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A seated man on an ornate gold-and-red throne with carved wooden screens behind him, eyes closed, wearing a white vibhuti mark on his forehead, a long pink and white flower garland, a rust-red robe and a gold chain. A kneeling attendant in a red headwrap and red cloth, bare-shouldered with white ash markings, holds an oil lamp with a flame toward him, and rudraksha beads are on her wrist. Pink flowers and a leopard-print cloth lie on the floor beside a steel water vessel.

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May 10 20182018-05-10 +1 copiesA seated man in a red-brown ochre robe sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions, eyes closed, wearing a white forehead mark, a long pink and white flower garland, a gold necklace and a rudraksha-style mala. In front of him a kneeling attendant in red-brown cloth with a red headwrap and white body markings holds a lit oil lamp to him in an aarti-style offering. Carved wooden panels stand behind the throne, with a fan and a plain white door at the side. Scattered white cards lie on the mat in front of the throne.2018-05-10May 10 20182018-05-10 +1 copiesMay 10 20182018-05-10May 10 20182018-05-10 +1 copiesMay 10 20182018-05-10 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual scene. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a pink head cloth bends forward, holding a brass arati lamp with several burning flames. Seated on a large gold ornate throne with a red cushion is a bearded man with a tilak on his forehead, wearing a rust-red robe, rudraksha mala, long gold necklace and gold armlets, his hands raised in a blessing gesture. Behind them stand several devotees in white and saffron, some with sacred ash markings on their bodies. a person is the seated figure, identified by the rust-red robe, rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold jewellery on the throne.2016-09-09April 04 20182018-04-04May 10 20182018-05-10 +1 copiesMay 10 20182018-05-10A photograph of a ceremonial arati at night. A standing attendant in an orange dhoti and yellow head wrap, with a rudraksha mala and gold chain, holds a flaming lamp on a stand toward a seated figure. The seated man, with long dark hair and a red tilak, wears an orange-red cloth over a gold ornate necklace and rudraksha mala, sitting on a red cushion before a gold lotus-petalled throne. A white electric fan and a yellow flower are visible; a flame rises from the lamp.2017-08-02May 10 20182018-05-10 +1 copies