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Night-time temple ritual photograph under a dark roof with string lights in the background. A bearded man with short grey hair, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with a patterned border, holds a tiered silver vessel with both hands while a silver tray with flowers sits beside it. He wears a rudraksha mala, a pearl necklace and a pendant, with white sacred ash marks on his arms and a red bindi on his forehead. A person in grey bends forward at the lower right edge, and a few other devotees are blurred behind him.

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A bare-chested priest with short grey hair, rimmed glasses and a trimmed beard stands in white dhoti with a patterned beige shawl, rudraksha and bead malas, and a tilak on his forehead. He tilts a silver kalasha over the bowed head of a person in a grey top, performing a ritual blessing with a silver tray of flowers and leaves beside him. Coloured string lights and a dim hall fill the background, and a gilded deity figure stands at the left edge.2017-01-08January 08 20172017-01-08January 08 20172017-01-08A photograph, rotated sideways, of a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a golden border, wearing a rudraksha mala and a long silver-beaded necklace, and silver bangles on his wrist. He holds a glass jar of colourful offerings and a silver plate with flowers at a night ritual, with a second man in a grey shirt partly visible at the left edge. Strings of multicoloured lights and a dark backdrop fill the background.2017-01-08Photograph taken at night under a golden canopy with string lights in green, orange and red. A bare-chested man with grey-streaked hair, a short beard and spectacles stands holding a silver ritual vessel with a green leaf, wearing a white dhoti, a rudraksha mala and white and beige necklaces, with white sacred ash marks on his arms and chest. In the foreground, a person with dark hair and a brown garment is partly visible, and another person in white is at the lower left edge. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam offering in progress.2017-01-08Photo, rotated sideways, of an evening ritual at night with coloured string lights. A bare-chested man with grey hair and glasses, wearing a rudraksha mala and a white sacred thread, bends forward and pours or offers from a silver vessel onto a figure in front of him. A second person with long dreadlocks and a striped white garment sits at the lower left. Golden ornamental carving is visible at the bottom and a large white light stands at the right beside a grille. a person cues are not sufficiently distinctive here, so the man is described by role as a ritual participant.2017-01-08A photograph of a shirtless man with short grey hair, a grey-streaked beard and rimless glasses, standing beside a large gilded figure at an evening ritual. He wears a white dhoti, a red vibhuti or kumkum mark on his forehead, rudraksha and crystal malas, and white sacred-ash marks on his arms and shoulders. He holds a polished silver kalasha-type vessel on a silver tray with a green leaf, while two people with dark hair in the foreground face away from the camera. Coloured lights are strung behind him.2017-01-08A bare-chested temple priest with short grey hair, a grey beard and clear-framed glasses stands beside a large gold deity murti at night. He holds a tiered silver kalasha vessel in one hand and a silver tray of white flowers in the other, with a rudraksha mala and white sacred-thread cord across his chest and white ash markings on his shoulders and arms. Two women with dark hair, one in a brown top, stand in the foreground, partly obscuring the view. Multicoloured string lights glow in the background under a corrugated roof.2017-01-08January 08 20172017-01-08January 08 20172017-01-08A photo of a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti pouring liquid from a silver kalasha-style vessel into a silver bowl during a ritual at night. He wears wire-rimmed glasses, a red tilak on his forehead, rudraksha and bead malas, a silver pendant, and white sacred ash markings on his shoulders and arms. Beside him at left is a large gold-coloured deity or pillar form. Two people in the foreground with their backs to the camera, one in pink, face the priest. Coloured string lights hang in the background under a tin roof. The man shows no distinctive a person cues such as long swept-back hair, crown, saffron robes or ceremonial gold necklaces, so no a person identification is made.2017-01-08A photograph, rotated sideways, of a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a grey-streaked beard and glasses standing at night before a golden shrine, holding a silver vessel to his chest. He wears a rudraksha mala, ash markings on his arms and chest, and bracelets. Blurred foreground figures in pink and cream clothing partly frame the scene, with multicoloured string lights behind.2017-01-08