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October 21 20152015-10-21November 01 20112011-11-01December 01 20112011-12-01January 08 20172017-01-08Close photo of two shaved-headed male priests seated in a hall during a ritual. The priest on the right, bare-chested, wears a dark rudraksha mala across his chest, a gold chain and a beaded bracelet, with white ash marks on his forehead and shoulders. He holds up a small gold ritual lamp or fire vessel toward the seated figure beside him, who wears a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant and has white ash markings. Blurred devotees in orange and white sit in the background beneath wall hangings.2017-01-03 +1 copiesJanuary 28 20132013-01-28April 30 20152015-04-30A photograph of a Hindu ritual at night in a plain hall. In the foreground a shaven-headed man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and white tilak marks on his forehead and arms holds a lit taper toward an unseen flame, his other arm extended. Behind him an older man in white dhoti with a red-bordered cloth and a beaded mala sits and lights a small lamp. A brass plate with flowers and small oil lamps sits on a red cloth in front. Two people are visible, with a partially visible third at the bottom edge. The setting suggests a pada puja ritual.2010-11-18 +1 copiesNovember 21 20102010-11-21July 19 20162016-07-19A photograph of a shaved-headed priest in white ritual dress performing an aarti with a silver multi-wick oil lamp, its flames burning brightly. He wears a white dhoti and shawl, a gold bead necklace and bangles, with white tilak marks on his forehead. Behind him an orange curtain hangs beside a carved stone pillar, with yellow flowers visible at the right edge and a potted plant in the lower centre. A partially visible woman in white stands at the far left.2011-12-28July 07 20152015-07-07