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Indoor temple-style ritual at an ashram hall with a staircase and garlanded columns. In the foreground, a large copper-coloured murti of a standing deity with a tall crown and a bare-headed copper figure with garlands. On the right, a man in a maroon robe and gold garlands, with a horizontal tilak and gold bangles, holds his hands in a mudra. Behind him, a shaved-headed young priest in white dhoti and rudraksha mala holds a brass plate. A cameraman in white shirt films, and devotees line the staircase and balcony above.

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June 28 20142014-06-28June 28 20142014-06-28Photograph inside an ashram hall during a puja. In the foreground at right, a person in a maroon-brown robe wears a long layered gold and red-pink garland, gold ornaments and earrings, and holds a silver plate with a small metal cup while gesturing toward golden statues. At left, a golden statue of a bald sage in a maroon garment and beaded red-brown malas stands beside a larger golden deity murti with a crown and a white cloth. A man in white shirt and trousers holds a camera at centre. At far right, a shaved-headed devotee in an orange robe with white tilak and earrings stands near the plate. Orange and marigold garlands hang from the staircase railing above.2014-06-28Photo inside a temple-style hall during a consecration ritual. A man with long swept-back hair, a white forehead mark, a rust-red dhoti-style wrap, a striped saffron-and-maroon shawl, layered garlands of marigold and pink flowers, gold necklaces and bangles stands before golden-bronze statues, holding a long white cloth or ceremonial strip toward the image's face. Beside him a bare-chested young man in rust cloth and a saffron-clad boy stand nearby. Golden statues wear red-and-orange garlands, and a seated bronze figure of a sage with a crown-like headdress is beside them. Behind, a crowd of devotees in white and saffron watches from a staircase and balcony with garlands hung along the rails, a cameraman films, and offerings in baskets with flowers sit at the lower right. Spotlit paintings hang on the walls.2014-06-28June 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28A man in a maroon-red robe and a thick garland of pink, white and yellow flowers stands at right, holding a smoking incense or camphor flame toward golden statues. He wears a heavy gold necklace, gold bangles and a gold armband, with a white tilak on his forehead and a small red bindi. Golden statues of saints or deities stand at left, one with rudraksha beads and bare shoulders, others in orange and white cloth. Behind them, devotees sit on the floor in white clothes at right, beneath marigold garlands strung along a wooden staircase and cream-coloured walls. The scene suggests a prana prathishta or puja at an ashram hall. Visible physical people: the central man plus several seated devotees and one standing figure in white.2014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28June 28 20142014-06-28June 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28