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A photograph of a ritual at an open-sided pavilion with a corrugated orange ceiling and green metal beams. A man with long, dark, swept-back hair wears saffron-orange robes and a white-and-red flower garland; he holds a large metal tray with both hands while a woman in a white sari with a gold border works at a steel bowl beside him, and a seated elderly woman in white presses her palms together. A man in a white head wrap stands at the right edge. Steel bowls and vessels sit on a stone ledge. Appearance-based label: a person, the saffron-robed man with long hair and garland, offering a tray in a Maheshwara Puja setting.

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October 12 20062006-10-12A photograph of a ritual at a covered open-sided hall with orange-tinted roof panels and green metal beams. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a gold border leans forward, spooning white substance from a steel vessel onto a large steel plate. Beside her a man in an orange wrap, with shoulder-length dark hair and a garland of red roses and white flowers, smiles while holding the plate. Behind them other women in white stand, one with palms pressed together in prayer, and a girl in white with a rudraksha mala looks on at left. Steel pots and bowls sit on the ground.2006-10-12October 12 20062006-10-12October 12 20062006-10-12A photograph in an open-sided pavilion at Aadi Kailaasa, Bidadi. A seated man in an orange-saffron robe and white shawl, with a long swept-back hairstyle and a red and white flower garland, holds a plate of food toward a woman kneeling before him. The woman wears a white blouse, a red-and-white checked sari and a dark pendant necklace, with a flower garland laid on the ground beside her. A banana leaf with small food portions sits on a wooden tray in front. Behind them, people in white clothes stand and sit, and a large portrait of a young man in a white turban hangs on the wall. Steel vessels are on a concrete ledge. Appearance-based a person cues: long swept-back hair, saffron robe and red-and-white garland, seated as the one receiving the offering.2006-10-12October 12 20062006-10-12October 12 20062006-10-12October 12 20062006-10-12October 12 20062006-10-12A seated man in orange robes and a red-and-white flower garland sits on a mat in an open-sided pavilion, eating from a steel plate of food on a banana leaf while a woman in a white sari with gold border and an orange shawl kneels and offers him food with her hand. Behind them, people in white clothes stand watching, a cameraman films, and steel pots and flower garlands sit on a table. A photographic portrait of a man in a white turban is printed on the wall at right. Probable Swamiji (probable) with long hair and an orange robe, seated as the recipient of the Maheshwara Puja offering.2006-10-12October 12 20062006-10-12Maheshwara Puja at an open-sided pavilion with a thatched roof. A bare-chested man in saffron-orange cloth with fresh white and red flower garlands sits on the right, holding a steel plate of cooked rice and food offerings toward an elderly woman in orange sari who stands on the left with her hands folded. Beside him a woman in white sari and a younger woman in grey-and-white dress kneel and receive food from the plate. Behind them devotees in white dhotis and cream kurtas stand among steel vessels and a flower-decorated altar. A banana leaf with rice and offerings lies on the floor in front. The scene is a devotional food offering to a sannyasi.2006-10-12