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December 18 2016

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A photograph of a bare-chested man seated on red stone temple steps with eyes closed and hands joined at his chest. He wears a white dhoti, long multi-strand rudraksha malas, a red pendant, and a white horizontal tilak with a vertical mark on his forehead; white paste marks appear on his upper arms. Behind him are black stone pillars, brass pots and an oil lamp, with other white-clad people seated higher up. A red and gold flag stands in the right foreground.2017-07-17December 18 20162016-12-18A photograph of a ritual at a riverbank ghat. A man with hair tied back, wearing a saffron-red shawl with a gold border and a long rudraksha mala with a red-threaded wrist cord, is pouring liquid from a silver vessel through a silver horn-shaped spout over a small brass deity murti on a stand. Silver kalasha pots sit in the foreground. Behind him, seated devotees in red, orange and white clothing watch from the steps, including a young girl in a red shawl and purple leggings. A rudrabhishekam-style abhishekam is being performed.2014-03-24A bare-chested bald man with a grey beard sits on red stone steps lined with black stone lingams and brass pots, pointing forward with his right arm. He wears a rudraksha mala and a pendant, with black track trousers, and a red tilak mark is on his forehead. Beside him a woman in a black and white patterned top and a white garment sits with offerings of flowers and a lamp. Other seated devotees appear at the edges, and a brass kalasha is visible on the steps.2016-12-18December 17 20162016-12-17A man with closed eyes stands with palms pressed together in front of his chest, in a meditative or prayerful pose. He wears an orange-red saffron garment draped over one shoulder, a long multi-strand rudraksha mala around his neck and a gold pendant necklace, plus a gold hoop earring. A white vertical tilak and red bindi mark his forehead, and his hair is tied in a bun. A polished brass cup or oil lamp sits on a ledge at left, and a man in a white dhoti stands partly visible at right against a red and pink wall.2013-01-23A bare-chested man with a white tilak on his forehead and arms holds a lit oil lamp or ritual flame in his right hand, with smoke rising from it. He wears rudraksha and multicoloured beaded malas around his neck, gold bangles and earrings. Behind him are blurred dark stone shrines and small lamps, and to the left a person in white cloth is partly visible. The setting suggests a ritual puja or aarti.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18A shirtless man in saffron-orange dhoti sits cross-legged at a black stone shivalinga, pouring water over it with his right hand while his left hand rests on the top. He wears a dark rudraksha mala and a small pendant necklace, with a red tilak on his forehead and white ash streaks on his arms and chest. Behind him, rows of black stone lingams and brass kalashas stand on red-tiled steps.2017-08-14March 24 20142014-03-24December 19 20162016-12-19March 24 20142014-03-24