A photograph of a ceremonial moment in a crowded temple or ashram setting. A man in a red-orange shawl and dhoti, with long dark hair and a white floral garland around his neck, sits and holds a brass kalasha or vessel with both hands. Beside him a man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands, and a man in a white shirt and gold-bordered dhoti stands at left. A small child reaches in from the bottom left edge.