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A shaved-headed young man in white ritual dhoti and a bare upper body sits cross-legged, holding a small offering of red flowers and leaves in cupped hands. He wears a rudraksha mala across his chest, a silver bangle, and white sacred ash marks with a red bindi on his forehead. Beside him a woman in a white sari with a green border wears a black beaded mala and a pendant, and another woman in an orange-and-white sari sits behind. A man with glasses leans in from the left. In the foreground, silver trays hold apples, red flowers and leaves, and a golden plate sits on the floor. A person in white sits in the background. The setting appears to be a ritual gathering.

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October 18 20102010-10-18November 14 20102010-11-14A shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti with red border stands with eyes closed, holding a small silver bowl in both hands. He wears a long necklace of gold barrel-shaped beads, white sacred ash lines on his forehead and neck, and a red kumkum dot between his brows. Behind him, a woman in a yellow and white sari presses her palms together in prayer, and other devotees in white stand partly visible at the edges.2010-10-19October 15 20102010-10-15A photograph of a shaved-headed young priest in white dhoti and a pink-bordered cloth draped over his shoulders, wearing a long gold bead necklace and white urdhva tilaka lines on his forehead and arms. He stands with hands pressed together around a small metal cup during a ritual. Beside him a woman in a white sari with green and yellow stripes and a black beaded necklace looks down, and other participants are partly visible at the edges. In front are silver trays holding pink flowers and other offerings.2010-10-16A close photograph of a shaven-headed man seated at a ritual setting, wearing a white dhoti and a red-bordered white upper cloth draped over his bare shoulders. He has white and ochre sacred markings on his forehead and shoulders, a gold necklace of large beads, and a gold bracelet. He holds a small cup in cupped hands. Beside him a woman in a white sari with green and yellow striped blouse wears a black beaded mala and a red bindi. Silver trays hold pink flowers and fruit in front of them, and other people are partly visible at the edges.2010-10-16October 20 20102010-10-20A ritual scene in which a shaved-headed priest with bare upper body, white sacred thread and sandalwood stripes on his arms and forehead, wearing a rudraksha mala, guides a young boy in a navy shirt with a red tilak on his forehead. The priest's hands hover over a silver plate of offerings, with a glass bowl holding white and yellow items and pink flowers at the front. Behind them, a woman in a white and green sari with a black mala sits with folded hands, and a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and gold garlands sits behind a microphone stand. A gold-edged red backdrop frames the setting.2010-11-08A seated group of devotees during a ritual, shot close in a temple-style hall. A shaved-headed man in white ritual cloth with a red-bordered dhoti holds a small silver lamp and wears rudraksha beads and a pendant; white sacred ash marks his forehead and arms. Beside him a woman in a white sari with a green border and a dark mala holds a silver item, and a man in glasses sits nearby. Foreground figures in white hold silver vessels, and an incense stick stands in a holder at right. Only a few people are fully visible; the setting suggests a pada puja or darshan gathering.2010-10-18 +1 copiesOctober 20 20102010-10-20A shaved-headed man in a white dhoti and white shawl with maroon border holds a folded orange cloth with a white cord across his palms, eyes lowered in devotion. Behind him a seated man in white with a large gold pendant stands near, and a woman with long wavy hair wears a white sari with green border and an orange shawl, seated beside silver ritual vessels and a golden plate with offerings. Forehead tilak and rudraksha-style bead necklace are visible.2010-11-25A photograph of a Hindu puja ritual with several people seated on the floor around a gold tray. A shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti and shawl, with a tripundra on his forehead and rudraksha mala around his neck, holds a small white box with a red flower and offers it to a woman in a cream sari with gold border. Silver bowls on the gold tray hold apples, flowers and other offerings. Another priest in white with yellow-bordered dhoti sits to the right holding a flower-topped offering. Foreground devotees in white and yellow clothing look on, one holding a printed booklet. The priest in the center does not qualify as an appearance-based candidate for a person.2010-10-20