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Outdoor scene on a raised concrete platform with white pillars and red-striped steps, backed by a rocky hill and a red boundary wall. A seated figure in a patterned zebra-print garment and a red head covering, wearing a floral garland, sits on a folded mat under a decorative orange and cream umbrella. A standing man at right, bare-chested with a saffron/orange cloth draped over his shoulder, faces the seated figure and holds a small object. Brass vessels sit near the steps. Two people stand far left near the wall. Ritual setting, possibly a temple visit.

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February 03 20172017-02-03February 03 20172017-02-03February 03 20172017-02-03February 03 20172017-02-03February 03 20172017-02-03Outdoor ritual at a raised stone platform before a red corrugated-metal compound wall, with a hill behind. A bare-chested man in orange cloth holds up a lit multi-branched oil lamp (aarti) toward a seated figure under a multicolored umbrella canopy. That seated figure wears an orange robe and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and sits on a red-brown peetha. In the foreground, several people in orange and white sit on the steps tending offerings and brass items. A woman in a white sari stands at right, and a car is parked at left.2017-02-03Outdoor ritual scene at a raised platform with a rocky hill behind and pink shuttered containers beside it. A bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti and shawl, a sacred thread, holds a lit oil lamp aloft with a flame toward a seated figure. The seated figure sits on a brown cushioned seat under a multicoloured canopy umbrella, wearing a red turban, layered beaded malas and a pink-and-gold garment. Three women and a man in white and grey sit at the lower steps, with a white-clad woman at the right edge. A flame-lit lamp rests on the steps.2017-02-03February 06 20172017-02-06Outdoor photograph of a priest in orange dhoti, bare-backed with a rudraksha mala, holding a brass handbell and lamp-like brass stand toward a seated figure. The seated figure wears a red-orange turban, a red-orange garment and multiple garlands, sits on a brown cushioned seat beneath a multicoloured umbrella with tassels, with hands raised in greeting. Behind them are a corrugated-roofed structure with salmon-coloured panels and a green hillside. Two people are visible.2017-02-03February 03 20172017-02-03February 06 20172017-02-06A shirtless man in orange dhoti and a rudraksha mala waves a multi-tiered brass aarti lamp toward a seated statue on a raised platform. The seated figure wears a red turban, rudraksha beads and a gold garland, and a multicoloured umbrella shades it. Behind the platform rise a rocky hill and trees, with white pillars and a red-brick wall at the sides. Two women in orange saris sit at the lower right with brass vessels and a small lamp in front of them.2017-02-03