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January 06 20182018-01-06Close-up photograph of two pairs of hands clasped together, one set wearing a gold ring and layered gold and beaded bangles over saffron-orange clothing, the other set wearing a red thread bracelet and a brown beaded mala wrist. The orange fabric fills the frame, with a blurred metal plate and red and gold textiles in the background. The image shows a ritual gesture of blessing or transmission between two people, with no legible text or identifiable face visible.2016-10-29September 18 20162016-09-18December 19 20152015-12-19Close-up photo of two pairs of hands clasped in a ritual gesture. On the left, a person in a tan kurta wears silver bangles and a dark wristband. On the right, a person in an orange saffron robe holds the hands, with a fruit and a basket of purple flowers visible at the bottom. A white garment and a white wall are behind them. Only the hands and arms of the two people are visible, so the person in orange is not identifiable from the frame.2009-12-03February 13 20182018-02-13Close-up photo of two hands meeting in a ritual exchange: a hand with a red and silver bangle reaches to receive a small clear object. Orange and saffron fabric is blurred in the background. The receiving wrist wears red bangles. No faces are visible.2015-12-19Close-up photograph of two pairs of hands clasped together in a gesture of blessing or greeting. On the left, a man in white clothing with a red-brown shawl and a red-brown rudraksha mala bracelet on his wrist grasps the hands of another person on the right, whose sleeve is visible. The background is softly blurred with warm lamplight and a glowing light at the right edge. The hands are the main subject, with the beaded bracelet and white garment prominent.2016-07-01A photograph of a ceremonial exchange in a temple-like hall. A bare-chested man on the left with rudraksha malas and beaded bracelets holds out a small folded paper or card, and his hand is reaching toward an outstretched hand on the right, which wears gold bangles and a bracelet. Behind him stands another bare-chested man with rudraksha malas. The background shows a red velvet cushion, an ornate gold-carved throne or pedestal, a red cloth, and a small bottle. The visible men have no clearly distinctive presentation cues beyond malas, so the central figure cannot be confirmed as the a person from appearance.2016-09-28December 19 20152015-12-19January 04 20132013-01-04Close photo of two pairs of hands meeting over a small white cloth or offering, with a dark-skinned hand on the left wearing a red thread bracelet and another hand on the right wearing a black watch. Behind them, a person in an orange-red shirt is partly visible, and at the right edge a pale striped garment. The lighting is purple-pink. Two physical people are visible, one partly.2018-02-13