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A man in saffron-orange cloth wrapped around his waist and shoulders, with a rudraksha mala across his bare chest, sprinkles water from a bundle of green leaves held in his raised right hand. In his left hand he holds a white metal-topped pot with a netted cover decorated with orange flowers. Water spray fills the air in front of a dark cabinet in a pink-walled room with a doorway and a window at left. He has a visible tilak on his forehead.

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July 28 20172017-07-28 +1 copiesJuly 28 20172017-07-28July 28 20172017-07-28July 28 20172017-07-28July 28 20172017-07-28A young man with curly dark hair, bare-chested and wearing a saffron-orange dhoti-style wrap with a beaded rudraksha-style necklace, stands with his back to the camera and raises a green mango-leaf bundle above a white woven pot in his other hand, sprinkling water in a purification rite. Water droplets spray through the air in front of a long red drape. Seated devotees in white and a few in orange wrap sit on the floor before him, including a shaved-headed child in the foreground and a bare-chested man at right. Golden railings and a stage edge frame the lower left.2017-04-03A photograph of a ritual scene in a plain pink-walled room with a dark wooden doorway. In the foreground a bare-chested young man in orange saffron cloth wrapped at the waist and draped over the shoulder holds a silver pot in one hand and sprinkles water with a green leafy sprig in the other, while a bead necklace hangs at his chest. Behind him, two more young men in orange cloth stand at a low table with brass and metal vessels. Another young man in orange is partly visible at the right edge. A woman in a cream top with a white shawl sits on a chair at the right, smiling and holding her hands together in greeting, with a brass object at the far right edge. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam-style blessing with water.2017-07-28 +1 copiesA photograph of a shaved-headed... no wait, correction: a man with short dark hair and a trimmed beard stands at right, bare-chested under a saffron-and-cream patterned shawl, wearing a long gold bead necklace and white horizontal tilak marks on his forehead. He holds a bunch of green mango leaves aloft in his right hand, sprinkling water from a silver kalasha pot held in his left hand, as water droplets fly through the air. Two people with their backs to the camera sit in the foreground at left, one with a balding head and one with curly dark hair and a white-marked upper back, receiving the sprinkling. A deep red curtain forms the background. The rite resembles a purification abhishekam or sprinkling blessing, with the water-sprinkling leaves and pot clearly visible.2017-04-26February 26 20172017-02-26A photograph of several young men in saffron-orange dhoti-style cloths with bare upper bodies and rudraksha necklaces performing a ritual in a pink-walled room. The foreground figure raises a leafy green bough or mango-leaf bunch overhead while water sprays from it, and a silver vessel is tucked at his waist. Behind him, two more attendants in orange stand near a dark wooden doorway, one holding a tall gold ceremonial staff or chamara-like pole. A small silver bell-shaped lamp stand and brass items rest on a low table. A seated woman in cream clothing, partly visible at the right edge, watches. This appears to be an abhishekam-style sprinkling ritual.2017-07-28 +1 copiesJuly 28 20172017-07-28 +1 copiesA photograph of a bare-chested priest in an orange-and-gold patterned shawl and a long gold bead necklace, with white sacred ash bands on his forehead, sprinkling water from a bunch of green mango leaves held in his raised right hand. Beside him stands a silver kalasha pot. In the foreground, the shaven heads of seated participants are visible, one bare-shouldered and wearing a beaded necklace. A deep red curtain forms the backdrop. The scene suggests an abhishekam-style blessing ritual being performed for devotees.2017-04-26