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March 10 2013

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A seated person in an orange-brown garment, bare-shouldered on one arm, wears a heavy garland of red roses and white flowers, rudraksha-style beads and a gold necklace. They hold a wooden tray with small items and look down at it. Behind them is an ornate gold throne with a leopard-print cushion and a gold lion-head finial, and a woman in a white sari with a red border sits partly visible at the right edge.2016-02-21January 04 20152015-01-04July 07 20092009-07-07A photograph of a man in saffron-orange robes standing before a copper-clad flagstaff, taking yellow flowers from a silver tray held by hands at the lower right. He wears a red and orange flower garland, an orange-beaded rudraksha-style necklace, and a white and red forehead mark, with eyes closed. Two hands from the left hold a brass tray with straw and a wooden stick. Palm trees and sky are behind him.2013-03-11A photograph of a person in rust-orange robes standing outdoors before a plain pale sky and a palm frond. The person, with long dark hair and a white forehead mark, holds a silver oil lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a silver handbell in the other. Layered orange beaded necklaces and pink flower garlands with gold-toned ornaments hang across the chest. A yellow flower garland is visible at the left edge near a bundle of straw-like material.2013-03-11A seated man in an orange-saffron robe, wearing a gold necklace, a rudraksha-style mala and a multi-coloured flower garland, places his right hand on the forehead of a kneeling devotee. The devotee wears a white shirt, a red-and-black beaded mala, and holds his palms together in anjali. The seated man has a red bindi and white tilak markings and long swept-back hair; he holds a small folded paper or cloth in his left hand. Behind them are orange and blue drapes, a gold-painted pillar, red velvet cushions, a flower-decorated backdrop and a small red box.2012-09-23A low-angle outdoor photograph of a copper-clad ceremonial pillar wrapped with orange rope, yellow and white marigold garlands and a carved relief figure at its base. A smiling figure with long dark hair and a white forehead mark stands at the top, wearing a red-and-brown ornate garment, layered gold and rudraksha-style beads and a pink-and-white floral garland, holding a small metal vessel. Beside him a bald man with a white forehead mark and bare upper body kneels, pressing his hands together near a red flower and mango leaves. Palm trees fill the background under a pale sky.2013-03-10Outdoors among green foliage, a man with long black hair and a white vertical tilak with a red dot on his forehead leans his cheek against a tree trunk wrapped in pink flowering vines. He is bare-chested, wearing an orange-brown dhoti and gold armband, and is draped in thick garlands of white jasmine, red roses, green leaves and yellow marigolds, with a gold ornament at his chest. Behind him to the left, a man in a white dhoti with a yellow border stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a rudraksha mala and red-thread wrist bands.2013-01-06May 09th 20162016-05-09A seated man in an orange-brown dhoti and matching shawl sits on a zebra-striped cushioned seat in front of a gold-framed throne with red backdrop. He wears a white and green garland, a rudraksha mala, a gold waist belt, and a white sacred ash mark on his forehead. He holds a silver ritual item in his right hand while his left hand rests on his knee. Gold lion-shaped figures, pink and red flowers, and a red tray with offerings are visible. At lower left, a pair of hands held in anjali and a partially visible person are seen.2012-12-10January 01 20132013-01-01December 23 20092009-12-23