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Two seated men chant from an open green-covered book in a temple-style hall. The foreground man in front wears an orange-saffron robe, a thick rudraksha mala, a small hoop earring and white horizontal tilak and arm markings, and his eyes are lowered as he chants. Behind him a man in a white dhoti with a dark rudraksha mala and white tilak raises his hand in anjali mudra while chanting. Behind them a painted deity murti with orange and green garments and gold anklets stands on a pedestal, with a gold lamp stand at left.

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Two shaven-headed men in saffron-orange robes with orange shawls sit side by side at a microphone during a ritual. Both have white sacred ash marks on their foreheads and arms. The man on the left wears a rudraksha mala and a gold bangle-like band on his wrist and is looking down, while the man on the right has his eyes closed and appears to be chanting. A tall polished brass oil lamp with a lit flame stands at right, and a large painted deity figure with a golden dhoti or sash fills the background above pink and yellow painted decorations.2013-03-26Two men sit cross-legged on a raised platform before a microphone stand in a temple hall with pastel blue, pink and yellow walls and a painted deity figure in the background. The man on the left wears white dhoti and shawl with gold borders, a rudraksha mala around his neck and a rudraksha bracelet, with tripundra on his forehead, eyes lowered and hands folded. The man on the right wears an orange-red robe and orange shawl, a rudraksha mala, and tripundra, reading from a sheet of paper. A brass oil lamp burns to the right. No distinctive appearance cues establish either man as the a person, so identity is uncertain.2013-04-30October 30 20132013-10-30February 25 20132013-02-25November 01 20132013-11-01March 26 20132013-03-26A seated ritual scene in a temple hall with pink, yellow and blue painted walls and a golden deity figure behind. A man in white ceremonial dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala around his neck sits at a microphone with palms pressed together in namaskar, eyes lowered. Beside him a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robe and an orange shawl holds a paper and reads at a second microphone. Brass oil lamps stand in the background and at right. Visible sacred-thread-like beads and a bangle on the arm complete the scene.2013-04-30June 06 20142014-06-06Two priests in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl sit cross-legged on a tiled floor performing a puja. Both wear rudraksha malas, white sandalwood-paste markings on their arms and forehead with red kumkum dots, and red-orange bangles. The priest on the left holds a small spoon over brass vessels and a tray of flowers, eyes lowered. The priest on the right, wearing a wristwatch, presses his hands together over a brass kalasha-type vessel and oil lamps on an orange cloth. Brass plates hold flowers, offerings and a lamp. Other people in white sit in the background, out of focus. No clear a person candidate is visible.2013-09-28Photograph of a seated ritual gathering in a hall with red and cream walls. Three men in front wear saffron-orange cloth and rudraksha malas, with white ash horizontal markings on their foreheads and arms. They sit cross-legged on a red mat, one with hands folded, behind a low table holding brass lamps, a kalasha-style brass vessel, flower petals, a conch shell and offering bowls. Behind them, seated devotees in white clothing and a man in a red shawl watch the ritual, with a woman in a white shirt at right.2013-10-09June 25 20132013-06-25November 06 20132013-11-06