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Close photograph of a ritual scene with a warm golden background and a bright fire blazing at left. A figure in the centre-left with long dark hair and bare upper body wears strands of rudraksha beads, and a second figure at right, shown in profile with a shaved head and bare shoulders, wears rudraksha malas and holds up a polished metal umbrella-like canopy with a beaded fringe and engraved decoration over the first person's head. The setting suggests a fire ritual with an ornate golden shrine behind. a person cues are not sufficiently distinctive here, so identity is unsure.

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A close photograph of a ceremonial silver umbrella (chhatra) held aloft by a hand in a dark sleeve, with a bangle and red thread visible on the wrist. The umbrella has embossed floral scrollwork and hanging bead fringe. Behind it, a blurred figure with dark hair and a second raised arm stands in front of a bright fire or flame on the left and gold-toned ornamental décor and red fabric on the right. No identifiable a person is clearly visible in this frame.2016-12-23February 01 20172017-02-01A photograph of a silver ceremonial umbrella (chhatra) held aloft by a raised arm of a person whose wrist wears several strands of rudraksha beads and a thin bangle. The umbrella has a finely embossed dome edged with a fringe of small silver bells and a pointed finial on top. Behind it, a sparkling sequined and embroidered textile with a blue border and a richly decorated deity murti adorned with silver ornaments and flower garlands fill the frame, with green banana leaves in the background. Only the raised arm is visible, so the person holding the umbrella is not shown.2016-12-19Blurred close-up photograph of a ritual in a temple hall. In the foreground, a hand holds a silver oil lamp (deepa) with a lit flame, its stem curved and its base set on a small silver plate. Behind it, a figure in dark clothing with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces stands in soft focus, and another figure's arm reaches toward the lamp at right. The background glows with gold-toned decorative panels, a red cloth or flower element, and a warm golden light. Shallow depth of field leaves the people mostly as dark silhouettes.2016-12-23February 01 20172017-02-01December 23 20162016-12-23February 01 20172017-02-01A photograph of a ritual scene inside a temple-like hall with red draped curtains. In the foreground, a bald man's head and raised arm hold a silver-rimmed ceremonial umbrella-shaped object with a small gold finial, and a rudraksha mala is worn on the wrist. Behind, a gilded arched shrine frame surrounds a blurred deity murti and garlands of green leaves. A seated figure in pink-red robes sits in the background, a probable Swamiji by appearance (long hair and pink-saffron robes with a red headwrap). Two dark standing lamp stands with flames are visible on the right.2017-02-01A close photograph of a silver ceremonial fan, a chamara-style fan with radiating pleated fins and a decorated disc, raised in a hand adorned with a dark bead bracelet and a red thread. Blurred gold and yellow ceremonial decorations and flames of an oil lamp or fire appear in the background, with a dark wooden pole crossing diagonally at upper right. Only a hand and the top of another person's dark head are visible at the bottom edge.2016-12-23A shaven-headed man in the foreground, seen from behind and bare-chested with an orange-and-yellow cloth draped over one shoulder and a dark rudraksha mala, holds a small ornate gold-toned kalasha-style vessel with a pointed finial in his right hand. Behind him, a blurred figure in a pink-red robe sits before a golden deity murti or altar backdrop, with green plants, red draped curtains and brass pots around the setting.2017-02-01December 23 20162016-12-23October 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copies