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A shaved-headed young priest sits cross-legged in a white dhoti and white upper cloth with gold borders, hands folded in anjali before his face. He wears a long gold-bead mala with a gold pendant and gold bangles. In front of him is a silver bowl, a silver vessel, a small silver stand with a microphone, a pile of firewood, and incense sticks burning. Behind him, musicians play a flute and a drum in a leafy garden courtyard, while other seated people in white watch quietly.

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October 29 20112011-10-29 +1 copiesA shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl sits cross-legged beside a fire pit, holding a handheld bell and a lit oil lamp on a long silver-stand. He wears a heavy gold necklace with a pendant and a bangle on his wrist, with a white vertical forehead mark. Brass bowls with yellow flower petals and a bundle of dried sticks sit on a stone ledge in front of him, with smoke rising from the fire. Behind him, a red and white striped wall and green plants frame the outdoor ritual, while seated men in the background watch.2011-12-17A shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti and white shawl with gold border sits cross-legged at a stone altar, wearing a long gold bead necklace and bangles, with white vertical tilak marks on his forehead. He picks up yellow marigold petals from a silver plate and places them with his fingers. A microphone stands beside him, a silver vessel and small silver pot sit on the altar, and another man in white and a seated man in dark clothing are visible in the background among green plants.2011-12-17December 31 20112011-12-31December 17 20112011-12-17September 10 20112011-09-10Four men sit in a row with palms pressed together in namaskar and eyes closed, in a devotional gathering. The foreground man on the left is bald, wears thin round glasses and a rudraksha mala, and is wrapped in white cloth with maroon borders. The next man has white tripundra markings on his forehead and arms and wears white cloth. Two younger men further right also wear white garments with maroon edging and fold their hands. At the right edge, a figure in saffron-orange robes sits partly visible. Bronze and brass vessels sit in the lower foreground near bare feet.2011-09-25December 01 20112011-12-01A photograph of a homa fire pit, a square white-tiled pit with a dark opening, at an outdoor ritual. A shaved-headed young priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders, wearing a gold pendant on a beaded necklace and bangles, sits with palms pressed together in prayer. Beside him, another priest in white with gold-bordered cloth and glasses sits near a microphone stand. A woman in a white sari with coloured borders stands with hands folded at the back. Brass plates hold turmeric, fruit, flowers and a silver vessel; a brass bowl and a silver container sit at the pit edge.2011-12-31A priest in white dhoti and shawl with a heavy gold beaded necklace and gold pendant sits cross-legged before a square fire pit for a homa. He holds a small brass lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a handbell in the other, with a microphone on a stand beside him. Brass bowls of offerings, fruit and flowers lie on an orange cloth; two seated people in white are blurred in the background.2011-12-31Several men in plain white ritual clothes sit on a floor mat with their palms pressed together in namaskar, eyes closed, in a devotional gathering. The central figure is shaved-headed and wears thin-rimmed glasses, a rudraksha mala, a gold bangle and a white upper cloth with gold-coloured edges. Others beside him have white vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads and arms. Behind them a red wall and a man in a pale green kurta sit in the background. No one visible is distinctively identifiable as a person by appearance cues, so the presence of a person candidate is unsure. The setting suggests a pada puja or satsang moment.2011-11-04May 03 20122012-05-03