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A woman in a white cotton sari with a thin gold border sits on a gold-carved ceremonial seat, holding a young toddler dressed in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth. She wears rimmed glasses, a small red bindi, a white vibhuti-style mark on her forehead, gold earrings and a gold necklace, her dark hair in a bun. The toddler, bare-chested with white paste marks on the chest, rests against her and looks to the side. Behind them are gold-embossed carved panels and painted blue, orange and yellow bands.

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A woman in a white sari with a gold border holds a small toddler, shirtless and wrapped in a white cloth, who has a finger near the mouth. She wears a red bindi, thin-framed glasses, a gold earring and a bun. Behind them is an ornate gold-toned carved temple wall with animal reliefs and painted blue and orange bands.2018-03-06A toddler in a white outfit with gold-patterned trim sits among seated devotees, holding a long gold spoon up near their face while looking off to the side. Around them are women in orange-red saffron garments and rudraksha malas, and a woman in white at the top left. Silver foil packets and an orange container sit on the white floor in front of them.2018-05-21A toddler in a white outfit with gold embroidery stands holding a silver metal pole with both hands, held steady by an adult's arm at the left. Behind the child, seated devotees wear white and orange-saffron garments; one woman on the right wears white with a mala necklace, and a person in orange sits at the right edge. Several people are in the foreground, partly blurred. A silver ceremonial stand or pillar rises in the centre of the frame.2018-05-21A young girl with shoulder-length curly dark hair, wearing a white sleeveless dress with small embroidered flowers and a thin gold chain, sits with eyes closed and hands held together, holding a small silver dish. Behind her, a man in a white dhoti-style cloth with a dark rudraksha mala and white sacred ash marks on his arm stands close, leaning over her. To the left, a gold-embossed ornate panel gleams. The setting appears to be a ritual puja with a silver tray of offerings at the lower left.2010-10-16A young boy with short dark hair stands in a white sleeveless garment with a small pattern, pressing his palms together in an anjali namaskar greeting. A white sacred marking. Behind him, a person in a white dhoti with a gold border stands on a pale marble floor beside a yellow pole.2017-07-20May 21 20182018-05-21A young boy in a white embroidered kurta holds a small silver bowl while an adult man in white shirt and rudraksha mala guides his hands over it during a ritual. The boy has a red tilak on his forehead and the man has a red mark on his brow and wears a beaded wrist band. Brass lamps and a silver plate are visible in the background. A purple dove logo appears in the upper left corner.2011-09-15November 28 20152015-11-28 +1 copiesFebruary 19 20152015-02-19A ritual scene in which a shaved-headed priest with bare upper body, white sacred thread and sandalwood stripes on his arms and forehead, wearing a rudraksha mala, guides a young boy in a navy shirt with a red tilak on his forehead. The priest's hands hover over a silver plate of offerings, with a glass bowl holding white and yellow items and pink flowers at the front. Behind them, a woman in a white and green sari with a black mala sits with folded hands, and a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and gold garlands sits behind a microphone stand. A gold-edged red backdrop frames the setting.2010-11-08March 27 20082008-03-27April 17 20172017-04-17