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September 05 2016

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September 15 20162016-09-15February 02 20172017-02-02A young bare-chested man with dark hair tied in a high topknot stands in profile, looking to the side. He wears white horizontal stripes across his forehead, chest and upper arms, orange and brown rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, a thick gold bead necklace, a small pendant and a round medallion with a portrait on his chest, and hoop earrings. Behind him are a gold and silver ornate seat and a blurred figure in red and gold clothing. Figure is an in_person candidate with compatible presentation cues only partially visible, so identity is uncertain; setting appears to be a ceremonial hall with decorated furnishings.2016-12-19A young man in ceremonial dress performs an aarti with a lit oil lamp in his right hand and a brass bell in his left. He wears an orange saffron wrap with gold borders, a golden bangle, a rudraksha mala and a golden cord around his neck, and white tripundra marks on his forehead and arms. His long hair is piled in a high knot. Behind him, seated devotees in orange and red garments are blurred on a red floor.2016-05-02January 06 20172017-01-06July 21 20172017-07-21January 06 20172017-01-06September 30 20162016-09-30Seated devotees in orange dhotis perform a ritual on a wooden floor. In the foreground a young man with white vertical tilak on his forehead and red bindi, bare-chested, wears long rudraksha mala necklaces with gold beads and white stripes on his arms and chest. He holds a small brass lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a brass bell or cup in the other. Nearby on an orange cloth are brass bowls, a plate of flowers and leaves, a conch shell and a rudraksha bracelet. A second seated person in orange and rudraksha malas is partly visible at left, and orange-clad people sit further back. A red bag lies at lower right.2017-02-04Three young male priests sit outdoors in a garden setting performing a puja. The priest on the left wears orange dhoti, bare chest with white vertical body markings, long tied hair, and a gold-beaded rudraksha mala; he holds a small brass vessel and offerings. The middle priest, wearing spectacles and a brown rudraksha mala, is bare-chested with white markings and orange cloth. The priest on the right, in a white dhoti with bare chest and white markings and a rudraksha mala, holds a microphone and speaks. Brass kalasha vessels, green leaves, flowers and a cloth-wrapped offering sit on a yellow-cloth ritual table, with a striped mat beneath. Other people stand behind, partly visible.2016-09-05A young man in an orange dhoti-style garment with gold border stands on a red carpet holding a multi-flame brass aarti lamp in one hand and a brass handbell in the other. He wears a rudraksha mala, a gold-beaded necklace and gold-beaded armlets, with white horizontal stripes on his arms and a white tilak on his forehead, his long hair knotted up on his head. Blurred seated devotees in the background suggest a ritual arati performance during an event.2016-05-02April 12 20132013-04-12 +1 copies