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A woman with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange garment and a marigold garland with a rudraksha bracelet, raises a silver trident in her right hand at an outdoor temple courtyard. Behind her, a seated group in orange robes and a seated devotee sit on a red cloth with metal plates and offerings. A crowd of onlookers stands in the background, and a cameraman in a green shirt films beside a tripod. Red brick temple buildings, a yellow flag on a pole, and distant spires are visible. The scene suggests a puja at a temple. No printed captions or readable text appear.

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Outdoor temple ritual at a riverside ghat with red-brick temple buildings and spired shrines behind. In the foreground, a person with long dark hair and bare-shouldered orange cloth holds a silver trident aloft, wearing marigold garlands and a red-beaded bracelet. Behind, a crowd of onlookers stands watching, including a man in a green shirt filming with a camera. At right, a shaved-headed priest in orange robes and a beaded mala sits on a red mat beside silver plates, offerings and small bowls. A tall red flag pole stands nearby.2012-08-01Outdoor temple ritual at Pashupatinath in Nepal. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair, wearing saffron cloth and a marigold garland, holds up a large silver trident (trishul) with a sheathed handle while facing a shrine area. Behind, devotees in saffron and red shawls stand with hands folded, and a cameraman films beside them. On the right, seated saffron-robed sannyasis with rudraksha malas sit on a red mat near metal plates of offerings, foil-covered dishes and marigolds. Red-brick temple buildings and pagoda-style shrine roofs fill the background, with a yellow flag on a pole overhead.2012-08-01A photograph at Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal. A figure with long dark hair, bare-shouldered and wearing an orange shawl, a marigold and green-leaf garland and a rudraksha mala on the upper arm, grips a tall silver trident raised at right; a rudraksha bracelet is on the wrist. Behind, a crowd of devotees in orange and red shirts and everyday clothes stand near a cameraman in a green shirt filming with a tripod-mounted camera. Ornate temple spires and pavilions with trees appear in the background under an overcast sky.2012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01A street scene in a temple town with white buildings and a carved wooden balcony with a painted tiled gateway behind. In the centre, a smiling man with long dark hair wears a gold necklace, a flower garland and a saffron-orange dhoti-style garment with a dark patterned top. Beside him, a man in orange robes and an orange shawl holds a silver trident aloft and wears a rudraksha mala. Other people in white kurtas and orange shawls, and bystanders in everyday clothes, walk along a stone pavement. a person cues are present on the central figure's long hair, gold necklace and saffron clothing, but identification is uncertain.2012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01Outdoor temple walkway on a cloudy day, with a group of men walking past red-roofed temple buildings. In front, a man in saffron-orange robes carries a tall silver trident with ornate tips, wearing a rudraksha mala. Beside him, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears a marigold garland, a gold necklace, an ornate brown-and-gold garment and a saffron wrap. Other men wear white kurtas with red or orange shawls, and one wears a striped blue shirt. A shawled man in white has a lanyard. Stone steps and a pale temple structure appear in the background.2012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01