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A photograph of a ritual inside a room with a red and yellow draped backdrop. A man in a red-orange turban, bare-chested with a rust-red wrap and a gold-striped waist cloth, wears a white flower garland with red blossoms and a rudraksha-style mala, and places his hand on the head of a white life-size statue draped in an orange cloth and wearing a flower garland. Two boys in white kurtas with rudraksha malas stand at left with palms pressed together, and an older man in a white shirt stands behind them. A small framed picture hangs on the left wall. The scene appears to be a padapuja or darshan-style offering to a statue, with the man bowing over it.

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Photograph of a ceremonial scene indoors. A man in the centre wears a red and gold turban, a bare upper body with gold armlets, and a red and yellow dhoti-style cloth with a gold band; he wears layered white and red flower garlands and gestures with his hands toward a figure on a white pedestal. The pedestal holds a white figure draped in orange cloth with flower garlands and a golden headpiece, in front of a red curtain with yellow swags and flower decorations. A blurred young man in a white kurta stands to the left against an orange and white wall.2014-07-01A blurred indoor photograph of a man in a red and gold striped dhoti with a red-and-gold turban and a long white and red flower garland, standing with palms pressed together in namaskar before a decorated shrine. Beside him stands a young boy in white clothes with a dark beaded necklace. The shrine has a deity murti draped in orange cloth and white and red flower garlands, set against red and yellow swags and green leaves. a person candidate is visible here, identifiable by the turban, layered garland and gold-striped dhoti, though the image is blurred.2014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01A photograph inside a small whitewashed room during a padapuja. In the foreground a man in a red-brown turban and red-brown robe, with a red-brown shawl and rudraksha mala, holds a garland of white and pink flowers and offers it toward an unseen altar. Behind him, an older woman in a white sari with cream border presses her palms together, a man in white shirt wears a rudraksha mala, a woman in an orange sari holds a young child, and several young shaven-headed men in orange robes stand near the wall. One orange-robed man holds a camera. Framed religious prints hang above on the green-trimmed wall, with a small oil lamp and flowers visible at the lower right.2014-07-03November 11 20132013-11-11October 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesJuly 03 20142014-07-03A seated man in an orange-red turban, red and turquoise beaded garland and gold-and-orange shawl raises his right palm in blessing toward a young man bowing with head covered by a white cloth. The bowing figure wears white clothing with a gold border, rudraksha beads and white tripundra marks on his arms and forehead. Behind them, several men in saffron and rust-coloured robes stand among onlookers, one holding a brass bowl, with a gold deity murti visible at right and a tent-like structure overhead. The setting appears to be an outdoor ritual gathering.2015-08-09July 01 20142014-07-01A photograph of a padapuja ritual inside a small room with pale lavender walls and framed pictures above. A bare-chested figure in a red-orange turban, white and pink flower garlands and coral bangles sits on a red-draped seat and places a hand on the head of a bald, bespectacled elderly man in a white shirt with a beaded necklace who kneels before him. Behind them, several young men in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas stand near an open wooden box and a small flame, and one holds a camera. A woman in white with a beaded necklace watches at left. Garlands drape the seat and wall shrine.2014-07-03July 03 20142014-07-03July 07 20132013-07-07