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A bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti with gold borders leans forward toward a gilded shrine. He wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and gold bangles on his wrist, and white sacred ash marks his shoulder. The gold canopied shrine holds small deity figures surrounded by white jasmine garlands and pink flower garlands. Silver vessels stand in front, and a pink garland hangs at the right edge. The priest is in a temple-style ritual setting, and the person's face is not visible. a person appearance cues are not clearly enough established to identify him.

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May 13 20122012-05-13 +2 copiesMay 08 20122012-05-08May 11 20122012-05-11May 12 20122012-05-12May 10 20122012-05-10May 13 20122012-05-13 +1 copiesA photograph of a shaved-headed elderly priest in an orange dhoti with gold border, bare-chested, wearing a rudraksha-style bead headband, a long bead mala, gold bangles and a gold earring, with white sacred ash marks on his forehead and arms. He stands at a silver-pillared shrine decorated with white jasmine garlands and pink flowers, holding a small brass plate or dish toward a golden palanquin-style deity altar. A string of lamps glows along the arch above, and the shrine's silver-and-gold canopy is topped with kalasha finials. Persons are not clearly distinguishable as a person from appearance cues here, so no identification is made.2012-05-09 +1 copiesMay 10 20122012-05-10May 09 20122012-05-09May 13 20122012-05-13 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05May 12 20122012-05-12