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A shaved-headed man in white ritual clothes with pink-and-maroon borders sits cross-legged with eyes lowered, holding a pink lotus bloom in cupped hands over a silver tray. He wears a heavy gold bead necklace and has white sacred markings on his forehead and arms. Beside him, a woman in a white sari with pink border and a dark rudraksha-style mala sits with eyes closed, and a young man in white stands behind holding a microphone. Silver bowls with flowers and offerings sit on a gold-edged tray in front. The man is a priest or devotee in ritual dress; the page does not establish his identity from appearance.

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A close photograph of a shaven-headed man seated at a ritual setting, wearing a white dhoti and a red-bordered white upper cloth draped over his bare shoulders. He has white and ochre sacred markings on his forehead and shoulders, a gold necklace of large beads, and a gold bracelet. He holds a small cup in cupped hands. Beside him a woman in a white sari with green and yellow striped blouse wears a black beaded mala and a red bindi. Silver trays hold pink flowers and fruit in front of them, and other people are partly visible at the edges.2010-10-16A close side view of a shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti-style garment with red border stripes, wearing a gold ceremonial necklace and rudraksha-style beads, holding a silver tray with pink lotus flowers and offerings. Seated behind and around him are devotees: an elderly woman in white on the left, a woman in a yellow garment with glasses, and a person in orange with hands folded in namaskar on the right. The setting appears to be a satsang or pada puja gathering.2010-10-12October 15 20102010-10-15A ritual photograph in a hall with dark red curtains behind. In the centre, a bald man with white ash markings on his face and arms wears a white dhoti with maroon borders and a heavy gold bead necklace, eyes closed, hands cupped in a ritual gesture above a silver tray holding pink flowers. To his right, a woman in a white sari with pink border and a red bindi stands with hands folded at a tray. A younger man behind them in white dhoti with a white forehead mark holds a microphone and chants. On the left, a woman with long wavy hair and eyes closed sits beside an older man with grey hair and glasses, and a person in yellow. The setting appears to be a puja or satsang gathering with offerings.2010-10-29A photograph of a shaved-headed young priest in white dhoti and a pink-bordered cloth draped over his shoulders, wearing a long gold bead necklace and white urdhva tilaka lines on his forehead and arms. He stands with hands pressed together around a small metal cup during a ritual. Beside him a woman in a white sari with green and yellow stripes and a black beaded necklace looks down, and other participants are partly visible at the edges. In front are silver trays holding pink flowers and other offerings.2010-10-16A shaved-headed man in a white dhoti and white shawl with maroon border holds a folded orange cloth with a white cord across his palms, eyes lowered in devotion. Behind him a seated man in white with a large gold pendant stands near, and a woman with long wavy hair wears a white sari with green border and an orange shawl, seated beside silver ritual vessels and a golden plate with offerings. Forehead tilak and rudraksha-style bead necklace are visible.2010-11-25Photograph of a shaved-headed man in a plain white dhoti and bare-chested upper body, wearing a heavy gold ceremonial necklace with ornate bead-like pendants and a gold bangle, seated and cupping his hands over a silver tray of offerings with pink flowers at the lower edge. A red bindi and white tilak mark his forehead. Beside him a woman in a white sari with a pink border and a black beaded necklace with a red pendant looks down toward the tray. A young woman with light hair and a purple hair clip leans in on the left, and a person in an orange garment sits behind with a gold necklace. A microphone stand appears at the upper right.2010-11-12Photo of a padapuja ritual indoors. A shaved-headed man in a white dhoti with a red-bordered cloth over his shoulder wears a heavy gold bead necklace and white sacred ash stripes on his forehead and arms, his hands folded in anjali. Beside him, a woman in a white and cream striped sari with a black beaded mala presses her palms together and looks upward. A brass plate with flowers sits in the foreground, and a small oil lamp burns at the lower left next to another person's hands. Behind them, other devotees and a red curtain are partly visible.2010-10-16October 15 20102010-10-15September 24 20102010-09-24A shaved-headed man in white dhoti with red border and a heavy gold bead necklace sits cross-legged, holding a pink flower in cupped hands near a silver and gold vessel, with white tripundra marks on his forehead and arms. Behind him a woman in white and gold-bordered sari and a woman in red bandhani sari with a black mala sit with palms pressed together in namaskar, a microphone stand at the left edge. The setting appears to be a pada puja offering of flowers to a guru.2010-09-16November 13 20102010-11-13