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Close photograph of a woman in a white kurta tying a red and orange rakhi thread with decorative beads onto a man's bare forearm, the Raksha Bandhan gesture. The woman wears a long rudraksha mala with a gold pendant, several rings, and has long dark hair. Behind them a silver-topped staff or ceremonial rod is held by a hand in an orange-brown garment, and a teal cloth hangs in the background. The archive copyright line sits in the lower corner. No face of the man is visible.

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August 07 20172017-08-07Close photo of a woman's hands tying a rakhi thread onto a man's bare forearm. The rakhi is orange and red with a yellow heart-shaped charm and a white bead. Her dark hair is pulled back in the right foreground, and a teal garment is visible behind. The gesture marks Raksha Bandhan, the sibling-protection thread ceremony.2017-08-07August 07 20172017-08-07August 18 20162016-08-18August 07 20172017-08-07August 18 20162016-08-18August 18 20162016-08-18December 02 20162016-12-02Close photograph of a Raksha Bandhan style ritual. Several people in saffron-orange robes stand in the background, and a hand with a red thread bracelet and gold bangle receives pink and red flower petals from another hand. Multiple orange and red threads with tassels are tied on wrists, and white strands hang down in the upper area. The foreground hand is dark-skinned, and a person in a red garment with pink flowers is visible at the lower right.2017-08-07Close-up photograph of a person's outstretched right hand holding a small colourful thread bundle wrapped in red, green and blue yarn with gold-coloured ends. The wrist wears multiple rudraksha bead bracelets and gold beaded bangles. Behind the hand, a figure in a white garment and rudraksha mala is blurred, with a flower garland of white and red blossoms at the right edge and an orange-clad arm at the left. The scene suggests a puja or ritual in progress, with the background softly out of focus.2016-10-11Close-up photograph of a bare forearm and wrist wearing a dense bracelet of brown rudraksha beads interspersed with gold-coloured beads, with a thin white thread wound through it. The wearer's upper arm is draped in a brown-orange cloth with a gold sheen. The background is shallow-focus, showing blurred warm tones and a golden object at lower left.2017-07-28August 07 20172017-08-07