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March 02 2018

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Close-up of a bare-chested priest performing a ritual offering with red flower petals on a wooden plate. He wears a blue shawl over the shoulder, a red dhoti, a gold-bead and red-cord necklace, a yellow and purple sacred thread bracelet, and a gold ring, with white sacred ash marks on his arm and chest. His right hand scatters red petals toward a golden deity murti decorated with green garlands and yellow flowers, against a red backdrop. Only his arm and torso are visible, so no face is shown.2018-03-02A shaved-headed priest in a red dhoti with a blue sash and a bare upper body performs a puja at night, holding a brass plate of red flowers in his left hand while his right hand is raised in a blessing gesture. He wears a rudraksha mala and sacred ash markings on his chest. Beside him, a second man in white stands holding a similar plate. In front, a deity murti is decorated with red and white garlands, and the floor is strewn with rose petals and leaves. Strings of multicolored lights and scaffolding poles surround the stone pillars in the background.2018-03-02A night ritual photograph with two bare-chested men in white dhotis wearing rudraksha malas. The man on the left, with a red bindi on his forehead, extends his hand to scatter red petals, while the man in the centre has red petals falling across his face and holds a brass plate. Behind them, a woman in a red sari holds a prayer sheet beside garlands of red roses, yellow flowers and white jasmine, with leafy greenery and a lit scene in the background. The setting appears to be a puja or petal-offering rite.2018-03-02September 19 20152015-09-19May 12 20122012-05-12A bare-chested man with a shaved head kneels on an orange cloth before a shrine decorated with pink and white flower garlands and brass lamps. He wears a red-beaded necklace, a gold chain, an orange dhoti with gold border and a gold armband, and has white sacred ash on his forehead and arms. With one hand he sprinkles or offers from a silver vessel onto a tray of flowers and fruit. A metal kalasha and oil lamps sit on a marble platform, and a deity murti is visible in the background. Ritual worship at a temple shrine.2012-06-05May 12 20122012-05-12May 12 20122012-05-12Devotees sit on a floor in a hall during a ritual. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl and a long rudraksha mala holds a brass bell in his right hand and a brass oil lamp in his left, with white vibhuti marks on his forehead and arms. Behind him, a man in a saffron-orange shawl and rudraksha mala sits with a small brass lamp or incense vessel near his hands. Further left, a woman in orange sits beside him, and other lamp-holding devotees in white and orange appear in the background. A gold and red throne-like chair sits behind them, with warm lamplight on the scene. The ritual appears to be an aarti with oil lamps.2014-05-25December 07 20162016-12-07A night-time temple puja scene. In the foreground a bare-chested priest with a sacred-thread cord and a red cloth wrap stands before a golden deity murti garlanded with white and red flowers, holding a plate in his hands. Behind him stands an older man in white with a brass basin. Another bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a green border stands at the centre, and a figure in white stands at the far right. The altar is draped in red cloth with yellow and red flower petals, leaves and small brass vessels spread across it. Scaffolding and string lights are visible in the background.2018-03-02A photograph of a temple ritual inside a shrine. A bald, bare-chested older man sits cross-legged in an orange dhoti with gold borders, wearing a rudraksha mala across his chest and a rudraksha headband, with white vibhuti marks on his forehead and body. He pours liquid from a golden vessel. A second person in white stands at left, reaching toward the same ritual vessel. Behind them are a shrine with pink flower garlands, a golden deity murti, lit oil lamps and brass vessels on a granite platform. The pictured figure is not claimed as a specific person from appearance alone; the page title refers to an event with a person, but the candidate's appearance has only moderate cues.2012-06-05