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May 30 20182018-05-30May 30 20182018-05-30A night-time ritual at an open pavilion with a red-and-white striped mat floor and painted pillars hung with colourful banners. In the foreground, a tall long-haired man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl stands with his back to the camera, offering a flower-filled plate toward a seated figure draped in a gold and green cloth garlanded with pink and orange flowers. Behind him, several young men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and tilaka hold plates of offerings and stand in a line. To the right, a row of drummers in saffron clothing play large drums. A cameraman stands at left, and a few onlookers in white are visible at the back. The scene appears to be a puja or aarti offering.2018-05-30May 30 20182018-05-30A puja in a pillared hall with a red-and-white striped floor and painted wooden pillars. A long-haired man with a beard, bare-chested and wearing a reddish-brown dhoti and shawl, stands with palms joined before a golden-draped seat decorated with pink and white flowers and garlands. Nearby, a silver vessel and a small lamp sit on a golden cloth. Several attendants in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand behind him; one holds a tray of flowers and another stands with hands folded, and a cameraman films the scene. Men in white dhotis stand at the right with hands joined.2018-05-30A photograph inside a pillared hall with striped red floor covering and tall decorated pillars. In the foreground stands a long-haired man in a rust-red shawl over his bare chest, hands folded, facing a seated deity murti draped in a gold and purple silk cloth and garlanded with pink flowers and green and white garlands. Several orange-clad attendants stand behind him, one holding a tray of flowers. Nearby on a golden cloth are a silver vessel and a brass lamp. On the right, white-clad devotees stand with palms joined. A cameraman films the scene. The man has long, swept-back hair and a distinctive shawl, matching a person cues, though the appearance is uncertain given the distance. The scene reads as a puja offering.2018-05-30May 30 20182018-05-30Photograph of a group of young devotees in saffron-orange cloths wrapped over their shoulders and waists, several with white stripes painted on their arms and foreheads. In the foreground a girl with long dark hair and a red pendant holds yellow prasad or offering mixture in both hands, while others around her hold up similar yellow offerings. Behind them a bare-chested young man with long hair and white forehead markings stands among the group, and a blurred yellow-walled building appears in the background.2017-07-03Photograph of a group of young men and women in saffron-orange ritual wraps, many bare-chested with white ash markings on their arms and foreheads, standing in a hall. Several hold cupped handfuls of yellow prasad and bring them to their mouths. The central man wears wooden rudraksha beads and a bracelet of beads, and his hair is tied up in a loose knot; the people around him have long, flowing dreadlocked hair. Behind them a gold-toned decorated wall and a blurred pale background suggest a temple or ashram setting.2017-07-03October 29 20162016-10-29May 02 20162016-05-02 +1 copiesPhoto of a ritual meal in a hall. A young boy with curly hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange cloth wrap with a white vertical forehead mark, leans forward and offers a handful of yellow-green food to an older youth on the right, who has a white forehead mark, rudraksha beads and an orange shawl and opens his mouth to receive it. Behind them, another person with long dark hair in an orange garment stands, and several orange-clad people sit on a floor with coloured mats and food. Maroon curtains hang in the background.2017-07-03