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A man with a long-haired, swept-back style and a leopard-print headwrap with a crescent ornament sits on a carved silver throne-like seat. He wears a rust-orange garment with gold border, a heavy gold necklace and bead-like malas, and gold armbands. Before him are silver ritual vessels, a brass deity figure, stone mortars and pestles, and silver vehicle-shaped carriers decorated with white flowers and garlands. The rug is striped in multiple colours. A small fire pit is at the lower edge and night foliage is behind.

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October 08 20172017-10-08A seated man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl sits cross-legged on a striped multicoloured mat, speaking into a microphone on a boom stand. He wears a leopard-print cloth turban with a crescent ornament, a heavy gold necklace with a large pendant, and red arm bands. Silver ritual vessels, a silver palanquin-style figure and silver deity figures sit on the right, with brass mortars and a stone tray holding small silver bowls on the left. Behind him, attendants in white and red stand near a yellow-and-red banner.2017-10-08October 08 20172017-10-08October 08 20172017-10-08A man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl sits cross-legged with palms pressed together in namaste at a fire pit with a brick and yellow-edged rim, smoke rising around him. He wears a patterned turban with a crescent ornament, a gold necklace and a rudraksha-style mala, and his arms are adorned with bands. Behind him on a striped and purple cloth stand silver deity vahana figures including a bull, garlanded with white flowers and red blooms. Brass vessels and offerings sit near the fire pit, with a kalasha-like vessel on the left. The scene suggests an evening homa or puja, with a dark garden behind.2017-10-08A photograph of a ritual scene with a man seated in the centre, wearing a leopard-print headwrap with a crescent emblem, a rust-red shawl over the shoulders, gold beaded necklaces and gold armlets. Behind him sits a crowd of people in saffron and orange robes, and others in white dhotis. In the foreground are ornate silver vehicles and mounts including a peacock, a horse, and small silver shrines with garlands of white and yellow flowers, arranged on a striped cloth with coconuts, brass vessels and silver containers. a person is seated centrally, identified by the distinctive leopard-print headwrap, rudraksha-style gold necklaces and rust-red shawl, seated in a position of honour among the devotees.2017-10-08September 14 20172017-09-14October 08 20172017-10-08October 08 20172017-10-08October 08 20172017-10-08A seated man with long dreadlocked hair and a small crescent ornament on his head sits in a silver throne-like chair on a colourful striped cloth outdoors. He wears an orange-red garment, a rudraksha mala, a yellow waist sash, and a gold necklace, with bangles on his arms, and sits with eyes closed in meditation. Before him are silver bowls of yellow powder, green herbs, a basket, mortar and pestle, and small clay pots, used for preparing herbal medicine. Behind him a silver ornate altar holds a deity murti decorated with garlands, and a microphone stands nearby. Striped red and white pillars are in the background.2017-09-14 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual scene. A man in a dark turban with a crescent emblem sits on an ornate chair wearing rust-red garments, a belt of animal-print cloth, a long rudraksha mala and gold necklace, and armlets. He sits beside a raised stepped square homa pit edged in yellow and white, with a silver shrine holding flower garlands, silver peetha/throne-like silver vahanas, a small brass lamp, a wicker basket, a kalasha-like vessel, and herbs in bowls on striped woven mats. Smoke rises in the background.2017-09-14 +1 copies