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A young male priest stands in the foreground on stone steps, performing a ritual gesture with his palms pressed together at chest height. He is bare-chested, wearing a saffron-orange dhoti wrap, rudraksha mala beads, a white sacred thread, and a horizontal white sacred mark on his forehead and body. A tall brass or gold-topped ritual staff stands beside him. Behind him, rows of seated devotees in white and colourful clothes fill the tiered red stone steps, with small oil lamps or lit diyas placed along the steps. Two men in white dhotis are visible at the right edge.

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December 16 20162016-12-16A photograph of a young person standing in the foreground on a paved edge, facing away from the camera, with one arm raised and the other hand open at the side. The figure is bare-chested and wears an orange-saffron dhoti-style wrap with broad gold borders, and a long rudraksha-style bead mala hangs down the back. The long dark hair is loose. Behind, tiered stone seating is filled with seated people in white dhotis, pink, yellow and green saris, and orange and red garments, with many small dark lamps or pots set along the steps. The scene reads as an outdoor gathering in warm daylight.2016-12-19December 19 20162016-12-19Outdoor photo of a stepped amphitheatre filled with seated, mostly bare-chested or white-clad devotees and women in bright saris. In the foreground on a pink stage, a young male performer with long swept-back hair, white body markings, a gold chain and rudraksha-style beads wears orange dhoti-style cloth with gold borders and raises his hands in front of his chest. A smaller child performer in matching orange cloth stands behind him, arms raised. A brass lamp stand is at the left edge. The scene suggests a ritual or ceremonial performance.2016-12-17December 17 20162016-12-17Evening photograph of a temple tank or steps during a lamp festival. In the foreground a bare-chested young boy with short dark hair stands in an orange-saffron dhoti with a gold-edged cloth, wearing a rudraksha mala and bangles, hands together. Behind him, rows of seated devotees in white and colourful garments fill the red stone steps, with many small brass oil lamps lit along the steps. A cameraman in white with a tripod-mounted camera films at right. Lamps and lamp light create warm glow throughout the scene.2016-12-12Outdoor ceremony on a raised red-carpeted stage in front of tiered stone seating filled with seated participants in white and pastel clothing. In the foreground a young man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, bare-chested with white body markings, long dark hair, a beaded necklace and gold ornaments, stands with palms pressed together. Beside him a young girl in orange dress with gold trim stands with her arm raised. A tall brass trident stands at the left edge, and rows of brass oil lamps line the seating steps.2016-12-17A young boy stands barefoot on a stone platform, bare-chested, with his right arm raised high and his left hand held at his side. He wears a bright orange dhoti tied with broad gold-coloured borders and a long strand of rudraksha beads with a pendant around his neck. Behind him, rows of red stone steps hold seated devotees in white and red clothing, many with bare upper bodies, arranged around black stone shivalinga-style forms. Golden oil lamps glow on the steps.2016-12-19A young boy with short dark hair stands in the foreground in an orange dhoti with gold-edged border and a beaded necklace, hands pressed together in anjali mudra, gazing forward. Behind him, rows of seated devotees on red-brick temple steps are arranged among many small brass oil lamps, some lit with flames, and dark kalasha-style pots. Most seated men are bare-chested with white or saffron dhotis; one cameraman in a white dhoti with gold border films from the right. The scene suggests a deepam lamp-lighting ritual at dusk. No one is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.2016-12-12A young man in the foreground stands in profile with palms pressed together in namaste, facing left. He has long dark hair, white tilak-like markings on his bare chest and arms, dark rudraksha-style beads, and an orange cloth wrapped at the waist with a gold border. Behind him, rows of red stone steps are filled with seated people in white and coloured clothing, and many small dark lamps or stone lingams with gold-tinted lights sit along the steps. The setting appears to be an outdoor ritual gathering. The man's appearance does not clearly match a known identity, so he is described by role only as a devotee.2016-12-16A young man stands on a red-carpeted stone platform with palms pressed together in namaskar, bare-chested, wearing an orange dhoti with gold-edged waist sash and a rudraksha mala with a white tilak and body markings. Behind him, a man in white dhoti and shawl stands near brass vessels, and seated people with red robes and a golden throne with tiger-print cushion sit to the left beside marigold garlands and a brass kalasha. Rows of brass lamps and red flags line the tiered steps in the background, with spectators seated on the stairs.2016-12-15A photograph of a yoga session on an open red-carpeted stage with tiered red steps behind it. In the foreground a bare-chested young man with long dark hair and white markings on his arms and chest stands in an orange dhoti with a gold border, hands clasped in front of him. Behind him on the steps, many seated participants in white clothing sit before rows of small dark and golden vessels, and several people stand or sit on the upper tiers. Some participants wear white dhotis and others wear dark clothing. Hindu-style ritual yoga practice is evident in the setting.2016-12-16