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Outdoor ritual at a Bengaluru Aadheenam naming ceremony: two priests sit on the floor before a gold-framed throne-like seat decorated with yellow and white flower garlands and a central kalasha draped with a purple cloth. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and a shaved-headed priest in white with a yellow-bordered cloth sit on mats. The seated figure on the right pours or offers from a vessel while another priest on the left presses palms together in prayer. Brass lamps, a silver tray, a silver box, and offerings of fruit and coconut-like items surround the altar. Red and white striped walls and a red flag frame the background, with trees beyond.

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Outdoor ritual scene at a red-and-white striped temple-style platform with a red flag at left. Three priests in white dhotis sit on mats around a silver peetha bearing a gold ornate throne-like seat hung with yellow marigold garlands. Offerings of flowers, fruit, coconuts, a kalasha-style pot and oil lamps are arranged before it. A priest at left with bare chest and hair in a knot joins palms in prayer; the seated priest at right, bare-chested with a rudraksha-style mala, holds a ritual object. Possibly abhishekam or puja. Three physical people visible.2017-04-17April 17 20172017-04-17Outdoor temple ritual on a red-and-white striped stepped platform. Two priests in bare-chested white dhotis sit before a golden peetha-style altar decorated with yellow and white flower garlands and a brass kalasha with flowers. The seated priest on the right, wearing glasses and a rudraksha mala, offers a flower or item over the altar, while a second priest on the left holds his hands together in prayer. A woman in a white sari with a pink flower in her hair sits in the foreground near a silver tray of offerings, lamps and marigolds. A canopy and a shrine with a deity murti are visible in the background.2017-04-17A photograph of a Hindu ritual performed on a paved courtyard floor beside a golden shrine-like structure with a gilded pedestal, garlanded with yellow and white flowers. Three priests and a participant sit around a spread of offerings on banana leaves: coconuts with white flower garlands, bananas, grains, pink-and-white flower bunches, a small brass lamp and a copper vessel with pink cloth wrapped around a kalasha pot. The bare-chested priest on the left, wearing a rudraksha mala, orange shawl and white dhoti, holds a small cup and gestures over the offerings. Another priest in white dhoti and a checked cloth sits at the top right with a brass lamp. A woman in a pink-flowered garland and white garment at the lower right places offerings. Coloured mats and a bowl of white and purple flowers are in the foreground.2017-04-17April 17 20172017-04-17A ritual puja scene on a stone platform before a golden deity murti with a golden canopy and flower garlands. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with orange border sits cross-legged at left, holding a small spoon over a silver vessel and offerings. A second bare-chested priest in white dhoti and checked cloth stands at right near a brass lamp. Another bare-chested person with hair in a bun sits at lower right, wearing a flower garland and a sacred thread. Banana bunches, coconuts, rice, marigolds, leaves, and a brass kalasha with a yellow-and-pink cloth sit on the platform. A woman in a green blouse and orange sari sits behind at right.2017-04-17Outdoor ritual scene at a temple with red-and-white striped steps. Three seated men in ritual white clothing perform a puja before an ornate golden altar decorated with marigold and jasmine garlands, fruit, flowers, and a central kalasha or offering vessel with a pink cloth. The man on the left with bare upper body and orange shawl has palms pressed together in prayer, another shaved-headed man sits to the right with rudraksha mala, and a third man with bare back wears a sacred thread. Offerings of bananas, sweets and fruit sit on a tray in front, and a deity shrine with a red canopy stands in the background under a tent-like structure.2017-04-17Outdoor ritual puja at a shrine platform with red-and-white striped steps behind. A golden deity murti stands in an arch, garlanded with yellow and orange flowers. In front, a kalasha pot wrapped in pink cloth and garlanded sits on a silver peetha over banana leaves. Three priests sit on the ground around offerings of coconuts, bananas, rice, betel and flowers. The priest on the left, bare-chested with a topknot and a red thread, wears an orange cloth and reaches toward the offerings. The seated priest at top right, bare-chested with glasses and a striped shawl, holds a plate. A woman in a pink sari with a flower garland sits at right near a bundle of purple flowers. A brass oil lamp and kumkum-filled bowls are visible.2017-04-17April 17 20172017-04-17April 17 20172017-04-17April 17 20172017-04-17April 17 20172017-04-17