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A photograph of a small wedding-style ceremony indoors on a light tiled floor. A bald, older man in a white dhoti and white shirt, wearing a white jasmine garland with red roses and several bangles, leans forward and holds the hair of a seated woman in a gold-bordered saree. Beside them a man in a lilac shirt, with white vibhuti marks on his forehead, sits with white jasmine garlands. Behind, a woman in a gold saree with a small bindi and a man in white dhoti and shirt with a red-and-green bordered cloth sit with garlands. A white air conditioner unit and a tripod stand are visible at the edges.

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A photograph of a temple or ashram ritual in which a man in a white dhoti and white shirt stands bent forward, tying or fastening a red thread on the wrist of a seated devotee, whose dark hair and white garment are visible in the foreground. Both wear white jasmine garlands. Behind them, several seated devotees in colourful saris and salwar kameez, including a girl in blue and another in green and yellow, sit on a green-and-red cloth before brass and silver offerings and fruit, with a gilded altar area visible at right. Visible people number roughly six to twenty, with partially visible figures included.2013-05-12December 19 20162016-12-19December 14 20112011-12-14A wedding ceremony in a decorated hall with white drapes and hanging red heliconia flowers. A man in a white dhoti with a yellow-bordered shawl and a gold-and-white garland sits beside a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, smiling. Opposite him, a bride in a red-orange silk sari with red flower hair ornaments and a long garland is adorned by women in colourful saris. A bare-chested priest in a green silk wrap sits at left near brass pots and offerings. Standing figures in white dhotis and shawls watch from the right, and women in pink, purple and blue saris stand behind, with a few brass vessels and marigold garlands in the foreground.2013-09-16A photograph of a homa or yagna ritual on a floor, with white-clad participants seated around a low white brick fire pit. In the foreground a woman in a red and gold silk saree with a long braid and yellow flowers in her hair leans forward, receiving a garland of white jasmine and red flowers from a man in a white satin shirt who sits beside her. Behind them a woman in a pink blouse and pink saree sits, and a seated man in a white shirt is visible. Brass vessels, a ladle, a bell-metal bowl and a smoking fire are visible, with more people in white seated in the background.2006-12-26September 16 20132013-09-16July 18 20132013-07-18December 14 20112011-12-14September 16 20132013-09-16A wedding ceremony photograph. A smiling man in a white shirt and white dhoti, with a white and gold headcloth and layered flower garlands of pink and white blossoms, leans forward to place a flower-decorated item on a seated woman. She wears an orange and gold silk sari, heavy gold bangles, a gold necklace and a garland, and is seated with her head lowered. Behind them, a woman in a dark green sari with gold motifs and a gold necklace smiles, another woman in a purple and pink sari stands, and a man in white stands at left. Flower petals lie on the floor and a white curtain forms the backdrop.2013-09-16A crowded ritual gathering in an ornate hall with gold and maroon draping. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti and shawl wears a white jasmine garland and ties a red thread on a child's wrist. Beside him, an older man in an orange-gold dhoti and white garland tends another child's hair. Devotees in white, orange and red saris and kurtas sit around them, with a child in a green dress at center. Brass items and flower offerings lie on the floor. No clearly ceremonial figure in saffron, crown or rudraksha is identifiable as a person, so no identification is claimed.2013-05-12A photograph of a devotional gathering indoors beside a garlanded shrine with marigold and white flower garlands and red and yellow blooms. On the left, a bare-chested figure in orange cloth with long dark hair reaches toward a bowed woman in a white sari with a gold border, who is receiving a gold-coloured thread or chain being fastened by a man in a white shirt and white dhoti. Behind them, a smiling man in an orange garment stands with palms joined, and on the right a young man in a white shirt and white dhoti with gold border stands with hands folded in namaste. Brass lamps and a framed picture are visible on the shrine ledge.2010-02-15