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Photo 11712982January 24 20162016-01-24May 13 20172017-05-13January 24 20162016-01-24Outdoor ceremony with several devotees in saffron and rust-red robes and rudraksha malas. A smiling woman in a rust-red sari and beaded mala applies a sacred mark or vibhuti to the forehead of a blonde woman in a white and gold-bordered sari seen from behind. Nearby, a young man in orange cloth and mala holds a small green dish, another man in orange holds a bowl, and a kalasha-like brass vessel with a green leafy sprig and decorative ornaments is in the foreground. Spectators stand behind in white and orange garments. Some devotees have white tilak on their foreheads, and a sound system sits at the right edge.2015-05-13A photograph of a courtyard outside a white-washed building with red and white painted stripes on the wall. A man with grey hair and glasses, wearing a white kurta and an orange-saffron shawl draped over his shoulders, holds a silver bowl and offers something from it to a woman who stands with her hands together in prayer. Around them, several people in white clothes, some wearing rudraksha malas and yellow-and-white cords, watch the exchange. A woman with braided hair and gold bangles receives the offering. Speakers and framed pictures hang on the wall behind.2009-06-17February 13 20162016-02-13 +1 copiesMay 13 20172017-05-13 +1 copiesMay 13 20172017-05-13 +1 copiesJun 09 2017Inside a plain room with a warm-lit ceiling and hanging fabric, a group of devotees in white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas stand close together. In the foreground, a woman with blonde hair in a bun, a white sari-style garment and a brown rudraksha sash offers her cupped palms to a man in an orange cloth with rudraksha malas and white sacred ash on his bare shoulders, who holds a small white dish. Several other devotees with white forehead markings stand behind them, some with hands folded in prayer.2017-06-09Photo 11700843 +1 copies