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A photograph of a temple offering procession in front of an ornate gold-leaf shrine backdrop. A bare-chested young man in orange cloth with white ash markings on his chest and a wooden bead necklace carries a silver tray of offerings, including bananas, flowers and betel leaves. Beside him a woman in a purple and green checked sari holds a tray of fruit and tongs. Another young person in an orange turban and orange garment stands behind her, and to the right a woman in an orange sari with a flower in her hair holds folded colourful cloth. A partially visible person in a white and red garland stands at the far right edge. Several others in orange robes stand in the line behind them.

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A photograph of a ritual offering inside a plain blue-walled hall with a framed deity picture and a hanging garland at top. A man in a purple and gold brocade shawl, garlanded with white flowers and red roses, offers a tray of bananas and fruit toward a man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala, who has a long dark braided-looking hairstyle, bare chest and white vibhuti marks. Two other men in orange robes and rudraksha malas stand behind, and a bald man in a green-gold shawl with a red-and-white garland faces the tray from the right. Several people are visible.2018-03-01April 17 20182018-04-17A ceremonial scene in an indoor hall with dark red draped curtains and potted green plants. In the foreground, a woman in an orange sari with a red-and-gold border bends forward, offering yellow flowers or grains from her hands into a silver bowl set on a red-and-gold cloth draped over a low table. Beside her, a young boy in orange cloth kneels with his hands near the bowl. Behind them, a large gold ornamental backrest or throne piece stands out. A man with a shaved head in orange and saffron robes and a rudraksha mala stands on the left, with other people in orange and white attire around the area, some seated on white cloth. Steel vessels and a green leaf sit on the floor nearby.2014-12-28A photograph of several women in orange and saffron sarees with red borders and rudraksha malas, standing in a row and holding small brass plates or offerings of flowers and grains in their hands during a ritual. The woman on the right has a white tilak on her forehead and holds a bundle of yellow petals. Behind them, an ornate pink and gold canopy and a red backdrop suggest a temple-like hall, with other devotees in orange moving in the background. No appearance-based a person candidate is visible in the frame.2015-10-23March 01 20182018-03-01Photograph of a ritual scene inside a hall with a white draped canopy. In the left foreground a person in saffron-orange clothing with a saffron-orange turban reaches toward a brass tray of flower petals and offerings, beside a golden staff and garlands of white jasmine and red and yellow flowers. Behind, a woman in a green sari and several women and girls in white and yellow attire watch closely. On the right a bald man with a rudraksha-style necklace and a white dhoti, and a young boy in yellow kurta hold items near the tray. The a person candidate in saffron with a turban is visible from behind and to the side, so identity is uncertain.2010-10-17May 20 20132013-05-20December 28 20142014-12-28April 29 20162016-04-29May 05 20162016-05-05April 29 20162016-04-29July 03 20172017-07-03 +1 copies