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A photograph of an outdoor ceremony at an ashram courtyard. In the foreground a smiling young boy with a shaved head, his body and face smeared with red-pink paste, wears a red-orange unstitched robe and holds a small object in one raised hand while looking upward. Behind him a row of seated devotees in red and orange robes and saris watches, with a standing figure in white at the back. A woman in a red-gold sari sits among them, and a seated figure on a raised dais at the far left wears red and holds a garland. Electric fans and a cable on the ground are visible.

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Outdoor ritual abhishekam at an ashram courtyard. A bald man with a bare upper body, wearing orange-brown dhoti and a beaded rudraksha-style mala, is being doused with purple liquid poured by a young assistant in an orange-brown dhoti who holds an orange cup beside a blue drum. A seated man in an orange-brown robe with a flower garland and a crown-like orange headwear sits under a wooden canopy-throne, with orange-robed devotees standing behind. Electric fans and a crowd of white- and orange-clad onlookers surround the scene.2014-08-17 +1 copiesA photograph of young male devotees in saffron-orange and rust-red dhoti-style garments on a wet dirt ground, with puddles and streaks of coloured powder. Two figures at left hold pink cups and stand by a blue plastic drum; one wears a beaded necklace. A central boy with a shaved head, bare torso and reddish wet cloth raises a long wooden pole upward, looking up. At right, a shaved-headed boy in orange cloth with a beaded necklace faces away, and another figure is partly visible at the edge. A red metal pole stands at the right; a hose lies across the ground behind them.2014-08-17August 25 20162016-08-25August 17 20142014-08-17Outdoor ritual on tiered red-stone steps. In the foreground a young shaven-headed or short-haired figure with a white forehead mark and a bare upper body wears a saffron-orange dhoti and a long rudraksha mala, raising both hands in a mudra-like gesture. Behind, seated devotees in saffron and white clothes fill the steps, and a woman in a white sari stands at the left edge. The scene suggests a public puja or ceremonial practice at an open-air venue.2016-12-18Outdoor photo of a bald, bare-chested man in a wet purple dhoti and orange-red shawl, raising a stick overhead while standing in a shallow puddle of pinkish-red liquid. A child in a lavender dhoti stands at left beside a blue plastic drum. Behind them a crowd of devotees in saffron and white clothes sit and stand under a red-pillared covered area, with drummers in orange robes playing drums at right and a child in red and gold attire. Red and orange temple walls and trees frame the scene.2014-08-17August 17 20142014-08-17August 17 20142014-08-17A young boy in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban stands in a close-up photograph, looking to his right with a smile. His face, chest and shoulders are dusted with small yellow-white food particles, consistent with naivedyam being offered. He wears a rudraksha mala on his wrist and an orange cloth wrapped around his body. A blurred figure with bare skin and a dark-haired head stands at left, and another orange-clad person appears at right. The background is a red and white hall with blurred people.2017-08-14 +1 copiesDecember 18 20162016-12-18August 17 20142014-08-17August 17 20142014-08-17