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January 14 2018

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Night-time photograph outside a bus door. A long-haired person in a deep red shawl over orange-brown robes smiles, wearing a white and blue-and-red garland and a red forehead mark, walking beside a row of attendants. Behind them, several people in orange and white traditional dhotis with gold borders walk under a multicoloured fringed umbrella. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands with hands folded, and a woman in a pale yellow sari presses her palms together. Fabric-covered parasols and a bus step appear at left.2012-07-23Night photograph outside a dark car at an outdoor entrance. A smiling man in an orange-brown robe with yellow border stands with a large red and pink flower garland and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, appearing to be greeted. In front, a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with golden border bends forward toward him. To the right, a woman in a white sari holds a decorated brass vessel with green leaves and flowers, and a young person with folded hands in an orange garment stands nearby. An older man in white with an orange shawl stands behind. Bright lights and a vehicle with a bamboo-slat trailer are visible in the background.2015-05-29 +1 copiesNight-time photograph at an outdoor entrance lit by string lights. A bare-chested man in a rust-orange cloth with a long white-and-maroon flower garland and a tilak on his forehead accepts a blue cloth-covered tray of yellow flowers and small offering bowls from an elderly man in a white shirt and white dhoti. Behind them a woman in a yellow sari and glasses stands near an orange bus, and other women in orange and yellow saris and a man in white look on. A person in orange holds a tall yellow pole in the background. a person is a depiction candidate on appearance cues: long swept-back hair, rudraksha-style ornamentation absent, but ceremonial garland and saffron-orange robe, so this is recorded as unsure for the central figure receiving the offering.2018-01-14 +1 copiesSeptember 08 20112011-09-08A photograph of a procession under a decorated tent at night, with a long red carpet running down the centre. A bearded man with a rust-orange robe, a white flower garland and a rudraksha-style neck adornment walks barefoot toward the camera beneath a large multicoloured canopy with fringed tassels. Attendants in white and cream dhotis with yellow borders flank him; one holds a ceremonial staff and another carries a bell-like object. Devotees along both sides stand with palms pressed together in anjali, and a seated devotee in a yellow shawl bows. Marigold strings, hanging lamps and a shrine with a deity murti decorate the background. The visible crowd is about fifteen people.2016-12-19July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesA photo of a ceremonial pada puja at a house entrance on a covered porch. A central figure in a red-orange dhoti-style garment with a long red and white flower garland and rudraksha beads stands smiling as a devotee in a lavender shirt and khaki trousers bends low with folded hands. Nearby, a bald priest in an orange-saffron cloth with a rudraksha mala stands in the foreground, a man in a green shirt and white dhoti plays a long nadaswaram-style wind instrument, and women in white saris with folded hands look on. Flower petals are scattered on the floor, and a potted banana plant and a tiled roof frame the scene.2014-06-26February 07 20162016-02-07March 19 20172017-03-19June 16 20142014-06-16September 08 20112011-09-08July 10 20142014-07-10