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Close-up photograph of a person's hand resting on a white cloth-wrapped bundle. The person wears a gold ring on one finger and a black and beaded bracelet on the wrist. The red fabric has a wide gold-orange border. Blurred warm light and a green background suggest an indoor ritual setting. Only a hand and forearm are visible; no face is shown, and no a person candidate is visible.

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January 02 20162016-01-02 +1 copiesMarch 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copiesMarch 07 20162016-03-07A photograph of a devotee's hand resting on a white-wrapped bundle placed on a brass tray decorated with marigold and flower petals, in front of a seated figure wrapped in orange cloth with gold border. A man in white dhoti with orange-gold border and a rudraksha mala stands with palms joined beside a red-cushioned gold throne. The bundle is part of a set of white coconut bundles on the floor, consistent with a padapuja offering of coconuts at the feet of a seated guru on a throne. The seated figure's face is not visible in the frame.2016-01-02March 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copiesOctober 22 20152015-10-22 +2 copiesJuly 08 20172017-07-08 +2 copiesClose-up photograph of a white cloth bundle wrapped and tied at the top, set on a clear glass plate held by a hand at the lower right. The bundle is decorated with a yellow marigold-type flower tucked at its side and a red and yellow kumkum/turmeric mark on top. The background is softly blurred, with a glimpse of another glass dish and orange fruit at left. No full faces are visible, and the bundle appears to be a ritual offering of the kind brought in procession.2016-01-02March 07 20162016-03-07Close photograph of a hand holding a mound of white powder. Behind it, out of focus, a person in orange saffron robes sits, and a reddish-brown thread is tied around a wrist. Other hands reach toward the plate at the left edge. No faces are visible and no legible text appears within the photograph itself.2016-10-16Close-up of a priest's hands pouring water from a silver kalasha vessel with a spout shaped like an animal head, the vessel wrapped in a white cloth tied with pink flowers and marked with a turmeric-yellow stain. The priest wears a white dhoti with gold borders, a gold-bordered shawl, and a beaded rudraksha-style mala with gold accents. Blurred in the background, another figure in orange-red garments and beads stands near tropical green foliage.2018-04-14July 18 20162016-07-18