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Photo taken outdoors beside a white stone temple with carved ornamental bands and red Hindi lettering painted on the wall. A person with long dark wavy hair, seen from behind, raises one arm and holds a silver trident aloft; a red garment is visible at the shoulders. On the left, a man in a dark zip jacket holds a camera to his eye, and a corrugated metal awning and red-draped stall stand near the temple base. Two other people are partly visible in the background.

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Outdoor temple ritual at a riverside ghat with red-brick temple buildings and spired shrines behind. In the foreground, a person with long dark hair and bare-shouldered orange cloth holds a silver trident aloft, wearing marigold garlands and a red-beaded bracelet. Behind, a crowd of onlookers stands watching, including a man in a green shirt filming with a camera. At right, a shaved-headed priest in orange robes and a beaded mala sits on a red mat beside silver plates, offerings and small bowls. A tall red flag pole stands nearby.2012-08-01January 06 20062006-01-06Outdoor photo at a small shrine in a whitewashed temple courtyard. A long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes and a multi-strand gold-beaded necklace sits on a stone ledge, gripping a metal trident raised above his head. Behind him are devotional prints of deities and a garlanded niche. Around him, devotees in white and blue clothing sit or stand, one holding a framed photo of an older bearded man in saffron shawl in front of a temple. A bearded man in white with a red lanyard stands at the upper left. A blue tarp and a sheet of colourful deity imagery hang above.2006-01-06A photograph at Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal. A figure with long dark hair, bare-shouldered and wearing an orange shawl, a marigold and green-leaf garland and a rudraksha mala on the upper arm, grips a tall silver trident raised at right; a rudraksha bracelet is on the wrist. Behind, a crowd of devotees in orange and red shirts and everyday clothes stand near a cameraman in a green shirt filming with a tripod-mounted camera. Ornate temple spires and pavilions with trees appear in the background under an overcast sky.2012-08-01July 07 20092009-07-07August 12 20122012-08-12July 13 20092009-07-13Outdoor temple ritual at Pashupatinath in Nepal. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair, wearing saffron cloth and a marigold garland, holds up a large silver trident (trishul) with a sheathed handle while facing a shrine area. Behind, devotees in saffron and red shawls stand with hands folded, and a cameraman films beside them. On the right, seated saffron-robed sannyasis with rudraksha malas sit on a red mat near metal plates of offerings, foil-covered dishes and marigolds. Red-brick temple buildings and pagoda-style shrine roofs fill the background, with a yellow flag on a pole overhead.2012-08-01A photograph from inside a hall where a seated man with long, loose dark hair and a bare upper body wrapped in a rust-orange cloth raises a small silver figurine in his right hand. He sits on an ornate silver-and-red throne at left, beside a tall silver trident-topped staff and a silver rod. Rudraksha beads hang at his neck and a red thread is tied on his wrist. Seated devotees in white and orange-red shawls, some with rudraksha malas, watch attentively in the background, several wearing glasses, and a woman in front right has her hair pulled back. Wall decor and a red door frame complete the setting.2017-08-12 +1 copiesJuly 07 20092009-07-07December 08 20112011-12-08January 06 20062006-01-06