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Night-time outdoor scene on a sandy open ground lit by street lamps and coloured lights. Two men in saffron-orange dhoti-style wraps stand with their backs to the camera. The man on the right, with long dreadlocked hair and rudraksha beads on his arms and waist, holds up a garland of red, yellow and green flowers over a metal tray or plate. The man on the left, with his hair wound up in a topknot and a shawl over his shoulder, holds a tall silver staff and faces him. A third person in orange is partly visible at the right edge. Ritual offering.

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March 02 20182018-03-02Outdoor night ritual at a temple-like enclosure with white ash-like mounds and a red wall behind. A man in a rust-red dhoti and shawl with a gold necklace and long hair stands at centre, hands extended toward an offering. Beside him, a young man in saffron cloth with rudraksha mala and tilak holds a brass tray of pink and white flower petals, while another in saffron holds a golden kalasha-like vessel with flowers and leaves. At left, a man in white dhoti with gold border and bare upper body wears sandalwood markings, and at right a young man in saffron with long hair and tilak stands near a tall ceremonial staff topped with a cloth canopy. Five people visible in a ritual offering scene.2017-11-15October 19 20172017-10-19January 06 20182018-01-06February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesNovember 15 20172017-11-15Outdoor evening ritual under a striped canopy with a gold pole. A man with long dark hair and a short beard, wearing a rust-red dhoti and shawl with gold trim and a gold necklace, stands at right holding a bunch of yellow and white flowers wrapped in a gold cloth, and extends his hand toward a bare-chested man at center in an orange dhoti, a rudraksha mala, and a white horizontal tilak who holds a plate of pink and white flower petals. A bare-backed man in a red dhoti and shawl with white ash markings on his back faces them from left, with another man in the background. White salt or stone heaps line the ground behind them.2017-11-15Night-time photograph of a ceremony at an outdoor pavilion lit by strings of coloured lights. On the right, a bare-chested man with long dark braided hair, a white flower garland with pink, yellow and red blossoms, a red-orange cloth over his shoulder, a gold armlet and gold earrings, stands with eyes lowered. Beside him a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a gold border and a brown shawl with an orange pendant stands facing forward, with a third man in white behind. Offerings and brass or gold ceremonial items sit on a tray at the right edge. Appearance-based candidate: a person, the long-haired man with garland and red-orange cloth, as the page indicates his presence; identity uncertain from the photograph alone.2017-05-26March 02 20182018-03-02Outdoor night scene on a paved courtyard under a corrugated roof, with a tall golden pole in the centre. Four men in saffron and maroon sacred cloths stand in a line. The man on the far right, wearing a maroon dhoti, gold necklaces, a gold waist belt and armlets, gestures with his open right hand toward the others. The man on the left, bare-chested with white ash markings and a rudraksha-style mala, holds a tray of colourful flower garlands. The second and third men carry offerings: one holds a purple and gold cloth bundle with flowers, the other a tray of flowers and leaves. A bright floodlight glows at upper right.2017-09-05Night-time photograph of an outdoor aarti ritual beside a decorated shrine with yellow marigold garlands and a dark stone deity murti. A young priest in orange-red cloth with a bare upper body, rudraksha mala and sandalwood tilak holds a flaming oil lamp (aarti) toward the viewer. A second priest with white tilak, a rudraksha mala and a bangle holds a silver plate of flowers and offerings. A man on the right wears a brown turban, long dark hair, a pink and white flower garland, a rudraksha mala and a gold armband. Colourful rangoli is on the ground and a wooden sign stands in the background.2017-11-11A night-time ritual photograph at an outdoor temple space. In the foreground, a figure in an orange saffron robe with a long rudraksha mala bows forward while a woman in a red-and-gold sari with a gold necklace and a bun in her hair applies a mark with her hand and holds a metal plate. Behind them, several men in red-and-gold dhotis and rudraksha malas stand, one with white tilak markings on his forehead and arms. A lit shrine with a deity murti glows in the background, with a kalasha and red-and-white steps nearby. Their sides are not clearly defined. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam; no a person identity is asserted from appearance alone.2014-11-20