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A photograph of a Maheshwara Puja food offering. A bearded man with long dreadlocked hair and a white forehead mark sits cross-legged in an orange robe, wearing a white and blue flower garland, and takes food from a silver bowl. Opposite him, a woman in a rust-red shawl with a gold pendant bends forward holding yellow rice in her cupped hands. A shaven-headed young man in an orange cloth with white sandalwood markings on his chest stands at right, and women in white and red saris watch in the background. Silver trays of yellow food sit on the cloth in front.

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A photograph of a seated figure in a maroon-red robe with a wide gold border and long rudraksha mala necklaces, with yellow sandalwood paste on the forehead and a red bindi, smiling while holding a small brass vessel. Beside them a shaved-headed man in maroon robes and rudraksha bead bracelets bows with hands on a large brass plate heaped with red-brown material, as a woman in white on the left touches his head. Behind, devotees in white clothes and red shawls with orange lanyard badges stand with hands folded, a few with yellow paste on their foreheads, in what appears to be a ritual sitting. The setting is an indoor hall with red cushioned seating. Several people are visible in the scene. The seated figure's appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to be confirmed as a person, so the identity is unsure.

A seated man in a maroon robe with gold trim and a long rudraksha mala sits in a brown leather armchair, holding a small maroon cloth piece while extending his hand. A man in a white shirt with a red shawl and headset kneels before him, reaching toward a silver bowl filled with maroon cloth items held by a woman in the foreground. Behind them, devotees in white and maroon, some with tilaka and red shawls, stand in a hall with a purple-lit backdrop. The seated figure wears a sandalwood or vibhuti mark on the forehead and a blue beaded bracelet, and appears to be receiving or distributing the cloth items during a ritual.

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A photograph of women seated on the floor at a long low table set with brass and steel thalis and bowls of food, flowers and sweets, during an offering. Several women in cream and off-white saris with red and maroon shawls hold small brass cups and handle offerings. The women on the left wear white-and-red sacred thread or shawls with tilak marks on their foreheads, and a woman in the centre wears a rudraksha mala and glasses. Rows of seated devotees fill the background, and a man in white with an orange-trimmed cloth sits at the lower right. A warm, dim hall setting.

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