017-01-01Outdoor photo of a bearded man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead, eyes closed, wearing a rust-brown robe and a thick rudraksha mala with a garland of white jasmine and red roses. He holds a cream cloth sling at the left, while a second man seen from behind, bare-backed with an orange dhoti and a white sacred thread, stands facing him and holds a rope. A decorated wooden canopy or palanquin with white and red flower garlands stands at the left, with palm fronds overhead.2017-01-01January 01 20172017-01-01January 01 20172017-01-01January 01 20172017-01-01January 01 20172017-01-01Outdoor ceremony under a pale cream cloth canopy with palm fronds overhead. A bearded man with long dark hair and a white tilak with a red bindi, wearing a rust-brown robe and thick rudraksha malas, eyes closed, a white and pink flower garland around his neck. He stands holding the edge of the cloth. In the right foreground a second man with curly hair, bare-backed and wearing an orange dhoti with a sacred thread, faces away. Red roses and white flowers decorate a wooden structure at left.2017-01-01Outdoor ritual scene beneath tall palm fronds. A bearded man with long dark hair and a white tilak on his forehead holds a rope or cloth band while wearing a red-brown wrap, white flower garlands and a red-and-white garland. Beside him, a bare-backed young man wears an orange dhoti with a gold border and a white sacred thread, and another figure in orange and white stands at right. Behind them stands an ornate bronze or copper pillar-like vessel decorated with white jasmine garlands, red and yellow flowers and green leaves on top. The setting suggests a temple or ashram ritual with palm trees in the background.2017-01-01Outdoor ritual scene with a man in rust-orange robes and a pink-and-white flower garland, a vibhuti line and red kumkum on his forehead, hands gripping a white post wrapped with a cream cloth edged in gold. Behind him a second robed man in orange raises his arm to the post's top, which is decorated with red tassels and flowers. Several robed people in orange and a few white-clad devotees stand in the background, with a drum visible at the lower right and a red wooden frame at the right edge.2017-10-01October 01 20172017-10-01A photograph of an outdoor ritual beside a tall ornate copper-toned vessel or kalasha-like structure decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands and topped with green leaves. A bearded man in a rust-red dhoti and draped shawl, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold necklaces, stands at the vessel holding a white cloth over its top. Beside him, a younger man in an orange cloth and bare chest holds the end of the white fabric. Palm trees and a decorated ceremonial cloth are in the background, and blurred heads of onlookers fill the foreground. The man in rust-red has distinctive visible cues of a rudraksha mala, gold necklaces and a shawl, but the identification is uncertain from appearance alone.2016-12-03