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A photograph of a shaven-headed man with a dark turban-like head covering and a vertical white mark on the forehead, walking barefoot across a wet stone floor inside a temple. He wears a bare chest with a dark red shawl draped over one shoulder, a leopard-print and gold dhoti-style wrap, and a long rudraksha mala with a gold-toned ceremonial necklace; his hands are whitened with ash. He steps onto a folded orange cloth near a stone platform decorated with yellow and red flower garlands. Behind him are banana bunches, red and gold drapes, a bamboo pole, and a small wooden table with containers. Some people visible do not appear.

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February 13 20182018-02-13February 13 20182018-02-13 +1 copiesFebruary 13 20182018-02-13February 13 20182018-02-13 +1 copiesFebruary 13 20182018-02-13February 13 20182018-02-13A man stands on an orange cloth mat in a temple hall with palms pressed together in namaskar. He has a dark turban-style headwrap, bare torso with a red and white sacred thread and beaded necklaces, and a leopard-print and gold-bordered dhoti. Behind him, deity murtis are decorated with yellow and white marigold garlands; a garland-draped kalasha stands at right, and banana plants and red cloth hang nearby. Scaffolding and a wet stone floor show ongoing construction.2018-02-13February 13 20182018-02-13February 13 20182018-02-13A photograph of a man in a temple-like hall performing a ritual before a stone shrine decorated with yellow and white marigold garlands with red accents. He wears a rust-red wrap, a leopard-print waist cloth, a long rudraksha mala with a matching bracelet, and has dreadlocked hair with white paint on his upper arm. He stands with hands raised in a gesture, facing a small purple-clad deity murti seated beside an oil lamp. Behind him hang red fabric, banana leaves and bamboo scaffolding in an unfinished interior.2018-02-13February 13 20182018-02-13A bearded man stands barefoot on a red floor with striped woven mats, eyes closed and smiling. He wears a brown turban with a jewelled ornament, a leopard-print garment over a brown dhoti, a gold pendant, and long garlands of pink petals and rudraksha beads, with white and pink flower strands at his waist. Behind him a younger shirtless attendant in an orange cloth holds a tall yellow pole. A dark carved stone figure and flower garlands appear at the left edge, with bright colourful mats at right.2016-12-07