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Indoor shrine room with a dark granite platform and golden arched alcove decorated with white jasmine garlands and red roses on the pillars. An older man in white shirt and white dhoti stands gesturing with his outstretched arm toward a seated woman in a maroon sari with gold border, wearing a long gold necklace and gold armlet. A video camera on a tripod and a second tripod are set up nearby. Silver pots, a brass bowl and a small brick fire pit with offerings sit on the floor at left. A small framed picture and a deity murti are visible in the alcove. A partially visible figure in orange robes stands at left.

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June 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28June 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesIndoor temple-style ritual at an ashram hall with a staircase and garlanded columns. In the foreground, a large copper-coloured murti of a standing deity with a tall crown and a bare-headed copper figure with garlands. On the right, a man in a maroon robe and gold garlands, with a horizontal tilak and gold bangles, holds his hands in a mudra. Behind him, a shaved-headed young priest in white dhoti and rudraksha mala holds a brass plate. A cameraman in white shirt films, and devotees line the staircase and balcony above.2014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesApril 29 20122012-04-29Indoor temple ritual in an ashram hall with a tall wooden column and gold-trimmed arch. A central figure in an orange-maroon cloth, with a red-and-white flower garland and a gold necklace, stands beside a bronze-coloured statue of a seated sage wearing a maroon dhoti and white-and-red flower garlands, lifting a small ritual vessel. Beside him a shaved-headed attendant in an orange-and-white striped cloth holds a dish. A man in white shirt and mala films with a video camera on the right, and a crowd of devotees in white and orange stands on a balcony behind. A brass tray of petals sits in the foreground, with orange marigold garlands hanging from the upper railing.2014-06-28