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September 21 20162016-09-21September 05 20162016-09-05A bare-chested man with a tall topknot and a red bindi on his forehead holds a silver oil lamp with a bright flame in his right hand, extended forward in ritual offering. He wears a thick necklace of gold-coloured beads and rudraksha malas, bangles on his wrist, and an orange dhoti. Behind him, a figure in orange clothing with hands raised in prayer stands near a red pillar, and a drummer in white with a drum is visible at the right. Green foliage and a small roofed structure form the background, with smoke drifting through the scene.2016-09-05December 17 20162016-12-17August 11 20162016-08-11A young person stands in a gilded hall holding a silver aarti lamp with a lit flame in the right hand and a small silver bell or vessel in the other. They wear a leopard-print cloth over an orange-saffron garment, with rudraksha malas across the chest and arms, a gold-bead necklace, and a white tripundra with a red bindi on the forehead. Hair is piled in a high bun with a rudraksha band. Behind them, seated devotees fold their hands, and rows of brass lamps stand on the right.2018-12-20 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual initiation scene. A man with long dreadlocked hair pinned up with rudraksha beads, a rudraksha mala and rudraksha armband, and a rust-red sleeveless garment places his right hand on the forehead of a shaved-headed boy with closed eyes and bare chest, who wears a white sacred thread and has a white vibhuti mark on his brow. Behind them, priests in white dhotis with gold borders and saffron-clad figures stand near a silver ceremonial staff and a small golden deity murti. The setting appears to be a temple sanctum with gold-toned decor.2017-07-11 +1 copiesA young person stands in a gilded temple hall, dressed in ceremonial Shaivite attire: rudraksha malas across the chest and arms, a heavy gold necklace with a pendant, an orange shawl over a leopard-print cloth, and a white-and-red tripundra on the forehead. The figure holds a silver ceremonial staff with a trident-like finial in one hand and a small silver vessel in the other. Behind them, tall brass oil lamps line the foreground, and a blurred crowd of seated devotees, several in white and red, fills the background. The scene depicts a ceremonial procession or ritual presentation at a Paramashivoham event.2018-12-20 +1 copiesAugust 11 20162016-08-11January 12 20172017-01-12January 12 20172017-01-12May 10 20182018-05-10 +1 copies