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A bald, bare-chested man with a red rudraksha mala across his head and gold necklaces sits cross-legged, leaning forward over a brass tray and pouring or offering from a small silver vessel. He wears an orange dhoti with gold borders and has white sacred ash marks on his arms and forehead. Behind him stands an altar with a golden deity murti, a brass oil lamp, a pink flower garland, green leaves and a plate of flowers. A white cloth is held at the left edge. The setting appears to be a temple shrine during a puja ritual.

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A shaved-headed man in orange ochre robes with a gold border sits cross-legged on a low red-cushioned seat before a shrine. He wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and head, gold earrings and a gold necklace, with white ash markings on his arms, chest and forehead. He is washing his hands from a brass vessel on a metal table, while an attendant in white on the left holds a white cloth. Behind him stand a golden shrine with pink flower garlands, brass lamps, and offerings on a stone ledge. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam preparation.2012-05-12A bald, bare-chested man in an orange-red dhoti sits cross-legged and pours water from a silver kalasha-style vessel over a brass tray during a puja. He wears a red rudraksha mala on his head, a long rudraksha mala around his neck, a gold necklace, a gold bangle and white ash markings on his forehead, arms and chest. Behind him is a gold-toned shrine with a deity murti, pink and red flower offerings, a small silver vessel and a lit oil lamp. A white cloth hangs at the right edge.2012-05-11May 10 20122012-05-10May 08 20122012-05-08 +1 copiesMay 08 20122012-05-08May 08 20122012-05-08May 12 20122012-05-12A bare-chested elderly man in an orange-red dhoti with gold borders sits on an orange cloth before an illuminated shrine with a gilded canopy, silver pillars, and small deity images garlanded with white flowers. He holds a silver vessel and pours water over a stone or metal object into a brass plate, performing an abhishekam-style offering. He wears a red beaded mala on his head, white sacred ash markings on his forehead and arms, and gold ornaments on his shoulder and neck. Pink rose petals, a brass oil lamp, and a metal pot sit on the altar ledge.2012-05-08A photograph inside a temple shrine shows a bald, bare-chested man kneeling and leaning forward over a stone altar, pouring liquid from a small metal cup while a standing attendant in white garments with a gold border holds a bangled wrist near the altar. He wears a rudraksha headband, a long rudraksha and gold bead mala, a gold ornament on his shoulder, white sacred ash markings on his forehead and body, and a red-orange dhoti. Behind him stand a golden deity murti or shrine with garlands, pink flowers, and brass vessels, with lit lamps glowing at the right edge. Shells and flower petals rest on the altar.2012-05-10A bald, elderly man with white sacred ash markings on his forehead and arms sits cross-legged on an orange cloth, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti with gold borders. He wears a red and gold rudraksha headband, a long rudraksha mala with gold beads, and a gold armlet. He pours water from a small silver vessel over a brass plate holding a small metal lingam-like object, while a brass pot and a lit oil lamp sit nearby. Behind him stands a small gold deity figure, flowers in pink and red and a gold shrine.2012-05-11A seated shaved-headed priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and bare upper body, with white sacred ash on his forehead and shoulders and a dark rudraksha mala and gold necklace, performs puja before a gilded shrine. He holds a brass bell in one hand and extends a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame toward a deity murti; pink flowers and offerings lie on the shrine ledge. A person in white stands at left, partially visible. Brass vessels and a gold-framed altar surround the scene.2012-05-14A shaved-headed priest sits cross-legged on an orange cloth in a temple shrine, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti with gold border, a rudraksha mala across his head and a gold ornament at his shoulder. He bends over a brass tray of liquid, with white ash marks on his arms and forehead. Behind him stands a gilded shrine canopy with a Nataraja image, pink flower petals piled on a table and lit string lights framing the niche.2012-05-08