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May 24 20182018-05-24Outdoor ritual gathering on a dirt ground in front of a whitewashed building with a red-tiled roof. Many devotees sit on mats and blue tarpaulin, most bare-chested with white dhotis and golden-bordered white shawls, while others wear saffron-orange robes. Smoke rises from a fire in the background, and a pink statue of a deity sits under a decorated canopy hung with flower garlands, near brass ritual objects and a trident. Several participants are seated in front of the group, a few holding brass vessels and yellow cloths. Green trees and a stone wall frame the scene.2018-05-24 +1 copiesMay 24 20182018-05-24August 18 20162016-08-18September 21 20062006-09-21Outdoor homa under a corrugated metal roof with hanging decorative tassels. A fire burns on an orange-gold tiered altar decorated with yellow flowers and white rangoli lines. Several men in white dhotis sit cross-legged around it, some bare-chested, some in saffron shawls, with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and marigold garlands. A man in a pink turban and white dhoti at centre front, and a man on the right holding a microphone, are seated near the fire. Brass pots, baskets of fruit and offerings lie to the side. Devotees sit on colourful striped mats in the background under palm and tropical trees, with a red-walled building behind.2016-09-09 +1 copiesAugust 18 20162016-08-18Outdoor ritual under a decorated canopy with green leaves and striped cloth overhead. A man in saffron robes with a matching saffron head wrap sits cross-legged on yellow cloth, garlanded with white and orange flowers, offering a plate of fruit and flowers. Beside him an older bearded man in saffron sits, and a figure in saffron at lower right faces the scene. A deity murti draped in garlands and flowers sits on a small platform with a kalasha-like vessel and lamps. Many men in white dhotis and shirts stand and sit with palms pressed together, and a few women in saris watch from the right. Stone blocks line the foreground.2006-11-24Outdoor ritual gathering beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. Seated in the foreground are saffron-robed monastics with shaved heads, several holding long wooden staffs with orange cloth streamers, and small brass vessels and puja items arranged on mats. Behind them, rows of people in white clothing sit on the ground. On the right, a man in orange robes stands near a rock with a multicoloured garland of flowers and a large gold-banded object, while a person with long dark hair wearing an orange shawl sits on a folding chair on a red rug, barefoot. A brass pyramidal ritual object sits on the mat, with a small carved deity murti in the lower left. Strings of white flowers and orange ribbons decorate the tree area.2006-07-12Outdoor ritual gathering on a striped cloth mat in a temple courtyard. A priest in white dhoti with bare chest, rudraksha mala and a sandalwood tilak sits at centre with hands extended over brass vessels and a small brass tray. Beside him a younger man in saffron robe and rudraksha mala performs the ritual with brass bowls and a plate. Around them thirty or more seated devotees in saffron and orange garments and white clothes sit in rows, several children among them. Behind them stands a red painted shrine with a dark deity murti garlanded in yellow flowers, surrounded by palms and greenery.2016-08-18 +2 copiesA large outdoor ritual gathering under a white canopy at an open-air temple court. Many seated participants sit on striped mats, mostly men and boys in saffron-orange cloths over white dhotis, with several wearing orange head turbans and rudraksha or bead necklaces. A standing woman in a white sari holds papers at left, and a priest in white stands near the center. Behind them, colourful deity murtis and decorated shrines stand under garlands, and a dark shivalinga-like stone is garlanded with red-and-white flowers at right. Palm trees and a tiled roof appear in the background, and a video camera is set up on a tripod.2017-09-27September 09 20162016-09-09