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Photo of several men seated on a colourful striped rug during a ritual. The nearest man, shown from behind and side-on, is bare-chested with white ritual dhotis edged in gold and a rudraksha mala, wearing a gold bangle and gold-pointed stylus while holding a grey stone slab with a dark circular mark. A tattoo of the Om symbol is on his upper arm, and he wears a hoop earring. Other seated men wear white dhotis and white sacred marks on their backs and shoulders, one holding a small orange cloth. A microphone stand is visible in the background.2017-03-18Several seated men in white dhotis with gold and orange borders sit on colourful striped mats during a ritual. A man in the foreground with short dark hair, a hoop earring, rudraksha mala and a tattoo of Om on his upper arm grinds or marks a grey stone slab with a gold-coloured stylus. Another seated man, bare-backed with white marks on his shoulders, holds an orange cloth. Other white-clad participants are partly visible at the edges.2017-03-18March 18 20172017-03-18March 18 20172017-03-18Photo 11712522 +1 copiesPhoto 11712518 +1 copiesPhoto 11714904 +1 copiesOctober 20 20102010-10-20 +1 copiesJanuary 21 20132013-01-21July 31 20172017-07-31 +1 copiesA photograph of two shirtless priests seated on the ground before a wooden door with brass studs and a stone wall. The central priest, wearing a white dhoti, a yellow shawl draped over one shoulder and beaded necklaces, has white sacred markings on his forehead and arms and is handling offerings with his hands. Before him sit woven baskets of white flowers and green leaves, and brass plates heaped with yellow flowers and white rice. A second priest sits to the left in a white dhoti with a brass vessel nearby.2017-04-03A seated puja in an indoor hall with a mat floor. In the foreground, a bare-chested priest with a tilak on his forehead and a sacred thread sits cross-legged, offering with one hand over a brass lamp. Beside him, men in white dhotis and a woman in a white sari with a gold border sit before lit oil lamps, brass plates, flowers and a banana leaf with offerings on a striped cloth. Behind them, more seated devotees and framed deity pictures hang on the wall.