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A photo of a ritual scene in a hall with pink walls and wooden doors. A standing man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl, with rudraksha beads, holds a silver pot and sprinkles water from a green leafy bundle over seated men. The seated men are bare-chested, wearing white and yellow-striped dhotis and rudraksha malas, and sit on wooden chairs and mats. Several are smeared with white ash, and a man in the foreground wears an earring. A digital clock shows 09:39 at the top right.

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July 28 20172017-07-28July 28 20172017-07-28 +1 copiesPhoto of a ritual in a pink-walled hall. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and rudraksha mala holds a bundle of green leaves over a white woven-covered kalasha pot, performing an abhishekam-style purification. Beside him a second bare-chested assistant in white dhoti with a red-bordered cloth stands watching. Seated on the left, a bald man with a red forehead mark and mala sits with hands folded, and a seated man in glasses with a mala and folded hands sits behind. A digital clock shows 09:53 and a wall-mounted air conditioner is visible.2017-07-03A ritual gathering in a pink-walled hall with men seated on chairs and mats. In the foreground a standing man in saffron-orange dress and a bare chest holds up a bunch of green leaves over a silver-coloured kalasha pot, while another attendant holds a metal tray. Seated men wear white dhotis with gold borders, rudraksha malas and white sacred ash marks on their foreheads and bodies. Framed pictures hang on the wall above, and a red emergency light is visible at the right. This appears to be a purification or abhishekam-style puja with a kalasha and leaves.2017-07-28 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual gathering in a pink-walled hall. A woman in an orange saffron sari holds a silver-white pot in one hand and a bundle of green leaves and grass in the other, offering or sprinkling them toward seated men. Several men sit on wooden chairs and mats, bare-chested, wearing white dhotis with gold borders, rudraksha malas and white ash markings on their foreheads and arms. A man in the foreground sits on a striped mat with eyes lowered. Red cloth bags rest beside the chairs. A framed picture hangs on the wall above. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is visible.2017-07-28 +1 copiesJuly 28 20172017-07-28 +1 copiesJuly 28 20172017-07-28July 28 20172017-07-28 +1 copiesA standing man in an orange saffron dhoti and orange shawl, bare-chested with his hair in a bun, holds a silver-rimmed white kalasha pot in one hand and sprinkles water with a bundle of green leaves held in the other. Around him, seated devotees in white and orange clothing sit on chairs and mats in a pink-walled hall during what appears to be a ritual, with a wooden door behind. Several seated participants wear rudraksha malas and tilak marks on their foreheads. The scene suggests an abhishekam or puja, with the kalasha and leaf sprinkling as the central ritual action.2017-07-28A young man in an orange saffron dhoti and orange shawl stands bare-backed in a pink-walled hall, holding a white woven basket-wrapped pot topped with green leaves and a grass sprig. Behind him, rows of seated men in white dhotis with yellow borders and rudraksha malas sit at low wooden desks. A shaven-headed man in the right foreground, with a tattooed arm, bows his head with hands together. A tray is carried on the right. Wooden doors and framed pictures line the back wall.2017-07-28 +1 copiesA woman in an orange saffron wrap and skirt stands in profile at the right, holding a clear jar of water with a white cloth tied around it, while raising a bundle of green leaves and sprinkling water with her right hand. Several seated people in white ritual clothes and wooden chairs fill the background; a man in the foreground wears a white dhoti and mala beads and has white tilak marks on his forehead. The hall has pale pink walls and a wooden door.2017-07-28July 03 20172017-07-03