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A photograph of a ritual exchange on a stage with a silver ornate backdrop and a blue background. On the left, a bare-chested man with a white dhoti and red-and-white thread bends forward, hands pressed together. Beside him, a priest in a white and gold-bordered shawl holds a folded white paper and offerings. On the right, a smiling man with long swept-back hair, a tripundra mark on his forehead, a gold necklace and a saffron-orange shawl raises one hand in blessing toward the bending devotee. A rudraksha mala and red bracelets are visible. A silver ritual vessel sits in the foreground, and a silver deity murti or ornament stands in the background.

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May 24 20182018-05-24 +1 copiesApril 16 20182018-04-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a ceremonial scene inside a temple hall. A seated man on a red-cushioned silver throne wears a leopard-print headband with flowers in his hair, a brown-red shawl, a white and red floral garland, gold armbands and a gold chain. He is smiling and gesturing with both raised hands toward a shirtless devotee seen from behind in a white and yellow cloth, who also raises open palms. To the left, a young attendant in orange dhoti with white markings on his arms and rudraksha beads holds up a white sheet of paper. A figure in orange and white is partly visible at the lower right, and a gold-decorated background is behind. a person appears as the seated figure, identified by his long swept-back hair, ornate gold jewellery, and ceremonial throne with garland. Crowd is small.2017-10-10 +1 copiesDecember 31 20172017-12-31 +1 copiesA smiling man with long dreadlocks wrapped in a headband of rudraksha beads, wearing a maroon sleeveless wrap and a large rudraksha necklace, leans forward to touch a paper or cloth strip to the forehead of a bare-chested man with his eyes closed. A bare-chested devotee with rudraksha bracelets holds the strip from the other side. Behind them a woman in white and another in a red top look on. A metal vessel sits at the lower left edge. a person: the dreadlocked man in maroon with rudraksha beads is the.2018-04-16 +1 copiesApril 08 20182018-04-08Photograph of a ceremonial moment in a pink-lit hall. A bearded older man in white with a pale marked forehead on the left reaches toward sacred threads or cloth. In the centre, a younger man in orange garments with a long orange-red beaded mala and layered necklaces holds an offering. On the right, a man with long dreadlocks wrapped up in a crown of rudraksha beads, wearing an orange-red shawl, reaches forward with a rudraksha bracelet, smiling. Other bare-chested men stand behind, and a tall silver ritual vessel appears at upper right.2018-04-15December 10 20172017-12-10 +1 copiesA bare-chested man with long dreadlocks, decorated with marigold garlands, flower petals and orange-and-white beaded ornaments, reaches toward a silver ritual vessel on a stand, holding white powder in his hand while a kneeling man in a grey t-shirt leans forward. Behind him a man in a saffron/orange top and rudraksha malas, and a man in white with a sacred vibhuti forehead mark, stand near a tall silver staff. A person in a white and gold shawl wearing rudraksha malas looks on. Red flowers lie on the base.2018-02-13May 17 20182018-05-17A seated bearded man in rust-brown robes and a multi-strand rudraksha mala, with a white forehead band and red mark, sits on an ornate silver-and-red throne with eyes closed and one hand raised in blessing. He holds nothing but gestures calmly. Beside him, a shirtless attendant in white dhoti and orange shawl, wearing beaded armlets, holds a small paper card near a red, purple and gold canopy. Another attendant in orange cloth stands at left. A brass urn-shaped vessel sits near the canopy, and a gilded backdrop frames the scene.2017-12-31 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual scene in which a bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair, adorned with flower petals and a garland of marigolds and yellow flowers, has white powder on his face and hands and reaches out toward a small person in red at lower left. Behind him stands a man in white dhoti and shawl with a long rudraksha mala and gold-toned bead necklace, and a few more men in white and red cloth stand in the background. A silver pillar and a silver ornate box with red flowers sit in the foreground. The bare-chested man shows distinctive adornments and ceremonial markings consistent with a person presence, and the photograph appears to show a sacred ritual such as a puja or prana pratishtha with flowers and powder offerings. The lower-left figure wears red and is partly cut off by the frame.2018-02-13