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A close photograph of a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti with red-bordered cloth draped over his bare shoulder, wearing a rudraksha mala and white tripundra marks on his forehead, bending over a silver tray. Blurred arms in the foreground hold a silver bowl containing flower petals, a pink item and an orange fruit. Two other figures in yellow-and-white garments stand behind him. The priest appears to be performing a puja or padapuja offering.

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November 14 20102010-11-14October 19 20102010-10-19 +1 copiesOctober 15 20102010-10-15A shaved-headed young priest in white ritual cloth sits behind silver puja trays, a white sacred thread shawl draped over his shoulder with orange-tipped strings, and a rudraksha mala hanging around his neck. He has white vertical tilak lines and a red bindi on his forehead, and he looks down toward the trays holding red flowers, a silver bowl and offerings. Behind him stand an orange patterned cloth hanging and red-and-white striped pillars in an open courtyard. The scene suggests a padapuja setting of devotional worship, with the priest as the central figure.2010-10-02October 23 20102010-10-23 +1 copiesOctober 23 20102010-10-23Close crop of a person in white ritual dhoti with red-bordered edge and a rudraksha mala across the chest, holding a small silver plate with a red flower and green leaves in cupped hands. Gold bangles on the wrist. Partially visible person in a yellow and green sari sits to the right. Silver vessels at the bottom edge suggest a puja setting. Only a torso and hands are shown, with no face visible. The face is not visible, so identity cannot be assessed; the figure is described by role as a priest in ritual white.2010-10-02A close photograph of a shaven-headed priest in a white dhoti and maroon-bordered cloth, bare-chested and marked with white ash stripes on his forehead and arms, with a red dot on his brow. He wears a gold bead necklace and a rudraksha bracelet, and pours water from a silver vessel over a silver plate during a ritual. Another man's hands and a bald head appear in the foreground, and silver and gold ritual vessels fill the lower frame.2010-09-08A shaved-headed man in white ritual dhoti and shawl with a pink border sits with eyes closed and hands pressed together in namaskar, lips pursed as if chanting or blowing. He wears white horizontal tilak lines on forehead and arms, a red dot on the brow, and a long gold bead mala with a small framed portrait pendant. Silver puja plates with pink flowers and a red fruit sit in front of him. A woman in a yellow striped blouse is partly visible at right. The image appears to be a priest-style puja or devotional moment, not a photograph of a known individual's features.2010-10-16October 15 20102010-10-15May 05 20122012-05-05A photograph of a shaved-headed young man in white ritual dress, a white dhoti-style cloth over his shoulder, wearing a long rudraksha mala and a white forehead marking with a red dot. He holds a small silver oil lamp with a flame while a silver tray of ritual vessels and bowls sits in front of him. Another person's hand holds a second silver lamp at right, and a partially visible person is at lower left. Behind them hang a red-and-orange cloth and red-and-white striped canopy. Nothing here establishes a candidate for a person by appearance, so this is a priest-like attendant performing a lamp offering.2010-10-02