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Outdoor temple ritual at Pashupatinath in Nepal. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair, wearing saffron cloth and a marigold garland, holds up a large silver trident (trishul) with a sheathed handle while facing a shrine area. Behind, devotees in saffron and red shawls stand with hands folded, and a cameraman films beside them. On the right, seated saffron-robed sannyasis with rudraksha malas sit on a red mat near metal plates of offerings, foil-covered dishes and marigolds. Red-brick temple buildings and pagoda-style shrine roofs fill the background, with a yellow flag on a pole overhead.

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Outdoor temple ritual at a riverside ghat with red-brick temple buildings and spired shrines behind. In the foreground, a person with long dark hair and bare-shouldered orange cloth holds a silver trident aloft, wearing marigold garlands and a red-beaded bracelet. Behind, a crowd of onlookers stands watching, including a man in a green shirt filming with a camera. At right, a shaved-headed priest in orange robes and a beaded mala sits on a red mat beside silver plates, offerings and small bowls. A tall red flag pole stands nearby.2012-08-01A woman with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange garment and a marigold garland with a rudraksha bracelet, raises a silver trident in her right hand at an outdoor temple courtyard. Behind her, a seated group in orange robes and a seated devotee sit on a red cloth with metal plates and offerings. A crowd of onlookers stands in the background, and a cameraman in a green shirt films beside a tripod. Red brick temple buildings, a yellow flag on a pole, and distant spires are visible. The scene suggests a puja at a temple. No printed captions or readable text appear.2012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01A photograph at Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal. A figure with long dark hair, bare-shouldered and wearing an orange shawl, a marigold and green-leaf garland and a rudraksha mala on the upper arm, grips a tall silver trident raised at right; a rudraksha bracelet is on the wrist. Behind, a crowd of devotees in orange and red shirts and everyday clothes stand near a cameraman in a green shirt filming with a tripod-mounted camera. Ornate temple spires and pavilions with trees appear in the background under an overcast sky.2012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01Outdoor temple ritual at a stone courtyard with a silver trident standing on a red cloth. A shaved-headed priest in orange robes and a long beaded necklace sits cross-legged on a red mat before a shrine decorated with orange marigold garlands and green leaves, with brass plates, bowls and conch-shaped offerings arranged in front. Beside him a woman in orange clothing films with a camera. A woman in the foreground with marigold garlands and rudraksha beads sits facing the altar. Behind them a crowd of onlookers, some holding cameras, watches from the courtyard, with red-brick temple buildings and white spired shrines in the background.2012-08-01Outdoor temple ritual at Pashupatinath in Nepal. A bald priest in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas sits cross-legged on a red cloth beside brass puja plates, lamps and a large ceremonial trident, offering to a deity murti decorated with marigold garlands on the right. In the foreground a long-haired devotee in orange clothing and marigold garland sits with palms pressed together. Behind them a crowd and camera operators in orange and red shawls watch; a red-brick multi-storey temple building stands in the background.2012-08-01