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April 19 2018

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April 04 20182018-04-04 +1 copiesClose photograph of a man's cupped right hand holding a small bundle of green grass or kusha blades, with a silver spoon or ladle entering from the upper right to pour a liquid. He wears a red-and-orange sacred thread on the wrist and a dark rudraksha mala with large brown beads; the saffron-orange cloth of a sannyasi covers the background. The focus is on the ritual pouring.2018-05-30May 13 20142014-05-13March 06 20132013-03-06 +1 copiesSeptember 20 20132013-09-20May 30 20182018-05-30Close-up photo of a man holding a bundle of green mango leaves tied with an orange-red cloth and white cotton wrap, with yellow marigold strands at the base. He wears layered gold bead necklaces and a pink and white flower garland, and gold bangles on his wrist. Only his hand, arm and partly visible face and torso are shown; his face is cropped and smiling. Behind the bundle, red and white floral garlands hang against a plain pale background.2016-12-14 +1 copiesClose-up photo of a ritual in progress. A dark-skinned hand with a rudraksha bracelet holds a bundle of green mango leaves and grass with pink flowers, dipping them into a silver kalasha pot draped with a white cloth and decorated with a colourful patterned band and gold-and-purple jewelled ornaments. Behind, a person in a maroon-red robe wears a long rudraksha mala across the chest, and to the left a bare arm shows white horizontal tripundra marks and a rudraksha bracelet. The background is a blurred gold ornate surface. The image appears to show abhishekam or puja with a kalasha and mango-leaf sprinkling.2018-03-12April 01 20182018-04-01Close-up photograph of a person's hand holding a bundle of thin dry grass blades tied with a small knot, with several pink flower buds pinched between the fingers. A black and red thread is wrapped around the wrist. A blurred orange-robed arm is visible at the left edge, and the background is soft green and purple.2018-05-29 +1 copiesClose view of a black stone Shiva lingam being anointed. A bare arm with rudraksha bracelets and white ash marks reaches from the left, holding a green leaf over the lingam's top. Streaks of yellow and a red mark decorate the stone. Behind it hang garlands of yellow and white and red flowers, and a striped silk cloth in orange, green and red. A brass vessel sits at the lower left. Consistent with a temple puja or abhishekam, the image shows a deity murti being worshipped.2018-02-13Close-up photo of a ritual arrangement: a turmeric-yellow coconut bound with dried palm-leaf strips and woven straw, set among green leaves and pink and yellow flowers. A hand with dark-painted nails reaches in from the upper right. Blurred orange-robed figures stand in the background. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in the frame.2018-05-29 +1 copies