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Outdoor ritual on a paved courtyard under a open-sided shelter hung with orange and multicolored tassel decorations and a green leaf. A man in orange robes, dark rudraksha mala and gold-edged orange cloth sprinkles water from a leaf-tipped mango bundle, with droplets spraying. Beside him a second man with a white forehead mark, orange robes, beaded necklaces and a bundle of white and pink flower garlands holds a floral offering. Behind them several drummers in orange clothes play drums, and a loudspeaker hangs on a pole. The scene suggests a ceremonial abhishekam or purification.2016-08-12September 26 20162016-09-26August 31 20142014-08-31January 13 20152015-01-13October 01 20172017-10-01 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor ritual gathering under a open-sided pavilion with red pillars and an orange wall behind. In the foreground, a bare-chested man in saffron-orange cloth sits with his right arm raised, holding yellow flowers in his left hand; he wears long matted hair piled on his head, a thick rudraksha mala with a large gold pendant, and white ash markings on his forehead and body. Beside him, a younger bare-chested man in a white dhoti holds a microphone and wears a rudraksha mala and white markings. A woven basket-like vessel sits in front of them on a yellow ledge, with a bundle of incense sticks. A woman in a purple sari stands in the background among greenery.2016-09-05October 17 20102010-10-17A seated figure on an ornate golden throne decorated with banks of multicoloured flower garlands in red, purple, yellow and green. The central figure wears orange robes, a crown-like headpiece, a gold necklace with a red heart pendant, and long garlands of white and red flowers, smiling as a man in a white dhoti and white shirt with a red-bead mala pours liquid from a glass vessel. At right, a bespectacled man in orange robes and an orange garland laughs. Foreground heads and hands are partially visible.2011-07-15August 31 20142014-08-31July 04 20172017-07-04A photograph of a ceremonial abhishekam-style anointing. A bearded priest with bare upper body and white dhoti, with rudraksha mala and gold chain, pours water from a brass vessel over the head of a seated figure. The seated figure in a white sari with a yellow-and-gold garland sits beside a second seated man in saffron-orange robes with a yellow garland and a white-beaded necklace. Behind them, devotees in saffron, yellow and orange clothing and turbans stand, and a large banner with a portrait is partly visible at the top. a person appears as the seated man in saffron robes, identified only by his saffron robes, garland and seat of honour; his face is not used for identification.2015-01-13August 25 20162016-08-25