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A photograph of a screen showing a ritual scene. Several shaved-headed men in white dhotis sit on the floor around a white marble platform decorated with orange and yellow marigold garlands, scattered petals and small brass vessels. A bare-chested priest in the foreground pours or offers flowers over a dark deity murti at the centre, while another man at the upper right performs the rite. The image is a screen capture showing people, not physical people in the room, and the people in view are priests and attendants.

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October 23 20152015-10-23October 24 20152015-10-24A homa fire ritual at night with a square fire pit lit by flames. Four priests in white ritual clothes, with white dhotis and red-bordered cloths and gold beaded necklaces, sit around the pit making offerings; one priest in the foreground sits with hands outstretched over the fire. Behind them a figure in red-orange cloth is seated near a deity murti decorated with red flower garlands and white jasmine strands, with brass oil lamps and a kalasha-like vessel in front. Trays hold yellow flowers, nuts and offerings, and a bowl of liquid sits beside the fire. A framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a crown appears at upper right, and the scene includes a brass lamp with a burning wick.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple of a black stone shivalinga surrounded by marigold petals and scattered flowers. A man in a maroon and gold-bordered dhoti bends low over the linga, face down near the stone, with a person's hand and head near the yoni base. Behind, a figure in orange robes and rudraksha malas sits cross-legged. A bare-chested man in white dhoti leans over the stone with his hands flat on it. Other hands and arms of devotees reach in from the edges, and offerings of flowers are placed around the linga. The scene shows a rudrabhisheka or abhishekam ritual.2015-09-16A photograph of a temple ritual in an interior hall. A bare-chested priest with a grey-streaked beard and an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder reaches forward to offer flowers over a large seated murti decorated with a heavy garland of white, yellow and red flowers, a green sash, a purple silk cloth, and a rudraksha or bead necklace. Several shaved-headed devotees with white and grey body markings sit or kneel around it, hands folded, and a man in the lower right holds a marigold and rose garland. The setting is a decorated hall with hanging festoons and a framed panel on the wall.2018-03-01A temple ritual in progress. In the foreground, a bare-chested priest in an orange headband and orange cloth kneels at a silver-coloured ornate platform (peetha) decorated with pink flower petals and yellow marigold garlands, reaching toward a small bunch of stems tied together. Behind him, a second priest in orange cloth sits facing the platform. Around them, several bare-chested men wearing white dhotis with gold borders stand and kneel, one holding a folded offering, and a woman in a white sari with gold border stands at the right. A green-and-gold decorated kalasha sits at the left edge, and a striped mat covers the floor. Several men wear rudraksha malas and ash markings on their bodies.2017-09-24 +1 copiesRitual scene in a temple-style hall. A shirtless priest in an orange headband and orange cloth kneels at a silver-rimmed square yantra-style base, arranging pink flowers and yellow marigold petals with a bundle of sticks. Around him stand and kneel several bare-chested men in white dhotis with gold borders and orange shoulder cloths, some wearing rudraksha malas and gold chains; one kneeling figure in an orange shawl wears a red-and-gold bead necklace. Offerings include a banana leaf, a brass pot with green cloth, and a plate of flowers. The scene appears to be a puja or abhishekam in progress. Multiple physical people are visible, roughly six to twenty.2017-09-24A photo of a shivalinga abhishekam in a temple-style room with a tiled floor. A shirtless priest in an orange dhoti, with a cloth draped over his shoulder, pours liquid over a black shivalinga set on a silver platform inside a large steel basin. Beside him, a bearded man with a tilak and a topknot leans in, and a younger man in a purple-bordered white dhoti kneels at the right. Another man in white stands at far left. Silver bowls, a bunch of white and yellow flowers, a coconut and a brass tray of puja items sit on the floor, and brass lamps stand in the background.2007-08-09A photograph of a funeral-rite room with pink walls and barred windows. In the upper right, a man in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair and a beaded necklace stands beside a white-draped bed and a wall of flower garlands; he may be the candidate noted in the page, though his face is not clear enough to confirm. Seated on the red floor at left, several men and boys in saffron and white clothing face a brass and steel puja arrangement with lamps, bowls of offerings, fruit, flowers and leaves. A woman in white clothing stands at centre making an offering. At right, a glass-sided casket holds a body covered in white cloth, decorated with marigolds and leaves.2005-11-13A temple puja in progress inside a pink-walled shrine. A bare-chested priest with long hair, a full beard, white body markings, rudraksha beads and an orange dhoti sits on the floor, gesturing toward a brass pot-shaped offering with a lit oil lamp and white flowers. Beside him a man in a white dhoti sits with palms joined, and on the right another man in orange cloth attends with a metal plate. Above the altar a golden deity murti with a crown stands behind a brass lamp stand and flower garlands, with a large steel vessel and kalasha-style pots on the floor.2007-08-09April 14 20182018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14