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A photograph of a seated figure with long dark hair in a bun, wearing a red-brown garment with gold border and a leopard-print cloth, adorned with white and yellow flower garlands, gold-coloured bangles and beaded bracelets. The figure smiles and offers a yellow banana to a man in a white kurta with a blue lanyard who kneels and receives it with folded hands. Behind them a golden deity murti, possibly a ganesha form, sits on a purple draped platform with flower garlands. A woman in white with an orange shawl and beaded mala stands in the background, and a man in saffron clothing with a rudraksha mala stands near the altar. Red carpet covers the floor. The scene suggests a ritual offering or darshan setting.

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April 27 20142014-04-27A seated, smiling figure in a rust-red wrap with a white and multicolour flower garland and a leopard-print cloth at the waist receives offerings from a kneeling man in a white striped shirt with a blue lanyard, who holds bananas. Behind them, a woman in an orange sari and rudraksha mala stands with hands extended, and a woman in a pink and white kurta holds her palms together in namaskar, with a woman in a purple sari beside her. The setting is a plain room with red cushions and a deep red curtain. The seated figure shows long swept-back hair and a gold earring with a rudraksha bracelet, matching the a person presentation cues, while the kneeling man is a devotee.2014-04-27December 23 20162016-12-23A seated man in an orange-red turban and saffron robes with a gold-embellished border sits on an ornate gold throne, wearing layered beaded necklaces and a large gold pendant. He reaches forward with his right hand, smiling, to accept a small object from a kneeling man in a white shirt who leans in with cupped hands. Beside the throne a bald man with vertical orange tilak on his forehead, wearing glasses and orange robes with a gold necklace, sits attentively. Behind them stand gold lamps, a gold pillar and a red backdrop; a person in white with a red-beaded mala is partly visible at the right edge.2015-08-07 +1 copiesMay 31 20142014-05-31A seated figure with a bare-shouldered maroon wrap, leopard-print cloth, a white flower garland with blue and yellow beads, rudraksha malas and white vibhuti on the forehead hands a small yellow item to a kneeling man in a white shirt at lower right. Behind them a woman in an orange sari with a long rudraksha mala stands with arm extended, and several women in saris and salwar, including one in a purple sari and one in white with a green-and-red border holding a paper, watch from the background.2014-04-27October 22 20152015-10-22 +1 copiesSeptember 22 20172017-09-22 +1 copiesA seated man in saffron-red robes, with a white vertical tilak on his forehead, a white and orange flower garland and a dark rudraksha mala with gold-toned beads, sits on a red zebra-patterned cushioned seat before an ornate gold throne backrest. He rests his right hand on the head of a young boy in a white shirt who kneels before him holding a folded paper. A woman in a white sari with a rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark sits to the right. Behind them are red wooden latticed screens and a wall-mounted fan. The scene resembles a blessing or darshan. The seated man is an appearance-based a person, identified by long swept-back hair, saffron robes, rudraksha beads and ceremonial gold-toned adornments.2014-09-21November 02 20132013-11-02February 14 20142014-02-14A seated person in a rust-red and gold-bordered garment with a leopard-print cloth at the waist places a hand on the head of a kneeling man in a white shirt with a blue lanyard and glasses. The seated figure wears layered garlands of white jasmine and yellow and red flowers, rudraksha-style beaded bangles and a bead necklace, and a white vibhuti mark on the forehead. Behind them, a woman in a white dress with a rudraksha mala stands near a gold horse figure draped in purple cloth and flower garlands, while onlookers in orange and white saris and a small child watch. The setting appears to be a blessing or darshan moment in an indoor hall.2014-04-13