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Photo 103277512009-01-01A photograph inside a pillared hall with a dark stone floor and a green-painted wall. A bare-chested elderly man in an orange dhoti stands at left, pouring or pressing a ritual sprinkle over the head of a younger man seated on a green banana leaf in orange robes wearing a yellow and pink flower garland. To the right, another elderly seated man in orange with a flower garland and white tilak sits on a folded mat with a cushion. Brass lamps and offerings in a plate stand on the floor, with a standing fan at right. Two more assistants in orange and white stand in the background, and a figure in orange sits at far left. Appears to be a puja or abhishekam ritual.2008-10-15October 15 20082008-10-15October 15 20082008-10-15January 17 20082008-01-17June 04 20062006-06-04July 21 20102010-07-21Photo of a temple ritual in an orange-walled hall. A seated man in orange robes and a rudraksha-style necklace holds his hands in anjali, bowing his head. In front of him, a figure in orange clothing with long dark hair and white jasmine garlands bends forward, touching the seated man's head with a brass vessel or kalasha-like object. Behind them, a man in a yellow shawl with a printed pattern photographs the scene, and two men in white and light shirts stand watching. Garlands of white flowers and red blossoms lie on a draped purple cloth to the right. Readable copyright credits appear at lower right.2010-07-21A photograph of a temple-hall embrace inside a pillared yellow hall with an arched deity niche behind. Three men in saffron-orange robes are central: a bearded older man with white hair, a white tilak on his forehead and an orange turban, wraps his arms around a shorter man with black hair and a white flower garland, who is draped in orange cloth. A third man in orange, with an orange turban, steadies the embrace. On the left a man in white clothing smiles, and on the right a seated man in orange with a beaded necklace sits on the floor. A woman in a dark pink top stands in the background.2012-05-08May 18 20122012-05-18A photograph of a man in an orange saffron robe with a long white and pink-purple flower garland sitting and placing his right hand on the head of a young boy in a white shirt who kneels before him, bowing forward. The man has long, swept-back dark hair, bare chest, and is smiling. A second seated man in an orange shawl and white garment sits behind the boy. White drapes and a red curtain appear in the background, with a white fan and potted plant at right. The man in orange has distinctive long hair, saffron clothing and a garland, consistent with the a person cues, shown giving a blessing to a devotee in what appears to be an ashram hall.2006-10-21June 04 20062006-06-04