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June 03 20122012-06-03 +1 copiesA photograph of a ceremonial installation at a temple setting. Several priests in saffron-orange robes stand on the left, one holding a ceremonial object and another raising a hand in blessing. On the right, a seated figure wears an orange garment and a long necklace, seated before a red draped stage or throne. Offerings and decorative items surround the scene. The arrangement suggests a pontifical coronation ritual.2012-04-27April 27 20122012-04-27 +1 copiesApril 27 20122012-04-27 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a Hindu coronation ceremony. On the left, a woman in orange sari stands beside a man in saffron cloth and a shawl, holding ritual items. In the centre, a man in a white shawl with a tall crown-like headdress stands near a red-draped seat. Right, a figure in orange robes and a garland leans toward a raised peetha with red cloth and a golden canopy. A seated person in white sits lower on the left, and orange-clad devotees surround the scene.2012-04-27June 03 20122012-06-03 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple ritual with a deity murti decorated with garlands of flowers at right. A young man in orange-saffron robes, with bare upper body and ceremonial gold ornaments, stands at left holding a ritual vessel and making an offering toward the murti. Behind him a man in white dhoti and white shirt stands among other devotees under a decorated canopy. The setting appears to be a temple sanctum with a banner and flowers overhead.A young man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a long garland of red and white flowers, performs an aarti with a lit oil lamp in front of a decorated deity murti draped in orange and blue silk and adorned with flower garlands. Seated and standing devotees in white and orange clothes watch from the background within a covered hall with a painted garden backdrop and potted plants. The scene is a puja with an aarti flame offered before the murti.April 27 20122012-04-27 +1 copiesJune 03 20122012-06-03 +1 copiesA photograph of a Hindu ceremonial procession in an outdoor temple setting. A central figure stands on a raised ornate palanquin-style platform draped in orange cloth, wearing an orange robe, a white and gold garland and an orange head covering. Two attendants in orange garments flank him, one holding a long decorated staff and another an orange fan or whisk. Marigold garlands hang across the platform and a brass lamp or vessel is visible at the front. Several more people in light clothing stand in the background among the crowd, with a sunlit wall behind.2012-04-27June 03 20122012-06-03 +1 copies