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A seated man in a brown ochre robe and a pink-and-white flower garland sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne, raising one hand toward a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and white thread across his back, who stands with his back to the camera. A third person at the left edge holds up a blank white card and wears a rudraksha bracelet. The seated man wears a gold pendant necklace and a red-thread wrist band, and has white tilak markings on his forehead. The setting suggests a ritual or initiation ceremony.

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May 10 20182018-05-10 +1 copiesA seated man on a gold-and-red throne receives a namaskar gesture from a bare-backed devotee in front of him. The seated man wears a pink and white flower garland, a rust-brown dhoti-style cloth, a gold chain, a white vertical tilak on the forehead with a red bindi, and several rudraksha bead bracelets. The bare-backed devotee, whose hair is tied in a bun, wears a rudraksha mala and a small white name tag, and has white ash markings on the arms. A second person in an orange garment stands at the right edge, and a hand holding a blank white card appears at the left. Behind them is a wooden carved panel and a white wall.2018-05-10 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated man with short-cropped hair? No—a bearded man with swept-back dark hair, smiling with eyes closed, wearing a white horizontal forehead mark with a dark red bindi, a gold chain, white and pink flower garland, and a leopard-patterned or brown garment over bare shoulders. Behind him is an ornate gold-and-red throne. An older bare-chested priest with short white hair and a red-and-white rudraksha mala stands at right, placing his hand on the seated man's head while white paste marks streak his arm and back.2018-05-10 +1 copiesAugust 01 20142014-08-01May 10 20182018-05-10A seated man in white clothes with an orange-and-white shawl bows his head while a bare-chested bearded figure in saffron-orange cloth and a pink-and-white flower garland presses a hand on his head and holds a small white paper. A devotee behind wears a white robe with an orange-and-gold shawl and a rudraksha mala, and another person in white stands nearby. Red-and-orange clothed figures and a golden object appear in the background.2016-10-11December 12 20162016-12-12March 03 20172017-03-03A seated man in a maroon-red robe with a leopard-print shawl sits on an ornate gold throne with a carved, studded backrest. He wears a long garland of pink flowers, a gold necklace and gold bangles, a white tilak with a red dot on his forehead, and his eyes are closed in meditation. A second man, seen from behind with dark hair in a topknot, bare-backed and marked with white and red paint, holds a silver bowl with offerings to the seated man. Wooden carved panels form the background. The seated man's clothing, bearing, throne and garlands are consistent with the a person cues, so the identity is tentatively labelled a person in this ceremonial setting.2018-05-10 +1 copiesApril 04 20172017-04-04December 27 20152015-12-27March 14 20172017-03-14