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A man in a rust-orange cloth and a leopard-print headband sits cross-legged on a silver-covered seat, wearing a heavy gold bead necklace and red-seed bracelets. He grinds or pounds substance in a stone mortar with a dark wooden pestle while reaching toward silver containers. Behind him, silver-framed deity murti with garlands and a silver lion vahana stand before stepped red-and-white platforms. Lit oil lamps and a brass kalasha are at right, with strings of colourful tassels hanging above.

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A man with long dreadlocked hair wound under a leopard-print cloth sits cross-legged at a silver altar, grinding or pounding substance in a stone mortar with a pestle. He wears a rust-orange garment with gold border, a red-beaded armlet, a gold chain and a gold beaded belt, and a red bead bracelet on his wrist. Behind him are silver peacock and lion-shaped altar pieces, silver shrines holding a gold-adorned deity murti with white jasmine garlands, red flower garlands, and small oil lamps with flames. Silver vessels and a striped cloth sit in the foreground.2017-10-08October 08 20172017-10-08October 08 20172017-10-08October 08 20172017-10-08October 08 20172017-10-08October 08 20172017-10-08October 08 20172017-10-08A seated man in a rust-orange wrap with gold-bordered edges and a leopard-print turban fastened with a white crescent ornament sits on an ornate silver throne-like chair during a ritual. He wears a long gold bead necklace with a large gold pendant, a gold waist belt, and red beaded armbands, and holds a stick over a clay vessel of burning offerings. Before him are silver lidded containers on a silver tray, an oil lamp, and a brass figure of a deity, with a silver bull figure behind him and a striped cloth underfoot. Smoke rises from the offering. a person: long dreadlocked hair, orange ornate clothing and gold necklace consistent with the page's identification of a person as present at this event.2017-10-08October 08 20172017-10-08A seated man in an orange-saffron dhoti-style wrap and matching shawl, wearing a heavy gold necklace and a rudraksha-style beaded mala, a patterned headband and bangles, tends a small flame in a brass vessel filled with offerings during an evening puja. Silver items, a silver peetha or chair, a brass lamp stand, a small silver deity murti, a bronze figure and mortar-and-pestle style stone vessels are arranged on a striped mat in front of a shrine decorated with flowers and bright hangings. A fan and a lit pathway appear behind.2017-10-08A seated man in saffron-orange robes and a leopard-print headwrap with a silver crescent ornament sits at a ritual setup, wearing a heavy gold necklace of beads and a gold pendant. Smoke rises around him; oil lamps and a stone bowl with a flame burn in front of silver deity murti and arched silver ornaments decorated with white flowers. Behind him, other people in saffron clothing and a bearded figure in a rudraksha mala stand or sit in the smoky background, a homa or puja setting. The appearance matches the a person cues of a swept-up headwrap, saffron clothing and ceremonial gold necklace, here seated performing the ritual.2017-10-08A seated man in an orange-red saffron-toned robe with gold border wears a leopard-print headwrap topped with a white crescent ornament and long dreadlocks. He wears a heavy gold bead necklace with a gold pendant, rudraksha bracelets and armbands, and a tilak on his forehead. He sits on an ornately carved silver throne, holding a ritual implement over a flaming brass fire vessel. Silver sacred objects, a silver Nandi bull with flower garlands, brass oil lamps with lit flames, a brass deity figure and striped textile are in front of him, in a temple interior.2017-10-08