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January 08 2010

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Outdoor ritual scene with rows of white-wrapped black Shivalingams arranged on the ground in front of banana plants with hanging green bananas. A tall man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe and a long ornate garland, holding a small ritual item in his hands, while a shaved-headed priest in saffron with beads stands beside him. Other saffron-robed attendants and men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand nearby; a man in white holds a video camera, and a musician with a long horn-like instrument stands at left. Trees and a white post frame the background.2010-01-08January 08 20102010-01-08January 08 20102010-01-08January 08 20102010-01-08Outdoor ritual scene under a canopy of green banana plants with fruit bunches hanging on either side. A long row of black lingams, each wrapped in white cloth and garlanded with rudraksha, stands in front of the group. Several men in saffron/orange robes, some with rudraksha malas, stand at the front. A central figure in orange with long dark hair and a saffron shawl holds his hands together in prayer, with a camera operator filming nearby. Behind them, men in white dhotis and white and yellow shawls stand with hands folded, and a child watches at the right edge. A banner with printed deity illustrations hangs at left, and trees fill the background.2010-01-08Outdoor ceremony with rows of seated people in white dhotis and white shirts, many wearing black caps, filling the foreground. Between two tall banana trees with hanging green bananas, a person in a long orange robe stands centrally, wearing a garland, with long dark hair, holding a small object. Beside them, a bald man in orange and a man in orange with a garland stand near a drummer in orange who plays a large drum. Behind them, men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with yellow and orange shawls, stand watching, with a photographer in white shooting. A painted banner on the left shows a temple gopuram. Trees and a string of small lights fill the background.2010-01-08July 08 20092009-07-08Outdoor festival scene with a central standing man in an orange saffron robe and long rudraksha mala, hands clasped in front of him, with long dark hair swept back. Around him, people in white dhotis and white shirts stand and pray with folded hands. A woman in a white sari with a yellow border and a man in white holding a brass tray of yellow flowers stand nearby. Dark black stone lingams topped with flowers line the foreground. Banana leaves, yellow, pink and orange balloons, and smoke from a fire decorate the setting, with trees behind. A cameraman in white films the scene. Probable Swamiji cues: orange robe, rudraksha mala and swept-back hair, standing centrally at a Pongal celebration.2011-01-15Outdoor photograph of a temple-style ritual site in the early evening. A long-haired man in an orange-saffron robe draped over his shoulders stands barefoot on a red-and-white striped platform before rows of black Shivalinga stones, each adorned with flowers. Beside him, a man in orange dhoti and orange upper cloth holds a brass plate, and a woman in white with a yellow cloth carries a silver tray. A shallow plate of yellow flowers and a small oil lamp sit on the platform, with kolam designs drawn on the ground. A white pillar is decorated with a banana plant and pink, orange and yellow balloons, and trees stand in the background. Multiple people in white and orange are visible at the right edge.2011-01-15Outdoor photograph of a ritual at red-and-white stepped ghats, with a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and saris lining the steps behind. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a red garment and a long flower garland stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. Beside him a man in saffron-orange robes with long hair, a rudraksha-style neck garland and bangles holds a brass plate of red flowers toward two shivalingas draped in white cloth with green-striped borders and flower garlands. Brass kalasha pots sit on the step, and a videographer's camera is visible at the left edge.2009-07-08Outdoor procession photograph with a large crowd of devotees in white clothes and white flags with a blue logo. Center right, a man with a saffron-orange turban and orange robe, wearing a gold necklace and garlands, stands with palms joined in namaskar on a decorated float. Behind him is a large deity murti with a red and white adornment and a dark green backdrop, framed by a flower-garlanded canopy of yellow and orange blossoms. Left, a bearded man in orange shawl and white clothes stands beside hanging bananas and coconuts. Several police officers and photographers are visible among the crowd, with many people in white dhotis and shirts. a person cues: orange turban, orange robe and ornate gold necklace on the standing figure in the float.2006-09-24December 23 20072007-12-23