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Photograph of a temple ritual before an illuminated shrine decorated with banana leaves, marigold and jasmine garlands, and bright lights. A bald man in white dhoti with white vibhuti marks and a jasmine garland, bare-chested with a rudraksha-style bead necklace, holds a brass tray with folded white cloth and a red box bearing a framed portrait. A dreadlocked man in the foreground faces away, wearing a colourful beaded garland. Behind them a smiling boy in a red hooded top and white shirt stands near the shrine, and a woman in a pink shawl with flowers in her hair is at right. A second man with a painted face and beaded necklaces sits in the middle distance.

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A night photograph of a temple shrine decorated with marigold and banana-leaf garlands, gold-framed arches and a deity murti dressed in flower garlands. In the foreground a long-haired man with a multicoloured flower garland and a bare upper body stands with his back to the camera, offering a red wooden box with a printed picture to a smiling woman in a magenta top and purple skirt wearing a white flower garland. Beside her a man with a vibhuti-marked forehead, rudraksha mala and bare chest kneels, and a woman in white garments with a flower garland bends forward. Another woman in an orange-brown top and rudraksha mala stands behind them. Fruit and brass trays sit on a striped cloth at right. The scene looks like a devotional offering or puja. No figure is clearly identified as a person.2016-12-19A photograph inside a temple shrine decorated with marigold and orange flower garlands, banana plants and gold-framed arches. Behind the foreground, a richly adorned deity murti sits on a gold-draped stage with garlands. Several people stand and sit around the shrine. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with long dreadlocks and flower garlands leans forward holding a brass plate with a white cloth and a small framed picture. A bald man in white dhoti and garland bends forward, with a woman with long dark hair in a brown sari nearby. A woman in a blue sari and white blouse stands at left, and a young girl in orange clothing stands at right. The scene appears to be a ritual or puja with offerings.2016-12-19Evening temple ritual photographed from behind a man with long dreadlocks and a multicolour beaded necklace with pink and blue beads, holding a brass tray with folded cloth and offerings toward a smiling seated man with glasses, bare chest, white dhoti and white flower garlands with red flowers. Behind them are gold-decorated shrines or deity murti draped in yellow and white marigold garlands, a second robed attendant stands in the background, and strings of coloured lights glow in the trees. The setting suggests a puja or aarti at a shrine.2016-12-19A photograph of a ceremonial gathering in front of a richly decorated shrine with gold and flower garlands. A bearded man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron cloth and a multicolored flower garland, sits on a leopard-print throne-like seat with a golden lion-head armrest. Before him, several devotees kneel and sit on a striped mat: a woman in an orange sari with a red-and-green border and a man in a white dhoti with a red-flowered garland extend their hands toward a brass tray holding a red bag with a printed portrait. Other people stand behind wearing orange garments, rudraksha-style beads and garlands, and a smiling woman in an orange sari stands at the upper center. Golden deity murtis and yellow marigold garlands fill the background, along with a silver ceremonial staff in the foreground.2016-12-19July 31 20152015-07-31December 05 20162016-12-05A photograph of a ceremonial moment at night in an outdoor hall. On the left, a man with long dark hair piled high in a crown-like bun, a full beard, and a saffron-orange garment wears a long pink and white flower garland and gold bangles and necklaces; he gestures with his hands toward a man on the right. That man is bare-chested with white sacred ash markings on his arm and chest, a rudraksha mala and gold pendant, and a white sacred thread, and he is handling red and gold cloth. Behind them, other attendees in white and gold dhotis stand or sit, and yellow-and-red decorative fabric and a yellow garland hang in the background. Some of the visible people here are devotees and assistants, and one man on the left shows distinctive adornments consistent with the page's a person reference, though the appearance is only partly clear.2016-12-05May 12 20132013-05-12July 08 20172017-07-08 +1 copiesDecember 05 20162016-12-05December 02 20162016-12-02A seated man in a deep red-maroon shawl and white jasmine garlands receives a ritual touch from a bare-chested devotee in red lower cloth with white sacred ash marks on his shoulders. The seated man wears a braided rudraksha-style mala with gold bead ornaments, gold armlets and bangles, and holds a white fly-whisk-like object; he sits on a red cushioned throne with an ornate gold backrest. The devotee, wearing dark glasses, presses his palm toward the seated man's head while holding a yellow cloth, beside a tall gold staff. Behind them stand additional people in orange and saffron robes, and a figure with yellow-orange body markings. The seated man has long dark hair and a trimmed beard.2016-07-03