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A shaved-headed man in orange ochre robes with a gold border sits cross-legged on a low red-cushioned seat before a shrine. He wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and head, gold earrings and a gold necklace, with white ash markings on his arms, chest and forehead. He is washing his hands from a brass vessel on a metal table, while an attendant in white on the left holds a white cloth. Behind him stand a golden shrine with pink flower garlands, brass lamps, and offerings on a stone ledge. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam preparation.

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A bald, bare-chested man with a red rudraksha mala across his head and gold necklaces sits cross-legged, leaning forward over a brass tray and pouring or offering from a small silver vessel. He wears an orange dhoti with gold borders and has white sacred ash marks on his arms and forehead. Behind him stands an altar with a golden deity murti, a brass oil lamp, a pink flower garland, green leaves and a plate of flowers. A white cloth is held at the left edge. The setting appears to be a temple shrine during a puja ritual.2012-05-12May 08 20122012-05-08May 10 20122012-05-10A shaved-headed priest sits cross-legged on an orange cloth in a temple shrine, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti with gold border, a rudraksha mala across his head and a gold ornament at his shoulder. He bends over a brass tray of liquid, with white ash marks on his arms and forehead. Behind him stands a gilded shrine canopy with a Nataraja image, pink flower petals piled on a table and lit string lights framing the niche.2012-05-08May 11 20122012-05-11May 08 20122012-05-08May 11 20122012-05-11May 12 20122012-05-12May 10 20122012-05-10May 08 20122012-05-08 +1 copiesA bald, bare-chested man in an orange-red dhoti sits cross-legged and pours water from a silver kalasha-style vessel over a brass tray during a puja. He wears a red rudraksha mala on his head, a long rudraksha mala around his neck, a gold necklace, a gold bangle and white ash markings on his forehead, arms and chest. Behind him is a gold-toned shrine with a deity murti, pink and red flower offerings, a small silver vessel and a lit oil lamp. A white cloth hangs at the right edge.2012-05-11May 11 20122012-05-11