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December 30 2018

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October 18 20102010-10-18 +1 copiesIndoor ceremony on a boat-like hall decorated with a colourful tasselled canopy above and green foliage on the wall. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair, bare-chested under an orange-saffron garment and wearing a rudraksha mala, smiles while standing near a gold-framed panel and purple flowers. Behind him, a man in white clothes with an orange shawl bows low with his hands joined in reverence, and another man in white with an orange shawl stands nearby. A screen on the wall shows a crowd of saffron-robed devotees. Curtains and lighting stands frame the scene. a person: the centre figure has long hair, saffron garment and rudraksha mala cues.2012-12-16A seated woman in a deep red sari with a leopard-print blouse and marigold garlands receives the hands of an older man kneeling before her in a hall. She wears gold earrings, a bindi and a sandalwood tilak, and is smiling. The kneeling man wears white trousers, a white shirt and a red sleeveless vest with glasses and a wristwatch. Behind them, a tall pillar is wrapped with marigolds and white flowers. Standing women in white saris and a woman in a red shawl watch, one with hands raised in namaskar. Gold ritual items sit at the lower left, with a patterned red cloth nearby.2014-05-17June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJune 26 20122012-06-26 +1 copiesA homa fire burns in a metal fire pit on the floor of an indoor hall as a standing man in orange robes and red-bordered dhoti stands with palms joined. A shaved-headed priest in orange kneels at left beside brass vessels, fruit offerings and kalasha-like pots with white flowers. Behind the fire, about a dozen seated devotees in orange shawls and white clothes sit with hands folded. A gilded throne with a tiger-patterned cushion stands at left, and a camera tripod is visible. Smoke rises through a beam of light from a high window.2012-07-11December 27 20152015-12-27September 20 20152015-09-20Outdoors beside a flowing river, a long-haired figure in a rust-red robe with a white forehead marking and a white floral garland sits on a white cloth, offering from a silver tray of flowers and small bowls. Around them, several men kneel in the water and on the bank: one bald man in white with a rust-orange shawl and rudraksha mala, a man in a white dhoti with a rust-orange shawl, and a man in a white dhoti bowing with folded hands. Another man in white stands on the bank holding a staff, and a woman in a rust-orange and yellow robe with a bag stands at right. The scene suggests a riverside puja ritual with abhishekam offerings, with the seated figure as the central officiant. Green riverbank foliage and tree roots frame the background.2014-12-17February 13 20132013-02-13 +1 copiesJanuary 08 20192019-01-08April 28 20152015-04-28