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Night-time photograph of a young man in an orange-saffron shawl draped over bare shoulders, facing left, holding an ornate silver-and-gold bowl in both hands. Vertical white ash markings on his forehead and arms. Behind him a younger boy wearing a white dhoti with gold border and a white sacred thread, also with white markings on his skin, walks in the same direction. Dark blurred background with partial figures at the edges.

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May 02 20132013-05-02July 14 20132013-07-14October 31 20162016-10-31May 02 20172017-05-02A young man with a white tripundra on his forehead and white markings on his bare chest and arms sits holding a small blue bowl in both hands, looking down at it. He wears a rudraksha mala, a beaded chain and a thin necklace, with brown armbands and a wristwatch, and a saffron-orange dhoti. Facing him at left, a child in an orange top leans in, while other young people in orange and yellow sit behind. At right, a golden deity murti and a red curtain frame the scene.2016-10-08May 02 20172017-05-02Close photo of two young boys in a crowded ritual setting, both wearing orange-saffron cloths draped over bare upper bodies. The boy in front has a shaved head, white ash markings on his forehead and body, a rudraksha bead on a cord around his neck, and holds a small brass oil lamp in one hand and a brass bell in the other. The boy behind has curly dark hair, white markings on his forehead, and a white sacred thread. Other saffron-clad people sit blurred in the background with warm lamp light.2017-07-20May 02 20172017-05-02May 10 20182018-05-10April 10 20132013-04-10May 13 20152015-05-13Outdoor evening ritual at dusk beneath trees. A shirtless young man in an orange dhoti with gold border holds a silver oil lamp with a lit flame and a rudraksha mala around his neck, his face upturned. Behind him, another young man with a white forehead band and bare chest carries a silver tray of offerings covered with green leaves, and a man in orange cloth stands beside them, with a bare-chested older man wearing glasses and a rudraksha mala at the right edge. Several figures wear orange and saffron garments. The setting is a rocky ground with a stone and a reddish wall in the background.2016-10-31