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A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and white upper cloth sits cross-legged on a green mat, chanting from an open book held on his lap beside a microphone on a stand. He wears a gold necklace and gold armbands, with white sacred ash markings on his forehead and arms. Behind him, several men in white and saffron-orange robes sit on a raised white-draped platform under stage lights. Gilded ritual vessels and a silver kalasha-style pot sit near him, with gold-coloured offerings stacked at the right edge of the frame. Appearance does not clearly match the page's claim of a person, so the identity is uncertain and he is described by role as a priest chanting during a ritual.

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November 10 20112011-11-10Outdoor evening ritual at night with lamps glowing. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and white upper cloth, with a white horizontal forehead mark and a heavy gold bead necklace with a gold pendant, sits cross-legged on a green mat and speaks into a microphone while holding an open book. Gold-bordered arm bands are on his arms. Before him are stacked yellow-dyed bricks, a row of white pieces (possibly cloth or shell-like objects), a silver vessel and a small brass lamp. Behind him, two young men in dark red-and-gold shawls sit on the mat, and older men in striped and light shirts stand behind a white backdrop with orange and yellow bunting strung overhead.2011-12-20November 10 20112011-11-10December 20 20112011-12-20October 02 20112011-10-02A photograph at an evening outdoor event shows a shaved-headed man in white ritual cloth draped over one shoulder, seated cross-legged on green cloth in front of a microphone on a stand. He wears a heavy necklace of gold beads and gold bangles on his upper arm, and his mouth is open as if chanting or speaking. A silver metal pot stands behind the mic, with a white backdrop and strings of lights behind him, and a person in orange clothing is partly visible in the background. Because the appearance cues are limited to white clothing and a shaved head, identity is uncertain and he is described by role as a seated ritual speaker.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A man seated in profile at a microphone on a stand, speaking or chanting. He wears a white dhoti-style cloth draped over one shoulder, a heavy gold bead necklace, a gold bangle on his wrist, and white horizontal sacred ash marks on his arm and shoulder. A open book or papers lie before him. Behind him, blurred figures in white clothes and orange-and-red garments stand against a green-and-gold bordered stage backdrop.2011-11-10December 20 20112011-12-20April 30 20122012-04-30December 20 20112011-12-20