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October 21 20152015-10-21January 08 20172017-01-08January 28 20132013-01-28Photograph of a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and white shawl with gold border, wearing a long beaded necklace of gold-toned beads, holding a silver tray with a multi-flame silver aarti lamp, the flames rising and smoke drifting. Behind him another priest in white and a younger man in saffron-orange robes with a beaded necklace stand in an orange-walled courtyard. A hand at the left edge holds a bell-like object. The priest with the aarti lamp is not an identifiable a person candidate by the given cues, so this is an aarti ritual by priests and devotees.2011-12-01December 18 20162016-12-18Photograph of a ritual scene during a sacred ceremony. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in an orange saffron shawl with maroon border and a heavy gold bead necklace holds a lit oil lamp flame in his right hand, with smoke rising from it. A forehead of white and red tilak marks and white sacred ash streaks on his arm. Behind him another man in white dhoti and shawl with red border holds a lit lamp and a small bell or implement, and other seated participants in white are visible in the background. A white pillar stands at left, with a red box and brass items on the floor.2010-11-23A photograph of a Hindu ritual at night in a plain hall. In the foreground a shaven-headed man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and white tilak marks on his forehead and arms holds a lit taper toward an unseen flame, his other arm extended. Behind him an older man in white dhoti with a red-bordered cloth and a beaded mala sits and lights a small lamp. A brass plate with flowers and small oil lamps sits on a red cloth in front. Two people are visible, with a partially visible third at the bottom edge. The setting suggests a pada puja ritual.2010-11-18 +1 copiesJuly 07 20152015-07-07November 01 20112011-11-01April 06 20172017-04-06Close photo of two shaved-headed male priests seated in a hall during a ritual. The priest on the right, bare-chested, wears a dark rudraksha mala across his chest, a gold chain and a beaded bracelet, with white ash marks on his forehead and shoulders. He holds up a small gold ritual lamp or fire vessel toward the seated figure beside him, who wears a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant and has white ash markings. Blurred devotees in orange and white sit in the background beneath wall hangings.2017-01-03 +1 copiesNovember 21 20102010-11-21