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A photograph inside a dim sanctum-like chamber with rough grey stone walls and a bare concrete floor. Two men in saffron-orange robes are seated low and close to the floor. The man in front, in the lower left, wears a white undergarment under orange cloth and a dark beaded cord at the waist, and bends forward with his head lowered toward the floor. Behind him, a second man with long, swept-back black hair and bare shoulders sits with his hand raised to his chin, looking downward in quiet concentration. A hand holding a red thread is visible at the right edge near the floor. The setting suggests a temple garbha-griha consecration, though no ritual objects are clearly identifiable beyond the thread.

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A dim, unfinished stone-walled chamber during a garbha consecration. A central figure in an orange robe with long, swept-back dark hair sits cross-legged on a low wooden stool, leaning forward toward a square stone base holding a brass yantra-style object covered in white cloth. Around him, young men in white kurtas with orange shawls kneel and bend close, one with hands raised over another's head. An older man in white dhoti with a maroon border stands at the right edge, hands folded.2006-12-11A photograph taken inside a dim, plain-walled sanctum-like chamber. A long-haired person in a saffron-orange robe kneels on the bare floor, leaning over a square stone slab set into the floor. On the slab sits a brass or gold plated yantra-like device with a central spiral design, draped with a white cloth. 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A person with long, curly dark hair wears an orange cloth wrap and sits cross-legged on a small silver-rimmed stool with a blue and gold patterned top, one hand resting near a stone opening in the floor. Below, in the foreground, two people in white garments with orange shawls kneel and lean over the edge of the pit, one with dark hair and one with a gold bangle visible on the wrist. The floor is bare concrete with dark stains, and the walls are rough stone.2006-12-11January 08 20102010-01-08A photograph of a long-haired man seated outdoors on a grassy, stony ground in an orange saffron cloth wrap, with a red bindi on his forehead and multiple rudraksha beads on a mala around his neck. He sits on a folded white cloth over a rock, resting his chin thoughtfully on his hand, while an orange cloth and a long wooden staff lie in front of him. Beside him sits another young man in orange robes and white dhoti, and a few people in white are partially visible at the edges. 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The setting suggests a consecration or sanctum-related ceremony.2006-12-11Indoor photograph of two men in saffron-orange robes standing in front of red draped fabric. The man on the left, with short dark hair and a plain orange wrap over his shoulders, looks downward with a calm expression. The man on the right, with long dark hair and a white marking on his forehead, wears an orange-red garment and holds his right hand in a gesture near the other man's shoulder. A red cloth canopy with gold-toned fittings is visible behind them. The a person cue is the long swept-back black hair and saffron clothing of the figure on the right; the other man is a devotee in saffron robes.2009-07-06A photograph taken from above inside a dim, unfinished stone chamber during a sacred ritual. A man in long dark wavy hair and an orange wrap stands at right, his hand reaching toward a small dark metal dish holding white substance held by a man in a beige sweater with his back to the camera. Two men in white kurta and orange shawls stand at left and bottom right, one bent forward with a hand near the dish. A low ornate inlaid wooden stool or peetha sits nearby on the floor. The scene suggests a consecration rite at a temple sanctum.2006-12-11