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March 01 20162016-03-01 +1 copiesMarch 01 20162016-03-01Outdoor ritual at a large shady tree beside a dark stone deity murti on the right, its face and shoulders shown in profile with green garland draped over it. Four men in saffron-red robes with yellow borders stand and kneel around a blue-and-striped cloth-covered platform. The man at the front left kneels, bald, bending over offerings on a tray of flowers and a brass plate, handling a conch-like vessel. Behind him, a man in red robes with a garland of orange and yellow flowers stands with hands folded in namaskar. Another bald man in red and yellow stands at right holding a lit flame or torch near the deity. A fourth figure is partly visible at far left. Sunlight filters through the leaves above.2015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05 +1 copiesA man with a long black dreadlock-style braid wrapped in a rust-orange cloth stands bent forward, his hand resting on a tall pillar wrapped in yellow and red roses, white flowers and green leaves. He wears a red-and-white beaded garland, gold armbands, a gold necklace and rings, with white vibhuti marks on his forehead. Beside him is a large golden oil lamp, and a golden ornament with a peacock-like finial rises at the left. Gold-edged red silk and flower garlands fill the background.2016-07-19August 20 20132013-08-20A temple ritual scene in which a man in a rust-red turban and rust-red robe with gold waist sash, wearing a long flowing black braided hair and layered flower garlands in pink, yellow and white, holds a copper vessel toward a gold-coloured deity murti crowned with a jewelled mukut and holding a gold staff, decorated with garlands and gold jewellery. Beside him, figures in saffron-orange robes and one shirtless attendant with white tilaka and a silver necklace hold oil lamps and a small brass lamp. Purple-draped smaller murtis and a gold-framed arch sit in the foreground with flower offerings.2017-12-02January 02 20162016-01-02 +1 copiesMay 09 20162016-05-09Outdoor ritual on a green cloth platform under palm trees: a priest in a maroon-red dhoti and matching shawl with a red turban pours water from a white vessel over a tall copper kalasha wrapped in white cloth and white flower garlands, set on a painted yantra-style base. Beside him, three other priests in maroon and gold-bordered dhotis stand with folded hands or hold trays and plates; one raises an arm, and a white-clad attendant in the right foreground carries a bag. Rudraksha malas hang on several chests. A yellow water tank, a shade canopy and palm trees frame the background, consistent with an abhishekam or kumbha-related puja.2014-06-29 +1 copiesAugust 09 20152015-08-09July 08 20172017-07-08