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Ritual scene on a stone floor at a temple. A seated priest with grey hair and beard, bare-chested and wearing an orange-and-green bordered dhoti with a red cloth over his shoulder, pours or sprinkles turmeric powder from a small dish onto the floor. Beside him a second priest in an orange cloth holds a plate of yellow and red flowers and a brass vessel with a coconut-like offering. A young man with a tied-back ponytail in an orange robe kneels and holds out his hands toward a copper pot. Other saffron-clad men sit behind them and a white-clad figure stands at the top edge. Brass lamps and a silver bowl sit in the foreground. No figure clearly matches the a person candidate cues, so the identity is not established.

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July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph of a temple puja inside a courtyard with orange-and-red walls. A grey-bearded priest in an orange robe with a red shawl and rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on the floor, holding a flower and offering. Opposite him, a younger man in an orange sleeveless robe reaches toward a flower-covered plate. Brass pots, a kalasha-style copper vessel, a small lamp, yellow and red flower garlands, and a plate with fruit and a lemon stand on the floor. Other devotees in orange and white sit nearby, and a standing man in white dhoti and shawl is in the background, with a plant and a red-draped seat at right.2010-07-21A photograph of a seated puja or abhishekam ritual in an orange-walled hall. In the foreground a seated man in orange robes with a red shawl and rudraksha mala sits cross-legged, holding small offerings, while a priest in orange at left tends a brass vessel. A young man in orange sleeveless robes sits at right, reaching toward a plate with a kalasha-like vessel and a yellow lemon. Brass pots, a kettle, marigold and rose petals on a plate, a coconut, fruit and a brass lamp stand lie on the floor. Behind, a man in white dhoti and orange-bordered shawl stands and others in orange sit near potted plants.2010-07-21A temple ritual photograph in which a priest in orange dhoti and shawl kneels at left, offering a brass plate of yellow and red marigold and rose petals. Beside him a bearded man with bare chest, rudraksha mala and orange cloth sits cross-legged, holding a small offering. Several seated devotees in orange and saffron robes and white clothes watch, some with folded hands. Brass vessels, a copper pot, kumkum bowls, a plate of fruit and a small tray lie on the stone floor, with a green cloth and a pillar at left.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A seated puja scene on a stone floor with several priests in orange and saffron robes. A bare-chested older man with a grey beard and a dark rudraksha mala sits at left, wearing an orange dhoti with a red and gold-bordered shawl, performing a ritual gesture with his hands. A younger man in an orange robe at right reaches toward a copper vessel and brass lota on a tray. Surrounding them are brass plates of yellow and red flower petals, marigold garlands, a coconut, sliced fruit, kumkum and turmeric, a brass kalasha and a brass bell. A gilded wooden stand stands at left edge. Two more orange-robed people are partly visible at the top and right edges.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21