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Outdoors beside a forest stream, a seated figure in a red-orange turban and matching orange robe, adorned with a long white flower garland, gold necklaces and gold bangles, receives an offering from a man in a white shirt with a red-orange shawl who holds a small yellow box of items. A red-and-orange parasol stands behind, and a man in white with a camera and another in white with an orange shawl and mala watch nearby. Lush green bamboo and trees line the water's edge.

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December 17 20142014-12-17December 17 20142014-12-17A photograph of a river ritual in a shallow stream surrounded by green bamboo and trees. A seated figure on an ornate silver-backed chair wears an orange-red turban with a white floral ornament, an orange-red shawl, a thick white jasmine garland and a long gold-bead necklace, and holds a fruit in one hand while extending the other toward a kneeling woman in a white top and orange-red shawl with palms pressed together. Behind them, a man in white dhoti and orange shawl holds a red-and-orange parasol, and a man in a white shirt photographs the scene with a camera. Several men stand in the water, one in black trousers and red shawl.2014-12-17Outdoor river ritual at a shallow stream beneath green forest foliage. A bald, bespectacled man with a rudraksha mala and bare upper body, wearing white and yellow, stands in the water with palms pressed together in namaste. Facing him, a person in a red turban with white flower garland, a long rudraksha and gold bead necklace, red-orange robes and gold bangles holds two coconuts while smiling. Behind them a photographer in white takes pictures and an attendant in white stands with an orange umbrella overhead. a person is the person in the red turban and ornate garland, with cues of a turban and rudraksha mala; the scene suggests a rudrabhishekam offering of coconuts at a river.2014-12-17A seated figure in a saffron-red turban with white flower adornment, wearing a long white flower garland, gold-bead rudraksha-style malas and gold armlets, sits on an ornate silver palanquin or throne near a shallow forest stream. A fair-haired woman in a white garment with orange-red shawl kneels at the side, hands in anjali mudra, smiling toward him. Behind them a man in white clothing photographs with a camera while standing in the water; a red parasol is visible at top. A tray with rudraksha beads sits at lower left. Appearance-based cues match a person seated on the palanquin with distinctive ceremonial adornment, so this is labelled a person.2014-12-17A photograph taken outdoors beside a shallow rocky stream fringed with green foliage. A figure in an orange-red turban decorated with white flowers and an ornate red-orange robe sits on a silver-covered seat, wearing long white and gold flower garlands, gold bangles and a gold necklace; this seated figure's ceremonial presentation matches the page's a person reference only partly, so the identity is left uncertain. Facing them, a woman with long brown hair in a white top and orange-red shawl sits with palms pressed together in a gesture of reverence. Behind them a man in white clothes stands in the water holding a camera, another man in white stands near the seat, and an orange and yellow umbrella canopy is visible at top right.2014-12-17December 17 20142014-12-17December 17 20142014-12-17December 17 20142014-12-17Outdoors on wet rocks, a person in a red-orange turban and saffron-red garment with a white-and-yellow flower garland and gold bangles offers fruit from a tray to a kneeling man in a white shirt with a red-orange shawl, who has his palms pressed together in namaste. Beside him a woman in white with a red-orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads holds a plate. Behind them, several people in white and red shawls watch, and a photographer with a large camera and a man with a smaller camera record the scene. Offerings include fruit and a silver plate.2014-12-17December 17 20142014-12-17 +1 copiesOutdoor photo beside a river with rocks and water behind. A seated person in an orange-red turban, orange-red robe and heavy white and gold-bead garlands sits on an ornate silver-toned chair with lion-face carvings, smiling as a devotee in white clothing presses fingers to a shallow dish of offerings. Around them, several devotees wear orange and red shawls and white clothing with forehead markings, some holding brass bowls and fruit, others with hands folded in prayer. A man in a white dhoti with gold border stands behind, and a gold-bordered white dhoti is visible. The scene suggests a puja at the riverside with fruit and bowls of offerings. The seated figure's identity is uncertain from appearance.2014-12-17