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A photograph of a shaven-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold border, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold bangle, dressing a red and gold silk garment on a gilded throne-like seat with ornate golden carved backrest and red-and-gold brocade drape. The priest is seated, leaning forward, tying or fastening ribbon on the red cloth, with a white vibhuti line on his forehead. Setting appears to be a temple sanctum with a tiled floor. He is a single priest, appearance does not clearly match the page's a person cues of long hair, crown or saffron-ornate dress, so identity remains unsure.

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A priest in white ritual dhoti and shawl with gold border sits cross-legged on a red floor mat, drying a golden deity or peetha with a white cloth. He wears a white forehead mark and a gold bangle. Beside him stand a brass tray, a silver-rimmed brass cup, incense sticks, a pink flower and a folded white towel on an ornate wooden stand. Behind him a gold-covered altar and draped red-and-gold cloth frame a temple ritual setting. A second person is partially visible behind him.2008-10-23October 23 20082008-10-23A photograph of a temple puja in progress. In the left foreground a young man with short dark hair, a dark mustache and a black beaded mala around his neck, wearing white dhoti and shawl with gold borders and a gold bracelet, holds a lit lamp on a long silver handle aloft toward a deity murti. Behind him a second man in white with white tilak marks sits and assists. On the right a decorated deity murti is adorned with pink and white roses, white calla lilies and jewelled silver ornaments on a red and gold cloth. Incense sticks and a silver vessel sit in the foreground.2008-10-23A photograph of a man seated on an ornate gold throne with a red velvet cushioned back and seat, hands folded in his lap, eyes lowered. He wears white ritual garments with a golden-yellow border, a red sash, a long rudraksha mala necklace, a gold pendant, a gold armband, a white sacred ash band across the forehead and a red mark between the brows. Beside him stands a gold-trimmed side table with a tray of red fruit and wrapped offerings, a floral arrangement of green and red blooms with orange flowers, and a microphone. A dark blue curtain forms the backdrop. Probable Swamiji seated in the center, identified by long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklace.2011-03-05A priest in white ritual dhoti and shawl with yellow borders, with a sandalwood or vibhuti mark on his forehead and a black rudraksha-style mala at his neck, kneels at a temple altar and drapes an orange and red cloth over a copper kalasha-shaped vessel set on a low wooden stand. Behind him is an ornate gold-framed arch with red brocade drapery, brass and silver bowls sit on the right, and incense sticks are placed in a small metal cup in the foreground. The scene appears to be a puja preparation at a Hindu temple altar.2008-10-23Two men in white ritual dhotis sit cross-legged on the floor during a puja at a temple shrine. The man in front, with a white forehead mark and a rudraksha mala, holds a silver pot and a small silver dish, while the man behind, with a red tilak and rudraksha beads, holds a silver vessel. To the right stands a gilded shrine canopy with a gold scrollwork arch, draped in a red and gold brocade cloth, and a copper-toned tiered peetha holds a pink flower on a wooden tray.2008-10-23April 26 20122012-04-26October 23 20082008-10-23A photograph of a home darshan at a Hindu shrine. A man with short dark hair and a white dhoti with a green-edged border, bare-chested, sits at left and drapes a garland of pink, red and white flowers over a deity murti. The murti is dressed in an orange silk cloth and a magenta-and-gold sari-like drape, with a golden crown and jewelled ornaments. Behind it hangs an orange fabric backdrop, with orange checked curtains and a carved wooden seat at left. Offering flower garlands in green and pink lie at the bottom left. The man appears to be a priest or devotee performing the garlanding, and his face is not identifiable from the image.2008-04-28October 23 20082008-10-23April 26 20122012-04-26A shaved-headed man in a white dhoti with thin red stripes sits bare-chested, wearing a long necklace of gold beads and a sacred thread, with a red bindi and white vibhuti lines on his forehead. He bends over a silver tray holding pink lotus flowers and small silver bowls, with his hands near the offerings. Beside him, a person in orange robes is partly visible at right, and a gilded carved panel and red cushion stand behind. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam setting.2010-10-30