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A photo of a bearded man in a maroon and gold turban and a multicoloured beaded garland, smiling as he pours from a woven basket with a white and yellow cloth draped over its rim. Before him, a devotee with long dark matted hair, an orange sash over the shoulder and a rudraksha-style bead bracelet, leans forward to receive the offering. Behind them, a golden deity murti wearing a crown and silver jewellery stands beside a backdrop of yellow, white and red flower garlands and a gilded arch. The setting suggests a ritual offering or abhishekam in a temple-like hall.

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December 14 20162016-12-14December 23 20162016-12-23A temple ritual photograph. A bearded man with long dreadlocked hair wrapped in a rust-red turban and reddish-brown cloth, with gold armband and bangles, reaches to adjust a tall flower-garlanded altar at a golden deity murti. The garlands are yellow, orange, red and white, with a gold-decorated frame and an ornate gold and red headdress. A second attendant in orange cloth with rudraksha and a long braid stands at left. Brass kalasha pots and offering vessels sit in the foreground. Appearance suggests a person performing the puja, though this is uncertain. Gold-embroidered red and orange silks drape the deity.2016-12-14December 02 20172017-12-02Photograph of a ceremony in which a seated man in a rust-orange turban and orange-brown robe, wearing red and white flower garlands and a gold pendant, receives green leaves from an attendant. Behind him a golden throne-like seat and a dark red-framed backdrop are visible. On the left, a man in white clothes with gold trim holds a gold vessel while offering leaves; another attendant in an orange garment with white forehead markings stands in the background. The seated man is shown with eyes closed and a calm smile, with a red bindi and white tilak marks. He wears a rudraksha-style bead necklace and a gold ornament, consistent with a puja or abhishekam setting. a person: the seated man in the turban, garlands and saffron-toned robe is a candidate for a person, identified by distinctive ceremonial cues rather than face.2016-01-31A photograph inside a temple shrine during a ritual. A central figure with long swept-back hair, a gold necklace and a red-and-yellow marigold garland kneels with eyes closed and white ash on the forehead and body. Behind him stand large gilded deity murti with crowns and red drapery, flanked by floral garlands in yellow, orange, red and purple. To the left a priest in an orange dhoti and rudraksha-style beads kneels and holds offerings, and another figure in white sits lower left. Devotees' heads are visible at the bottom edge. a person: the central kneeling figure matches the page's identification via long swept-back hair, gold ceremonial necklace and garland, though the appearance is only partially distinctive. Ritual with offering trays, white powder and abhishekam-style setting.2016-03-07A temple ritual inside a shrine with a golden deity murti wearing a crown and a flower garland. A man with long dark hair, a rust-red turban and an orange-brown cloth draped over his shoulder stands in front of a large decorated golden kalasha/lingam-like form, placing a garland of yellow, orange and white flowers around it. Beside him, a younger attendant in an orange cloth with long hair works near the shrine. Brass vessels, a flower-decorated altar and red and white blossoms fill the foreground, and a golden deity figure with a crown stands in the background.2016-12-14December 02 20172017-12-02A photograph of a ceremonial scene under a decorated canopy with red, green and yellow fabric fringes. A priest with a shaved head, wearing red and pink cloth with a red garland, holds a silver tray of fruit toward a small golden deity murti adorned with flower garlands. Seated on a golden throne at right is a smiling person with long dark hair, wearing a red-and-orange garment and a multicoloured flower garland, with hands pressed together in namaskar. Gold ornaments and flower decorations surround the murti.2016-04-03September 19 20172017-09-19 +1 copiesA photo of a ritual in a gold-decorated hall. On the right, a bearded man with long dark hair, a red-brown robe, tilak and a gold necklace sits on a golden ornate throne with a leopard-print cushion, holding a yellow flower-like offering over a silver bowl set on a green leaf. Beside him stands a young attendant in an orange turban and orange cloth wrapped at the waist, with rudraksha beads, white markings on the arms, reaching toward the bowl. Golden deity statues stand in the background. The setting suggests a puja or abhishekam offering.2017-09-19 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple ritual centred on a richly decorated murti of a goddess, a female deity with a gold crown, gold face mask and ornate gold and jewelled necklaces, draped in a red and gold sari and framed by dense garlands of red roses, yellow marigolds and green leaves. A man in the foreground wearing a rust-brown dhoti and draped cloth with gold bands, with a white garland and red-and-white flower garlands, smiles while offering a string of pearls or beads, a gold bracelet on his wrist, to the murti. Behind him a second man in white dhoti and white turban with folded hands bows in reverence. The background shows a colourful painted deity figure with multiple arms. The scene suggests an abhishekam or puja offering.2012-04-23 +2 copies