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March 07 20132013-03-07A photograph in a bright white-walled hall with a corrugated metal roof. In the foreground a bald man in a white shirt and orange cloth bows forward with palms pressed together. Behind him a woman in an orange sari with white and red flower garlands stands smiling, with a red bindi. At right, a figure in a brown garment with red-bordered sleeves extends a long gold-tipped pole draped in white jasmine garlands and red flowers. A bald man in orange cloth sits lower centre, and a man in a yellow shirt with a printed emblem stands behind. Garlands and offerings suggest a ritual or darshan setting.2010-07-21A photograph inside a temple-like hall with a corrugated metal roof and a pedestal fan at left. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt bends forward at the left, hands pressed together in reverence, his head lowered toward another figure in a saffron-orange robe. Nearby, a devotee in an orange garment stands with a white flower garland. At center, a man in a white dhoti holds a folded yellow cloth. Right of center, a man in a yellow dhoti with an orange-yellow shawl stands with hands clasped. At right, a large deity murti or ceremonial figure is draped in white and multicoloured jasmine and rose garlands, with a gold-trimmed brown cloth.2010-07-21A photograph in a temple-style hall showing a man in a white dhoti and shawl with red-bordered edges, wearing long white jasmine garlands with red roses and red-and-gold bangles, standing with hands folded at his chest. In front of him a person in a white shirt and dark trousers kneels and bows with head lowered, with rose petals and jasmine scattered on the floor. To the right, a monk in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and tilak stands by a red-draped table. Behind, a shaven-headed priest in white with a tilak watches, and a blurred portrait and golden shrine appear in the background. No identity of any person is asserted.2011-11-07December 26 20062006-12-26December 26 20062006-12-26A covered outdoor ritual hall with a corrugated metal roof and open sides, crowded with onlookers in the background. In the foreground, a bare-chested man in orange cloth with long dark hair sits at a low wooden platform and places a white and red flower garland on the head of a bowing couple. The bowing man wears white dhoti and shirt; the woman kneeling beside him wears a red sari with a white garland. Nearby, a woman in a teal sari with gold border stands at left, and others in white dhotis and saffron garments stand around. Brass puja vessels and yellow marigold flowers sit on the platform in front, and a large carved wooden drum-shaped object is at right. Strings of decorative flags hang in the upper right.2006-12-26November 22 20152015-11-22November 07 20112011-11-07July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph of a temple or ashram courtyard under a corrugated metal roof with an orange wall behind. In the centre, a man in a white dhoti and shirt stands barefoot beside a woman in a red blouse and sari who bends forward while scattering flowers and petals on the floor. On the right, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange robe over one shoulder and a long white flower garland, with white ash marks on his arm. Another man in orange stands beside him. Several women in white and yellow watch from the background, and a blue sign with Kannada script hangs on the wall. Yellow marigold petals and scattered rice cover the ground. Overlaid text credits the a person archive.2010-07-21December 26 20092009-12-26