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A photograph of an outdoor puja. A man with long matted hair and a full beard, wearing orange robes and white horizontal forehead marks, sits cross-legged on a mat with palms pressed together in anjali. In front of him is a painted statue of a seated figure in orange robes holding a trident, wearing a turban-style crown and a rudraksha mala, with a white flower garland. Before the statue stands a leopard-print cloth draped over a platform, covered with pink flowers. Brass lamps, a lit oil lamp, brass bowls, and a plate of pink flowers sit on the red-and-white striped step. Green trees stand in the background.2021-04-08KAILASA CHENNAI, INDIA on 3/27/20212021-03-27Outdoor ritual scene under a clear blue sky beside a brick-edged fire pit with a small open flame burning on wood. A seated priest in orange-red cloth, wearing long rudraksha mala strands and rudraksha bracelets, has white horizontal markings on his bare upper arm and chest; he wears a white face mask and feeds the fire with a stick. Facing the fire, a figure seated on a gold-and-maroon draped throne-like chair wears a red turban with white flowers, a red garment, and white and red floral garlands; the figure raises one hand in blessing. Trees and a paved area are visible behind. Appearance-based candidate for a person is not clearly verifiable from the seated figure's face, so role is given as honoured seated figure receiving the fire ritual, consistent with a homa or yagna.2020-12-30December 25 20092009-12-25November 14 20212021-11-14June 01 20122012-06-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a priest in saffron cloth with a bare upper body performing puja in a small shrine. He holds a lit oil lamp in his right hand and a brass bell in his left, facing a large framed portrait of a bearded man on a gilded red-cushioned throne. The portrait shows him in an orange turban with a tilak, a garland of pink and white flowers, gold necklaces, and a raised blessing hand. Framed black-and-white and colour photographs hang on the wall, and flower garlands decorate the wall at left.2021-11-14Outdoor ritual in a paved parking lot. A figure in orange robes, with long dreadlocked hair, a white face mask, rudraksha beads and white ash markings on the bare shoulders and back, sits on a rug feeding a fire from a small bowl with a ladle. Beside the flames, a seated figure on a draped throne with gold-patterned fabric, wearing a red robe, a red and gold crown, a long garland of white flowers and red roses, and a beaded necklace, raises one hand in blessing. Orange traffic cones and parked cars appear in the background. The fire is a homa-style offering.2020-12-15A man sits cross-legged on an orange cushion placed on a low wooden seat and a woven mat, outdoors on a gravel-covered ground. He wears an orange saffron wrap with a maroon border and a long necklace of rudraksha beads, and has long dark hair. His right hand is extended forward in a gesture while he looks downward. To his left stands a small brass kalasha-style vessel and a white flower lies on the mat. Behind him is a black stone deity murti draped with a garland of yellow and purple flowers, with an orange plinth and green trees in the background. a person appears as the seated speaker, identified by the long swept hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha malas.2011-02-09June 01 20122012-06-01 +1 copiesAugust 31 20172017-08-31April 28 20182018-04-28