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A photograph of a temple ritual with incense smoke drifting across the frame. In the centre, a man in a maroon dhoti with a gold border and a bare upper body wears a rudraksha mala and bangles as he leans over an offering table, holding a stick toward a brass lamp. Beside him stands a young boy in orange cloth with a rudraksha mala. Two more people in orange robes stand at the edges of the frame. Behind them is a colourful deity murti, with a golden lion figure and a painted altar with a cobra motif. A standing microphone stands on the table. The setting suggests puja with an oil lamp and incense.

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September 28 20152015-09-28A smoky outdoor ritual. A standing priest in orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a long beaded rudraksha-style mala and a gold pendant, holds his hands together while smoke billows around him. In front, a younger boy in saffron cloth and beads kneels beside a small flame. Behind them, a row of devotees in white dhotis and saffron or red shawls stand with palms pressed together, and a seated girl in pink and orange watches. A brass lamp stand with a flame sits at lower right, with potted plants along the wall.2012-10-17A ritual scene in an indoor shrine room with a smoky fire at the lower left and scattered flower petals on the floor. A man in a rust-brown dhoti and shawl, with rudraksha malas and wrist bands, stands at the right holding a silver plate with a lit oil lamp and offerings, while four younger men in saffron-orange robes and orange turbans stand in a row to the left, several holding silver trays and bowls. Behind them, a standing man in white and orange-red dress with a garland presses his hands together. To the right, a golden deity murti or ornate throne is draped in orange cloth and garlanded with white and multicoloured flower garlands, set against a pink-striped table. The scene appears to be an aarti or puja ceremony.2015-04-30February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesMay 19 20132013-05-19January 06 20182018-01-06Four male devotees in orange and maroon dhotis and shawls stand in a hall with red curtains and a red-draped stage behind them. Several wear rudraksha malas and white and horizontal sacred ash markings on their foreheads and arms. The leftmost man has his palms pressed together in namaskar, and the others stand with hands folded or bowed heads in prayer. Brass plates and small vessels sit on the floor at the lower edge. Behind them, more people in orange and white clothing are seated or standing.2014-06-03A ritual scene inside a hall with a fabric-draped ceiling and wall air conditioner. In the centre, a man with long dark hair and a multicoloured flower garland, wearing a rust-brown dhoti with gold borders and a rudraksha belt, lifts a small lit lamp toward a fire pit at the right. A young assistant in orange robes with white forehead marks stands beside him holding a small bell. Another young man in orange, with rudraksha beads, holds his hands folded in prayer. A bare-headed attendant in orange and a man in white with folded hands stand behind, and a silver bowl and vessels sit on the floor, consistent with a homa or puja.2013-05-17December 19 20162016-12-19August 14 20142014-08-14September 24 20172017-09-24 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copies