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A photograph of a seated ritual gathering in a hall with a light tiled floor. In the foreground three men in ritual dress sit on low silver-grey platforms before brass oil lamps, kalasha-style vessels, small brass bowls of kumkum and flower offerings. The man on the left wears a white dhoti with gold border, a rudraksha mala and horizontal white and ochre sacred markings on the forehead and arms. The two men beside him wear orange-red and saffron cloth with rudraksha malas and bangles. Behind them rows of seated people wear saffron and orange robes, with others in white. Steel railings and a chain divide the rows. a person is not visibly identifiable from appearance here, so no identification is made.
Photo 83 of 113 from 19 August 2014

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