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February 08 20132013-02-08February 08 20132013-02-08Photograph of a ritual under a white canopy with green and pink ornate umbrellas overhead. An older man with long grey hair and a white beard, wearing an orange shawl and a yellow-and-orange marigold garland, holds his hands over a flaming oil lamp. Beside him a younger man in orange robes with a tilak and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces holds a brass tray or plate. Other saffron-clad attendants and a man in a blue shirt holding a camera stand nearby, and a silver staff with a finial is visible at right. A small golden deity murti sits in front. Oil lamp puja.2016-04-23 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual procession inside a tent with red carpet, decorated with green and pink ornamental umbrellas. Foreground: a bearded man with long grey hair and beard wears orange robes and a yellow-orange marigold garland, hands joined in front of his chest. Beside him, a man in red-orange robes and an orange-and-red turban holds his hands in anjali. A young man in orange cloth holds a silver plate, and a man on the right raises a flaming torch aloft while holding a staff. Several saffron-clad sadhus with rudraksha and beaded necklaces stand nearby, and a small bronze deity murti stands on the red carpet. Onlookers in casual clothes film with phones in the background.2016-04-23A temple scene in which a white-clad priest, bare-chested with a sacred thread and white dhoti with striped border, holds a brass lamp with a lit flame toward a decorated palanquin draped with flower garlands and an orange cloth. Behind it stands a golden palanquin bearing a deity murti. To the right, a shaved-headed elderly man in orange robes and rudraksha malas stands beside a younger man in orange with a long garland and bangles, both with hands folded or near the palanquin. Two more men in orange with gold-trimmed garments and beaded necklaces stand at right, along with men in white shirts. A tented canopy with red and white fringe and hanging flower strands frames the upper left.2012-06-05Photograph of a festive ritual inside a white tent with pink and green decorative umbrellas overhead. Several saffron-robed sannyasis stand in a group. Foreground center, a bearded man in an orange robe with a marigold garland and hands pressed together in namaste; beside him a man in an orange-and-maroon turban and saffron robe, also with a marigold garland, hands together. A younger man with dreadlocked hair and a white tilak raises a lit oil lamp in one hand and holds a brass tray. Other saffron-clad men with rudraksha-style necklaces stand around, and a man in white dhoti holds a plate. A small brass deity murti and a brass vessel sit on the floor in front. Cameras and a stand are visible at the left edge, and a man in a blue shirt stands nearby. Roughly a dozen people are visible.2016-04-23February 08 20132013-02-08May 04 20162016-05-04August 09 20072007-08-09February 11 20132013-02-11April 23 20162016-04-23Photograph inside a temple hall during a procession ritual. On the left, a priest with a shaved head and orange-saffron cloth raises his hands in salutation beside a decorated palanquin draped with white and pink garlands and red flowers, while a lamp flame burns near the deity murti. A bearded man with long hair wears a saffron robe, rudraksha mala and a gold necklace, and a man in saffron with folded hands stands at right. A tall figure in red-brown robes holds a silver staff and wears a crown-like headband and gold garlands. A gold-trimmed golden palanquin base is visible. Several men in white dhotis stand in the background.2012-06-05