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A bearded man stands with palms pressed together in namaste beside a dark stone nandi-like sculpture draped in a gold and green cloth with a white flower garland. He wears a black turban-style headwrap, a long pink-and-white flower garland, layered gold necklaces and a bare upper body with a rust-coloured wrap. Behind him are glass-fronted cabinets and tall pillars painted with red, yellow and blue patterns. a person cues: long dark hair wound in a headwrap, ornate gold necklaces and rudraksha-style adornment, with the flower garland and ceremonial setting. The page attributes the event to a temple puja and procession day.

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May 31 20182018-05-31May 31 20182018-05-31 +1 copiesMay 31 20182018-05-31May 31 20182018-05-31May 31 20182018-05-31May 31 20182018-05-31 +1 copiesMay 30 20182018-05-30A photograph of a man standing indoors before a dark stone bull statue (Nandi) decorated with flower garlands at the right edge. He wears a rust-orange saffron wrap draped over his shoulders and chest, a multi-strand rudraksha mala across his chest, and a red thread on his right wrist. His long dreadlocked hair is swept back and he has a full beard and a tilak mark on his forehead. His hands are folded at waist level and he looks to the side. Behind him are white railings, cabinets and colourful painted pillars with geometric patterns.2018-05-30A temple ritual inside a pillared hall with orange carpet. A central man wears a black turban, white forehead markings, a pink-and-white flower garland and heavy gold ceremonial necklaces over a saffron-brown robe, holding a small oil lamp in front of a dark stone Nandi-like sacred bull with a yellow and white cloth. To the left, bare-chested men with white body markings hold a lamp and sacred objects. Behind, saffron-robed devotees stand with folded hands beside tall painted ceremonial poles and glass cabinets. The scene reads as a puja or aarti offering; the central figure's appearance matches the page's a person reference only partially, so identity is unsure.2018-05-31 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple hall during a puja. A smiling bearded man in a black turban and rust-brown robe, wearing a long pink-and-white flower garland and heavy gold chains, holds a lit oil lamp toward a dark stone Nandi bull draped in a yellow cloth and white garland. Standing beside him, a bare-chested attendant with white sacred markings on the arms offers the lamp. Behind them, saffron-robed young men play long brass horns and trumpets, and colourful painted pillars and white panelled doors line the hall. The man's appearance is consistent with the identity given on the page but not sufficiently distinctive to confirm it, so he is described by role as a priest and attendant at the lamp offering.2018-05-31 +1 copiesA bearded man with long dark hair wrapped in a headband of rudraksha beads stands smiling in a temple hall, his hands joined at his chest. He wears a rust-brown unstitched cloth, a thick pink and white garland of lotus flowers, and layered gold and rudraksha necklaces with a gold waist chain. Behind him a black stone Nandi bull sits draped with a white garland and a gold-brown cloth. Two or more figures in orange robes stand with palms pressed together in the background near a tall painted pillar, and a red-and-cream striped floor covers the hall.2018-05-31May 31 20182018-05-31