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March 01 2018

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Indoor photo of a ritual visit inside a room with a grey wall and a decorative lattice window. On the left, a man with long dreadlocks, a white tilak on his forehead, a white and red floral garland and a maroon shawl smiles and gestures with raised palms. In the centre, a shaved-headed man in a plain white top wears a rudraksha mala, a rudraksha headband and a white forehead mark, and presses his palms together in greeting. Another man with a dark head wrap stands behind, and a person's hands and grey hair appear at the lower right. A white cloth is held in front.2018-03-01A photograph taken indoors near a pale grey-blue wall with a decorative lattice window at upper left. At left, a bearded man with long dreadlocked hair, a white tilak on his forehead, a white flower garland and a red-and-gold wrap stands in profile. At centre, a bald man with a tilak and a rudraksha mala headband and a long rudraksha mala around his neck wears a white shirt with an orange-and-gold dhoti, and leans forward with his hands clasped at waist level. A white-haired older man in a grey shirt is visible at lower right, and a doorway opens at right. Whether the centre man is a person is uncertain from appearance alone.2018-03-01 +1 copiesMay 10 20122012-05-10May 21 20122012-05-21May 28 20172017-05-28A photograph of a central figure with long dark swept-back hair, a small red tilak on the forehead, a white jasmine garland, rudraksha beads and a red-orange wrap, placing his right palm on the head of a kneeling devotee in a plaid orange shirt. The devotee has his hands folded in anjali. Behind them stands another man with a shaved head and red-orange cloth, and a few people in light shirts. White pillars and blue arched walls form the hall. Appearance-based a person with the cues of long swept hair, jasmine garland and rudraksha mala, performing a blessing on a devotee.2012-05-25 +1 copiesMarch 01 20182018-03-01A photograph of a ceremony in which a long-haired man with a beard, wearing a garland of pink roses and white flowers over a reddish-brown shawl, places his right hand on the forehead of a smiling shaved-headed man in white cloth with an orange border and a rudraksha mala. The smiling man raises his left hand in front. Other men in white dhotis with golden-yellow borders stand behind them, and a brass vessel is visible at lower left. The setting appears to be a temple or ritual hall. The long-haired man's clothing and garland are distinctive, but his identity is not established from appearance alone.2017-05-28A man with long dreadlocked hair and a white vibhuti mark on his forehead, wearing a rust-red robe and a garland of white, yellow and red flowers, smiles while holding the hands of a bare-chested older man who bows with palms pressed together and a white beard. Behind them a blue-framed doorway with grille opens beside a framed portrait of an elderly man with glasses and white hair. A rudraksha mala hangs at the older man's neck. A person in a yellow garment stands at the right edge.2018-03-01March 01 20182018-03-01A photograph of a bald, bare-chested man with white vibhuti smeared across his forehead, wearing an orange cloth over his shoulder and multiple rudraksha malas with gold bead ornaments. His eyes are closed and he smiles while another person's hand rests on his forehead, a blessing gesture. Behind him, a man with a white vibhuti band on his forehead looks on, and at the right foreground a person with long dark hair wears a garland of pink and white flowers. A blurred figure in white stands in the background, with orange fabric at the left edge.2017-02-27May 28 20172017-05-28