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January 05 2018

January 05 2018

Several men seated cross-legged on a red patterned rug on a raised stage before deep red curtains and a golden relief of hands in mudra. Most wear white dhoti-style cloth with red-orange shawls and beaded necklaces with garlands, and some have white tripundra markings on their foreheads. Two gilded thrones with red cushions stand behind them. The man seated third from left wears a white shawl and ornate gold-beaded necklaces; he is a person on stage, with no distinctive presentation cues marking him as a person.

Four men in white dhoti-style ritual clothes with maroon and pink borders sit on a mat before an ornate gilded throne with a red cushion. The men wear gold necklaces and sandalwood-paste horizontal markings on their foreheads and arms. Two in front have palms joined in prayer, and the man at right chants into a microphone on a stand. A brass bell and a small gold-covered book sit on the mat in front of them. A man in saffron-orange cloth sits behind, hand near his face, and a tripod stands at the left. Smoke or incense haze fills the background.

January 05 2018

September 20 2015

A photograph inside a decorated tent set up for a ritual space. At centre stands an ornate silver-gilded throne with a lion-shaped base, backed by a framed portrait of a figure in pink-tinted garments. Four men are present: a standing man in white dhoti with a saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulder and bare upper body faces the throne; a standing man in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala looks toward it; two seated men in white cloth sit on the straw-covered floor. Behind them are a golden deity murti with a staff and a yellow-orange draped backdrop, a pink cloth canopy and a white pillar. A wooden box stands at right. The rope barrier is visible across the scene.

A ceremonial scene in a temple-like hall. A seated man on an ornate gold throne with a red-maroon dhoti-style garment and a gold-beaded necklace and rudraksha mala, with a red tilak on his forehead and a full dark beard, smiles while a kneeling man in white shirt and white dhoti with a red-orange cloth draped over his shoulder bows at his feet. Standing attendants in white shirts and white dhotis with gold-bordered cloth stand around, one bare-chested holding a ceremonial staff with rudraksha beads. A woman in a maroon sari with long braided hair stands at the right edge.

April 23 2013

2013-04-23 +2 copies

Photograph of a ritual scene on a stage before a large red-and-gold backdrop of a starry sky. A row of men in white dhotis and white kurtas, with gold-bordered dhotis and saffron-red shawls, stands in line holding papers; several have shaved heads and rudraksha malas. A shirtless young man in a gold-bordered white dhoti holds papers and stands near a decorated deity murti or throne garlanded with white flowers and red, green and blue garlands, with a golden kalasha-like finial above. A woman in a white sari with gold border stands beside him. Several men wear white kurtas with white dhotis. Dark red curtain at left.

May 20 2017

A ritual stage scene in a hall. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes, with a rudraksha mala and a long dark hair bun, sits on a golden throne-like seat under a golden canopy. Around them, about a dozen men in white dhotis and white shirts, several wearing white blindfolds, stand in a line, some touching the seated figure's stool or offering hands, others pouring or arranging items. A red carpet runs across the stage, and at right a richly decorated golden peetha holds deity murtis garlanded with flowers and wrapped in orange and red cloth. Colourful striped pillars frame the backdrop, which shows a painted figure of Shiva.