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Indoor photo in a plain room with cream walls and a wooden door. On the left, a long-haired person in orange-saffron cloth with rudraksha malas and a gold necklace extends a hand, receiving a small white offering from a man in a white shirt and dhoti. Beside them, a shaved-headed elder in a saffron wrap with a gold headband and rudraksha mala sits on a chair. Standing behind, a man in white dhoti with a gold-trimmed cloth holds a small silver cup, and an older bespectacled man in white with a sacred ash mark on his forehead gestures. Others in white shirts watch. Two people sit or kneel on a plain floor mat. The people wear white ash marks on their foreheads and arms.

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May 22 20122012-05-22A photograph of an indoor room with cream walls and a wooden door. Long-haired man with white vertical tilak marks on the forehead wears an orange-red shawl with gold border and sits in a chair, smiling. Beside him a bald, bare-chested elder with rudraksha mala and gold bangle sits, wearing an orange cloth and a bead headband. A man in a white shirt bends forward placing his hand on the seated long-haired man's shoulder, palms pressed together. Behind them stand a man in glasses and white shirt, a bare-chested man in white dhoti holding a silver cup, and an older white-haired man in white shirt. No ritual fire or altar is visible.2012-05-22 +2 copiesIndoor photo in a plain cream-walled room of a man in white shirt and dhoti receiving attention from a seated figure in orange saffron robes with a rudraksha mala, a beaded headband and a white tilak on the forehead. The seated figure holds a gold kalasha-style vessel and a coconut shell, offering or pouring from it toward the man, who has his palms joined. Behind them stand a bald man in orange robes with a heavy gold necklace and a second man in white with a rudraksha mala, plus a partial figure at left in striped shirt; a partially visible orange balloon appears at top left. Visible people: five. Possible ritual offering of water or prasad; no name is printed on the image.2012-05-18February 18 20112011-02-18February 18 20112011-02-18May 09 20122012-05-09A photograph of a ritual scene indoors with a red carpet and light walls. In the foreground an elderly bare-chested man with white hair and a white beard, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border and a gold chain, bends forward and holds out his cupped hands toward a bearded man in an orange-saffron garment with a rudraksha mala. A younger man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala stands beside him holding a small round object. Behind them a standing man with a shaved head and a red tilak wears white, and several other people in white, saffron and pale shirts stand in a crowd. A man on the left wears a white dhoti with a gold border and a rudraksha mala.2016-11-16A seated saffron-robed figure with long dark hair, white tilak on forehead, a white ceremonial necklace and rudraksha malas, smiles while an elderly woman in a gold-bordered orange-gold sari with a red-beaded headpiece sits beside them, her hands together. Behind them, several men in orange robes and a man in a white shirt stand close, and a man in a salmon-pink shirt reaches forward with his hands. Walls are plain cream and a wooden door frame is visible at right; a brass bowl is held at the right edge.2012-05-22 +2 copiesMay 09 20122012-05-09A photograph of a seated man with long dark hair, bare-chested under an orange-saffron cloth with a rudraksha mala, smiling and extending his hand to a standing man in a white shirt and orange shawl. He sits on an ornate gold throne-like chair. Around them stand several men: one in orange with a gold necklace, one in a maroon shirt with a white shawl and vertical tilak, and a younger man in a peach head-wrap and orange robe with a red bindi. Blue doors and a cream wall form the background.2012-05-07 +1 copiesIndoor photograph in a whitewashed hall with barred windows and a metal-roofed ceiling. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair tied up sits on a red velvet cushion, holding fruit or offerings and facing a group. A bald man in an orange dhoti and sash, with rudraksha beads around his neck, stands at left holding a silver tray of offerings. Around them a semicircle of men in white shirts and white dhotis, some holding fruit, stands and smiles; one man at right in white with a rudraksha-style mala looks on from the foreground. A plastic water bottle sits on the floor near the seated figure.2011-01-16A photograph in an indoor hall with white walls and a ceiling fan. A central figure in saffron-orange robes, wearing a long white and red flower garland, a rudraksha-style necklace with gold pendants and a gold armlet, stands with hair tied up in a bun and a white tilak on the forehead. An elderly man in a white shirt and white dhoti bows with hands pressed together toward him, while an older man in a cream shirt smiles nearby. On the right, a bald man in an orange and gold shawl holds an orange cloth with a brass object. Several onlookers stand in the background. The appearance-based label is a person for the central saffron-robed, garlanded figure receiving the devotee's respect.2012-09-12