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A shaved-headed man in a cream kurta stands with palms pressed together at his chest, smiling toward a bearded man at right who is pointing and wearing a garland of white flowers and orange blossoms with red and gold bangles on his wrist. The shaved man has white and red forehead markings. Behind him, a woman in a blue top with gold trim and a yellow sari, and another woman in a red-and-gold garment, are partly visible, along with a man with a tilak in a bare-chested seated position. Gold jewellery and red thread bangles appear on several wrists.

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October 09 20162016-10-09October 09 20162016-10-09A photograph of a devotee kneeling close to a green leaf garland draped over a bare-shouldered figure, cupping a small orange fruit in both hands while smiling. He wears a white shirt, a dark beaded mala, a red tilak on his forehead and a wristwatch. Behind him, several men in white dhotis with gold borders and beaded malas stand, one holding a coconut-like offering. The person receiving the garland has dark ash-marked skin and is partly cropped at the right edge. A wooden box edge is visible at lower left.2017-04-23May 12 20022002-05-12 +1 copiesA photograph of a man in a cream-coloured turban and white dhoti with a bare upper torso, wearing a garland of yellow flowers with green leaves, a rudraksha mala and bead bracelets, reading a small white paper handed to him by a devotee. The turbaned man has a distinctive ceremonial presentation with a wrap and adornments, but his face and features are not clearly visible, so the identity is uncertain. Beside him, a monk in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and tilak stands closely. On the left, a man in a white shirt folds his hands in namaste toward him. Behind them, a crowd of devotees in white and light clothing fills a bright hall with a red curtain. +2 copiesCandid photograph of a smiling man with short dark hair, a rudraksha mala wound across his forehead and a bun at the back, wearing gold earrings, a red kumkum dot and a garland of white flowers over his shoulder. He is turned toward a man in a white shirt on the left, whose hands are pressed together in greeting. Several onlookers in white shirts and dhotis stand behind, and a wooden-panelled wall with a red, yellow and blue patterned column forms the background.2012-06-17 +1 copies2002 - Glimpses From Various Programs2002-01-01 +1 copiesJuly 13 20092009-07-13A shaved-headed man in white ritual cloth with a maroon border sits cross-legged before an offering tray, hands cupped together in prayer with a rudraksha mala around his neck and a red kumkum dot on his forehead. Beside him a woman in a cream sari with red border and a dark beaded mala watches with eyes lowered. Behind them a gold-carved throne stands with red and green cushions, and an orange and maroon cloth hangs in the right foreground. Silver and brass vessels hold offerings of fruit and sweets on the table.2010-11-14November 22 20152015-11-22April 04 20122012-04-04A photograph of a seated priest with a shaved head, white vibhuti lines on his forehead, gold chain and bangle, wearing white dhoti with a pink-bordered cloth, pouring or placing white paste into the cupped hands of a smiling woman in a white sari with a yellow shawl and a beaded mala. Behind them, other people in yellow shawls and white clothes stand or kneel, some with hands folded, and a man in white kurta stands in the background beside a red and white wall. Orange cloth and a red flower garland are visible.2010-08-11