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A shaved-headed man seated cross-legged on a floor mat before a carved wooden chair, hands pressed together in namaste at chest height with eyes closed. He wears white dhoti and shawl with gold-bordered orange cloth draped over his shoulder and lap, and a heavy gold bead necklace with a large gold pendant. A microphone stands beside him. Before him are a wooden book stand with open books, brass bowls, a plate of yellow offerings, steel vessels and a small bowl of rice. Terracotta pots and plants fill the background wall.

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A seated man in white ritual dress with gold borders sits cross-legged on a white-draped seat with his palms pressed together in namaskar, eyes closed, speaking into a silver microphone on a stand. He wears a gold turban with white tilak markings on his forehead, a heavy gold bead necklace with a gold pendant, a gold bangle and rudraksha-style beaded bracelet, and white sacred markings on his arms and chest. A silver handbell sits on the reflective floor in front of him, and an open book rests on a carved wooden stand beside him. The setting is a plain beige wall with a dark curtain edge. No a person identification is made from appearance; the subject is described by role only.2011-08-07A shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti with a gold border sits cross-legged with palms pressed together in prayer before a fire. He wears a long gold necklace, a gold bracelet, beaded wrist malas and a white tilak on his forehead. A microphone on a stand is beside him. A small blazing fire rises from a square pit built of yellow-ochre bricks, with sticks laid in it. Silver bowls sit on the floor, and an orange cloth hangs on the right. Behind him stands a potted palm and a seated onlooker in the background.2011-12-28May 05 20122012-05-05October 27 20112011-10-27December 28 20112011-12-28October 26 20112011-10-26A photograph of a shaved-headed man seated cross-legged on the floor performing a puja. He wears white dhoti-style cloth with a gold-bordered shawl over one shoulder and a dark rudraksha mala around his neck. He holds incense sticks and gestures over a brass plate with red flowers, a small brass bell and a lit oil lamp, with a small dark framed picture and a brass figure beside the offerings. Red curtains hang behind him. Printed copyright text is along the right edge.2011-07-26February 12 20132013-02-12 +1 copiesApril AF 2012A man seated cross-legged reads from a sheet of paper held in his right hand, positioned before a microphone stand with two microphones. He is bare-chested apart from a white shawl draped over his shoulder, wears white dhoti with a maroon border, and a long ornate gold necklace of bead-like elements hangs across his chest. He has a red tilak mark on his forehead and a gold-toned bangle on his wrist. Behind him hangs a dark blue curtain, and at lower right a gold ornamented item is visible.2011-01-17October 26 20112011-10-26January 08 20122012-01-08