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August 18 2011

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August 18 20112011-08-18January 02 20172017-01-02May 27 20132013-05-27December 14 20112011-12-14A seated man in a white dhoti with gold-bordered edges sits bare-chested in a devotional setting, holding a small lit oil lamp in both hands while looking down. His upper body is marked with white vertical urdhva-style tilak lines on the forehead and arms. A thin dark cord necklace is visible at his neck. Behind metal railing posts and a chain, several seated people in white and an onlooker in a white shirt watch; a red-cushioned chair appears at the right. The scene suggests a puja or aarti with an oil lamp offering.2012-09-15January 13 20172017-01-13December 12 20162016-12-12A seated man in white ritual dhoti and shawl with gold borders sits cross-legged before a microphone stand, wearing a long ornate gold bead necklace and gold bangles. He holds a gold ritual vessel or kalasha-like object in both hands, close to his chest. Orange cloth lies beneath him and a striped mat is visible on the floor. The face is cropped out of frame.2011-11-01A man in white ceremonial dhoti with bare upper body and a rudraksha mala stands in profile, pressing his fingers to the bridge of his nose in a devotional gesture. White sacred ash marks stripe his forehead and arm. A gold bracelet is on his wrist. Behind him, a man in a light green shirt and another in white clothing are also touching their faces, while a blurred figure stands at right in a white dhoti. The setting is a plain white-walled hall.2011-11-04December 14 20112011-12-14A man sits cross-legged on a mat on a polished floor, eyes lifted and gazing upward, in a devotional hall. He wears a white dhoti and white shawl with gold-yellow borders, a long rudraksha mala around his neck, and matching rudraksha bracelets on both upper arms. White sacred ash lines mark his forehead and arms, with a red kumkum dot between his brows. A small heap of rudraksha beads lies on the mat near his hand. Behind him, two children sit on the floor in the background, and a bright orange cloth and offerings are visible at the edges.2011-11-28November 02 20112011-11-02