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Photograph of a ceremonial scene indoors. A man in the centre wears a red and gold turban, a bare upper body with gold armlets, and a red and yellow dhoti-style cloth with a gold band; he wears layered white and red flower garlands and gestures with his hands toward a figure on a white pedestal. The pedestal holds a white figure draped in orange cloth with flower garlands and a golden headpiece, in front of a red curtain with yellow swags and flower decorations. A blurred young man in a white kurta stands to the left against an orange and white wall.

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A blurred indoor photograph of a man in a red and gold striped dhoti with a red-and-gold turban and a long white and red flower garland, standing with palms pressed together in namaskar before a decorated shrine. Beside him stands a young boy in white clothes with a dark beaded necklace. The shrine has a deity murti draped in orange cloth and white and red flower garlands, set against red and yellow swags and green leaves. a person candidate is visible here, identifiable by the turban, layered garland and gold-striped dhoti, though the image is blurred.2014-07-01A photograph of a ritual inside a room with a red and yellow draped backdrop. A man in a red-orange turban, bare-chested with a rust-red wrap and a gold-striped waist cloth, wears a white flower garland with red blossoms and a rudraksha-style mala, and places his hand on the head of a white life-size statue draped in an orange cloth and wearing a flower garland. Two boys in white kurtas with rudraksha malas stand at left with palms pressed together, and an older man in a white shirt stands behind them. A small framed picture hangs on the left wall. The scene appears to be a padapuja or darshan-style offering to a statue, with the man bowing over it.2014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01October 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesJuly 03 20142014-07-03A photograph inside a room with white walls and an orange lower wall. In the centre, a man in a rust-red and gold-bordered dhoti with an orange-and-maroon turban and a long braided hairstyle stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a white flower garland and red flowers. To the left, a smiling man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange-brown cloth around his neck presses his palms together, with two young men in white beside him and a figure in rust-red at the far left. On the right, a white marble deity murti decorated with white and red flower garlands and an orange cloth sits before a red and gold drape with yellow swags. A framed picture hangs on the wall behind.2014-07-01October 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesJune 23 20132013-06-23 +2 copiesJune 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesJune 29 20142014-06-29A photograph of a man in an orange turban and orange sleeveless top, garlanded with white and red flower necklaces, reaching up to touch the forehead of a white wax figure dressed in orange cloth with an orange turban and yellow, purple and green floral garlands. The man smiles as he performs the gesture. Behind them a brass oil lamp stands on a stand, a person in white clothes with hands folded stands at right, and a video camera on a tripod is visible near the centre. The wall is pale blue with a red curtain at right. The wax model appears to be a ritual depiction of a sannyasi, not a living person.2010-02-18