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A temple ritual photograph in a crowded shrine area. A shirtless priest with a wet, bare torso and white dhoti with orange border leans forward, offering a brass plate of yellow items to a figure seated on a red-and-gold patterned mat. The seated figure wears an orange robe with a white headband and a white flower garland. Beside him, a man in an orange robe and orange turban holds a floral garland hanging on a stick. Seated nearby are devotees: a man in orange with hands folded in prayer, a woman in white with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala, and a woman in maroon with white jasmine in her hair, her palms pressed together. Yellow hundial donation box and orange-and-white clothed devotees stand behind a metal railing in the background.

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July 13 20092009-07-13Photograph inside a temple hall at night. A bare-chested priest in a yellow dhoti and a red-and-white striped cloth over his shoulder stands at right, holding a long garland of white jasmine and pink and red flowers draped over a seated devotee's head. Seated devotees in orange and saffron robes with white tilak marks press their palms together on a red patterned rug. A yellow box labelled HUNDIAL stands at left behind a metal railing, with brass lamps and a metal vessel with fruit at right. Behind the railing, standing people in white and red-orange shawls watch, one woman in white with a red shawl.2009-07-13Photograph inside a dim temple hall with stone pillars, where a bare-chested priest in a yellow dhoti and pink shoulder cloth stands at a low railing, holding a white cloth bundle while a worshipper bends forward. In the foreground, several people sit on a mat in orange and red robes, including a long-haired figure in a red robe with a white flower garland who sits with hands folded. Nearby, men in orange and saffron shawls and white vibhuti tilaks stand behind the railing, and a silver-toned ritual staff with a trident and flower garland stands upright beside the railing. A yellow sign with red lettering appears at left. The scene looks like a temple ritual or darshan.2009-07-13August 02 20082008-08-02July 13 20092009-07-13A photograph of a ritual offering in progress. A figure with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange robe and a large garland of red and yellow flowers with green leaves, sits on a patterned mat and smiles while receiving a brass tray of bananas, coconuts, flowers and a small packet from a priest in an orange dhoti with bare upper body and white sacred ash markings. To the left, a man in orange robes sits beside a folded orange cloth. Behind them, several men in white dhotis and shirts stand with hands folded, and a few men with rudraksha malas and white ash markings kneel nearby. The scene suggests a puja or offering ceremony.2008-08-02April 05 20122012-04-05A priest with grey hair and a bare upper body, wearing a yellow and orange dhoti with a green border, bends forward to touch the forehead of a seated figure in an orange turban and orange robe, who wears a white jasmine garland. Behind them, a second bare-chested assistant holds a brass plate of flowers and offerings, and seated devotees in orange robes fill the mandapam, with a gathering of people and a striped cloth beneath. A red-and-white canopy with orange flower garlands hangs above. The scene suggests a blessing or honouring ceremony. The seated figure's appearance does not clearly match the candidate cues, so the identity is uncertain.2007-02-02Devotees gather at a temple in Tiruvannamalai during a ritual offering. In the foreground, a person in a saffron-orange robe and orange turban sits on a mat with a floral garland of yellow and white flowers draped over the lap, hands joined in namaste. Beside them a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a green border holds a brass tray of bananas and a bottle of offerings, while an older seated man and woman in white clothes with white forehead markings sit with hands folded. Standing devotees in white shirts and dhotis and a man with rudraksha beads crowd around, and a sitting man on the right wears beaded necklaces. The scene conveys a temple puja setting with flower garlands and offerings.2008-01-02July 13 20092009-07-13February 02 20072007-02-02July 13 20092009-07-13