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A photograph of a ritual at a temple-like setting with a striped woven mat on the floor. Two men in saffron-orange dhoti and clothing sit and kneel at a wooden fire-making or havan setup with a wooden rod and cord. The seated man wears a black head wrap, rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and bangles and has a bare upper body. The kneeling man has a bare chest with white painted markings on his arm and chest and an orange cloth. Silver pots, a silver kalasha-like vessel set on a silver stand, and a tall silver staff stand in front of them. Behind them are rows of dark stone deity murtis and figures draped in marigold garlands, with white and saffron cloth, and a teal-green cloth hanging on the wall.

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A temple ritual inside a shrine hall with a dark stone deity murti visible behind. A man with a tall dark hair bun and a red-brown cloth sits on a red seat, holding a small tool near a wooden stand. A bare-chested man in orange-brown cloth kneels at his right, his hands on the wooden object. Silver kalasha pots and a silver vessel stand on a low table in front, and the floor is covered with a striped woven mat. Multiple dark stone murtis wrapped in yellow marigold garlands line the back wall, with a teal draped figure above.2018-03-03January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31March 03 20182018-03-03A photograph of a ritual scene inside a shrine lined with black stone deity statues draped in marigold garlands and colourful cloth. A man with long dark hair and a pink-and-white flower garland sits on an ornate silver-backed chair, dressed in a rust-red cloth wrapped at the waist, with a silver ritual item and small oil lamp before him. Beside him, a younger man with a tied topknot and orange cloth kneels, and another man in a red headcloth kneels on a multicoloured woven mat, handling metal bowls and offerings. A silver elephant figure and a tall silver lamp stand nearby, with bowls of kumkum and turmeric at the lower right. The men appear to be performing a puja or abhishekam at the shrine.2018-01-31March 03 20182018-03-03A photograph of a ritual in a temple-like hall lined with black stone deity murtis garlanded with yellow and white flower garlands. In the centre, a bearded man with a dark turban and a rudraksha mala sits on a red-cushioned seat, with a silver stand and a silver pot in front of him. Beside him, a bare-chested man in orange and saffron cloth kneels and works on a wooden stand with a wooden rod, his body marked with white ash. Silver kalasha pots and a silver lamp stand sit on a striped woven mat. A probable Swamiji is the seated man in the turban, identified by his turban, rudraksha mala and ceremonial seat, with the kneeling man assisting in the ritual.2018-03-03A seated man in a dark turban and saffron-red dhoti, with a pink and white flower garland and white sacred markings on his bare chest and arms, sits on a silver-and-wood chair before a low wooden stand. A second man in red-orange dhoti and matching cloth wrap kneels on the colourful striped mat beside him, tending a small brass lamp and a smoking vessel. Behind them stand black stone deity murtis draped with yellow and orange marigold garlands, a silver elephant-shaped vessel and a tall silver lamp stand sit in the foreground, and offering plates with turmeric and flowers line the right edge. The setting suggests a homa or puja ritual. No person in the image can be confidently identified as a person from appearance, so the seated figure is described by role only.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31A ritual homa scene before a row of garlanded black stone deity murtis. A man seated on a silver-backed chair wears a black turban, a pink-and-white flower garland, rudraksha-style beads and vibhuti marks, and wears a dark reddish-brown dhoti. Beside him, a kneeling priest in a rust-red wrap and red turban with white horizontal markings on his shoulders feeds an offering into a wooden fire stand. Silver ritual items include a kalasha-like vessel, an ornate silver elephant figure, a silver lamp and a tall silver pillar. Yellow marigold garlands drape the statues, and brass plates of kumkum, turmeric and flowers sit on a colourful cloth in the foreground.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31