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September 23 20062006-09-23January 18 20042004-01-18 +2 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05A photograph of a ritual moment indoors beside a garlanded doorway with yellow and orange flower garlands. A bearded elderly man with white hair, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with a white towel over his shoulder, stands with palms pressed together at his chest, wearing spectacles and a white forehead mark. Beside him a younger man with his hair in a topknot, bare-chested with a white cloth and a red-and-white beaded necklace, holds a brass lamp with a flame and gestures toward him. Behind them, men in saffron-orange robes and a man in white with a tilak stand in the room, and a gold-and-brown cloth hangs on the right.2007-01-30A photograph inside a small shrine with a grey-painted stone wall, a brass oil lamp on the left and strings of coloured and white flower garlands hanging above. A bare-chested, grey-bearded man with a rudraksha mala and a vibhuti mark on his forehead holds a white plate with a lit camphor or offering at the rail. In the centre, an older man in a red silk shawl with a pink flower garland kneels and reaches toward the plate, while a bald man in white with a red tilak and beaded necklace bends forward. Several men in orange or white dhotis with rudraksha malas stand behind, appearing to participate in an aarti or puja. a person presence is uncertain from appearance alone.2012-05-24Temple ritual indoors at a stone pillared doorway. A long-haired figure in orange sannyasi clothing, with rudraksha beads and an orange-fringed bracelet, holds a lit oil lamp toward a silver tray. A bald elder in saffron cloth, rudraksha mala, a gold necklace and a coral-and-white forehead marking holds a folded green leaf plate. A younger man bare-chested in a white dhoti with a silver rudraksha mala receives the tray. Another bald man in orange stands behind, and the old carved stone columns and wall are visible.2012-07-24A temple ritual inside a shrine with white marble walls and an arched niche. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with gold ornamental necklace stands with palms pressed together in namaskar on the left. Beside him, an elderly man in saffron robes, a rudraksha mala, flower garlands of white and red blooms, and glasses holds a lit oil lamp with a brass base. A row of carved stone deity murti figures in white dhotis and garlands stands along the right ledge, with scattered white flowers on the stone. Incense smoke drifts through the scene.2012-05-28 +1 copiesMay 24 20122012-05-24 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple corridor of a ritual offering. On the left, a long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and beaded bracelet holds a silver tray with a small offering and a flame of an oil lamp. In the centre, a bald elderly priest in orange cloth with a gold necklace and beaded rudraksha mala holds a small leaf offering. On the right, a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and tilak reaches to the silver plate. Carved stone pillars and an orange-saffron-clothed attendant stand in the background.2012-07-24May 08 20122012-05-08A dim stone-walled interior where a ritual is in progress around a brass oil lamp with a large, bright flame held by a bare-chested man in the lower right, wearing an orange cloth over his shoulder. Behind him, a priest in orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands with hands folded. In the centre, a young man in an orange dhoti and yellow-trimmed shawl, with a white tripundra on his forehead, a white cross-shaped mark on his chest, a beaded garland and a gold pendant, gazes down as an elderly man in a green shimmering shawl and beaded headband reaches toward the flame with his palms. Smoky light and a faint wall-mounted image complete the scene.2012-05-18 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20132013-02-02