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A bald, bespectacled man in an orange saffron garment and dark rudraksha mala raises both hands holding a white flower garland and a thin string with a small bead. He wears a red tilak on his forehead, gold bangles and a gold chain. Behind him hang tasseled decorations in red, yellow, blue and white, and a backdrop of marigold and rose garlands surrounds a golden ornate kalasha-like object at lower right. The setting appears to be a temple or ritual hall with gilded and painted architecture.

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A photograph of a shaved-headed priest in glasses and an orange cloth draped over bare shoulders, holding up a white flower garland and a thin chain in both raised hands during a temple ritual. Behind him are colourful festoons with red, yellow, purple and blue tassels hanging from a ceremonial pole, and a gold-and-red decorated structure with a garlanded deity murti area of marigolds and roses. A rudraksha mala hangs at his chest.2012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05A photograph of a bald, bespectacled man standing in a temple-like hall with painted wooden ceiling beams in green, red and white. He wears a red-and-yellow forehead mark, a dark rudraksha mala and a gold chain, with a saffron-orange shawl over his bare chest and a green-and-maroon silk dhoti. He holds a dark metal bowl in both hands. To his right is a garland of white, yellow and red flowers. The shot is taken from below.2012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05A bare-chested priest with a shaved head and a saffron-orange and purple-bordered cloth over his shoulder works at a deity murti heavily decorated with layered garlands of red, yellow, white and green flowers. He leans forward holding a silver-and-gold ritual vessel near the murti, apparently performing abhishekam or puja. Behind him a second man with a yellow sacred thread-style garland and tilak stands near a gilded arch. The priest wears a green, yellow and red patterned dhoti. The scene is an interior temple setting with dark background.2012-04-05A man in orange-brown ritual clothing with a bare upper torso, a sacred thread and a rudraksha mala stands before a decorated shrine, holding a lit lamp with several flames in both hands. Beside him stand ornately adorned deity murtis draped in colourful garlands of white, yellow and red flowers, with a crown on one figure and a gold arched backdrop behind. A golden lion-faced throne with a red cushion sits at left. The scene suggests a puja or aarti at a temple-style setting.2015-04-30A bald, bare-chested elderly priest with glasses and a rudraksha mala stands at a richly decorated altar, arranging red, orange, white and yellow flower garlands over deity murtis with gold crowns and ornaments. He wears a green and yellow silk dhoti with a saffron cloth over one shoulder. Behind him, a red and orange painted wooden pillar and an ornate painted ceiling frame the temple shrine, and sacred ash marks show on his forehead. The priest appears to be dressing or decorating the murtis as part of worship. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is established from appearance, so the figure is described by role only.2012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05A photograph of a shaved-headed elderly priest in an orange dhoti with gold border, bare-chested, wearing a rudraksha-style bead headband, a long bead mala, gold bangles and a gold earring, with white sacred ash marks on his forehead and arms. He stands at a silver-pillared shrine decorated with white jasmine garlands and pink flowers, holding a small brass plate or dish toward a golden palanquin-style deity altar. A string of lamps glows along the arch above, and the shrine's silver-and-gold canopy is topped with kalasha finials. Persons are not clearly distinguishable as a person from appearance cues here, so no identification is made.2012-05-09 +1 copiesA photo of a bespectacled man in saffron-orange robes and a gold necklace pouring water from a copper vessel over a dark cylindrical Shiva lingam during an abhishekam. A red tilak marks his forehead. Behind the lingam stands a golden deity murti with an orange headcloth, garlanded with green, red and white flowers, with a rudraksha mala. Yellow and white garlands frame the altar, and a red curtain hangs in the background.2007-11-15