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January 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesJuly 31 20172017-07-31 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesA shaved-headed man in orange dhoti sits cross-legged on stone ghat steps beside water, performing a small ritual. He is bare-chested with white tripundra marks on forehead and arms and a dark rudraksha mala around his neck. Before him on an orange cloth lie brass plates and bowls holding flowers, offerings and a small water vessel, and he holds a small brass vessel in one hand. Orange and red cloths and a bag lie nearby. No a person candidate is visibly identifiable from appearance, so no identity is claimed.2016-11-22A dark stone Nandi bull statue, draped with garlands of orange and yellow marigolds and a red-and-white flower band, sits in the foreground on a stone base. Behind it rises a tiered red stone stairway lined with black Shivalinga stones. Two shaved-headed men in saffron-orange dhotis stand and sit on the steps in the hazy morning light. The standing man, bare-chested with rudraksha beads, holds a lit oil lamp aloft in one hand and a bell or small ritual object in the other, smoke curling upward, as an aarti is performed. The seated man in orange wears a rudraksha mala and sits beside large brass vessels and a brass kalasha. The setting suggests an outdoor ritual at a temple ghat.2017-02-26September 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20182018-01-01 +1 copiesA young man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stands on marble steps holding a tiered brass aarti lamp with several lit oil lamps, while a brass bell sits on a striped purple-and-green cloth table beside him. He wears white vibhuti on his forehead and arms, a red tilak, and a rudraksha mala. Long dark hair falls down his back as he smiles toward the camera. The steps are grey and red stone, and a faint purple bird logo appears in the upper left corner.2017-07-31A bare-chested man in an orange cloth wrap and orange dhoti stands on red stone steps, holding a brass aarti plate with a flame and a brass bell in his other hand. He wears a rudraksha mala and a white tilak on his forehead, with long dreadlocked hair. Behind him, rows of brass lamps line red stepped seating, and white-clad devotees sit and bow in an outdoor ritual setting with a metal railing and netting.2017-05-29June 26 20172017-06-26June 04 20062006-06-04December 19 20162016-12-19