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Outdoors at night, a bearded man with long dark curly hair stands barefoot in a saffron-orange robe with a red border, hands pressed together in namaste before a stone slab. Garlands of yellow and red flowers lie on the sandy ground and on a low stone table to the lower right, beside a brass plate with a small lamp and offerings. Behind him, a man in a white shirt with an ID lanyard and two other men stand back, and a white wall and a tree fill the background. The page excerpt references a Laughing Temple visit, but that is not visible here.

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Night outdoor photograph of a funeral-style rite beside a pyre-like mound of straw and firewood. In the foreground, a woman in orange robes with a necklace stands with hands pressed in namaste, facing the mound. The mound is covered with yellow and orange marigold garlands and flowers. Behind, a group of men in white dhotis and shirts stand in a line with hands folded; several hold silver plates with yellow flowers and white offerings. A man in orange robes with a beaded mala stands near the centre holding a plate of white flowers. The ground is reddish earth with coconut husks and small offerings at the lower left.2011-01-14A photograph of a ritual at a temple. A man in an orange saffron shawl and orange garment with a long ornate gold chain-style necklace stands with palms pressed together in namaste, his body and forehead smeared with white sacred ash or paste. Beside him, a bearded man in orange robes wearing a gold necklace and rudraksha-style bead mala stands with eyes lowered. 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A central figure with long, swept-back dark hair wears a saffron-orange sleeveless garment, a red tilak on the forehead and a long necklace of rudraksha beads, and has his palms pressed together in prayer beside a white, ash-covered shiva linga topped with a flower garland and a red dot. Other saffron-robed attendants stand around, one holding a brass plate, and a tall brass oil lamp with a flame rises at the right edge. The background is dark. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure, appearance-based only, from his long hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha necklace.2010-02-12Outdoors under a multicolored canopy with red, green, yellow, purple and blue panels, a person in a saffron-orange turban and saffron-orange garments with a long yellow-and-red floral garland sits cross-legged on a large flat rock, bare-footed, smiling. Beside him stands a man with long swept-back hair, a beard, an orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads, holding a red umbrella-like shade. Behind them, men in white dhotis and shirts and women in cream and white saris stand watching, and a man in a white shirt kneels with palms pressed together at the lower right, with petals scattered on the rock. a person is seated in saffron-orange clothing with a turban and garland, presented in a temple-related outdoor ceremony.2007-01-12Night photograph of a ritual at a sandy outdoor site. A man in orange robes and an orange shawl holds a lit oil lamp while another orange-robed devotee stands beside him with hands joined in prayer. Behind them, two men in white dhotis with orange shawls hold a brass tray with offerings and a bell, and a young person in white stands at right. A small golden deity murti sits beside a shallow pool of water scattered with flower petals, with a golden kalasha-like vessel and white flowers nearby. 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