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Photograph of a ritual at a temple-style hall decorated with yellow and multicolored floral garlands and string lights. In the foreground, out-of-focus yellow flowers and a shirtless priest with a white sacred thread hold ritual items. In the centre, a man with long dark hair, a beard and a red forehead mark sits on an ornate gold throne, wearing a garland and ceremonial necklaces; he is. Behind him, a figure in an orange-and-white garland stands before a deity murti adorned with flower garlands.

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A blurred foreground of yellow flowers and green leaves frames a ceremony in a temple hall decorated with garlands of marigold and red flowers. In the centre, a man with long dark hair and a full beard sits on a gold throne-style seat, dressed in white with a light garland. A shirtless man with a rudraksha-style necklace and reddish cloth over his shoulder stands in front of him, and a bare-chested priest in white dhoti stands at left. Another figure wearing a garland sits in the background beside a decorated deity murti. String lights hang at the top right.2016-12-02A temple ritual photograph with a bearded man seated on a gold ornate throne with red cushion, wearing a saffron-brown robe, gold necklaces and a rudraksha-style mala, with a red tilak and a white flower garland. Behind him, deity murti are decorated with colourful flower garlands and a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a shawl holds a bundle of dried grass in the foreground. A woman in white with a hair bun stands at right, and a yellow flower blurs the lower right corner. Lit golden pillars and a gold canopy frame the scene.2016-12-02A photograph of a ceremonial hall decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands. A bearded man with long dark hair sits on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion, wearing a saffron-brown cloth, a white and pink flower garland, a rudraksha mala and a large gold pendant necklace; he appears to be Swamiji (probable), seated in the central honoured position. Behind him a deity murti is adorned with flower garlands and a figure in a yellow garland stands. In the foreground a young man in white with glasses and a white beaded necklace is blurred, and at right a fire burns in a metal vessel beside a seated woman in a pink shawl.2016-12-02A photograph of a ceremonial hall with a man seated on a gold-and-red throne, smiling, wearing a white floral garland, a rudraksha-style beaded necklace and gold chains, with long swept-back hair and a tilak on the forehead. Swamiji (probable) is seated centrally in a red and gold chair, with long hair, ornate gold necklaces and a dark wrap, a garland of white and pink flowers across his shoulders. Beside the throne, a man in a white shirt with glasses stands at left, partly blurred by yellow flowers in the foreground. Behind, a deity murti is decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands, and a second garlanded attendant in red stands at right. Brass vessels and a kalasha-style pot sit in the foreground. Bright lights and draped fabric frame the hall.2016-12-02A photograph of a seated man on a gold-and-red ornate throne in a temple-like setting decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands. He wears a saffron-brown robe, a long white and green-beaded mala and a rudraksha-style necklace, with a red bindi on his forehead, and is smiling toward a person in the foreground. Behind him stand deity murtis draped in flower garlands, and a garlanded attendant in red and yellow stands to the right. Blurred yellow flowers and a brass vessel fill the foreground.2016-12-02A photograph of a ritual abhishekam in a decorated temple hall. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with white sacred markings on his upper arm pours from a vessel, while a yellow marigold garland blurs across the right side. Behind him sits a bearded man with long hair, a red tilak on his forehead and a garland of white and pink flowers, seated on an ornate golden throne. Brightly coloured flower garlands, string lights and carved stone pillars frame the scene. A second man in white stands near the throne.2016-12-02A photograph of a Rudra Abhishekam ritual seen through foreground foliage. A man with long dark hair and a dark beard sits on an ornate golden throne, wearing a dark garment with a white and red flower garland and a long mala, with a red bindi on his forehead. Behind him a second person in a yellow garment with a red and white garland stands near a deity murti decorated with flowers. In the upper right a person in a dark sleeve pours from a vessel into a large brass pot. Brass pots, a kalasha-like vessel and a tray of fruit and offerings sit in the lower right. Strings of colourful lights hang in the background.2016-12-02December 02 20162016-12-02A photograph of a bearded man seated on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion, wearing a rust-brown saffron-toned robe, a long white-and-pink flower garland, a dark rudraksha mala and a gold pendant necklace, with a red tilak on his forehead. In the foreground, out of focus, a person with long dreadlocked hair sits with their back to the camera. Yellow marigold flowers, white cloth and brass lamps with a flame sit in the blurred foreground and left edge, and string lights glow at the top left. The setting is a nighttime ceremony stage. a person is seated on the throne, with the appearance-based cues of a rudraksha mala, saffron-toned robe and ornate gold adornment.2016-12-02A seated man with long swept-back dark hair, a full dark beard, a red bindi and gold earrings sits on an ornate gold throne-like seat, wearing a rust-orange wrap, layered gold chains, and a white and red flower garland. Two bare-backed men with shaved heads and sacred threads sit in the foreground facing him, with a third partly visible head at lower centre. Behind him are gold carvings and a row of red, green, blue and yellow tassels on the right.2017-03-18December 02 20162016-12-02March 18 20172017-03-18