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Evening ritual scene with a fire lamp burning at the bottom edge. A bare-chested man in front wears a rust-red and gold-bordered cloth over his shoulder, layered rudraksha malas and a small pendant, and holds a brass handbell held by another man's hand. Behind him a man with a white forehead band and orange-gold garland presses his palms together in namaskar, while a woman in white and a man in white stand with hands folded among a crowd of devotees in white. A green garland decorates the background and smoke rises from the right side.

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June 08 20132013-06-08July 22 20132013-07-22Several seated devotees perform a ritual with oil lamps during worship. In the centre, a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha mala holds a lit oil lamp, with white tripundra marks on his forehead and arms. Beside him, another man in orange with a dark bead mala holds a lamp. Behind them, young boys in maroon and gold-bordered cloths and beaded necklaces sit, some holding lamps. Brass vessels, flowers and offerings lie on a low table. No candidate is visibly identifiable as a person from appearance; these are devotees and priests.2013-07-10September 28 20152015-09-28April 10 20142014-04-10April 01 20132013-04-01A central man in an orange saffron shawl over bare shoulders wears a long rudraksha mala and white horizontal tilak on his forehead, holding a small brass lamp with a lit flame in his raised right hand. Behind him, rows of young boys in maroon robes with gold trim sit cross-legged on a floor, many with white tilak and some holding small brass vessels, during what appears to be a ritual gathering.2013-06-08April 10 20142014-04-10A shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes and multiple rudraksha malas kneels and holds a lit camphor flame on a small metal aarti holder with his right hand, with smoke rising. White sacred ash marks cover his forehead and arms and he wears a gold bangle. Behind him, a man in white garments and a red shawl kneels and holds a metal vessel, with a camera operator visible at upper left. The setting is an outdoor courtyard with red pillars and trees.2013-03-29May 31 20122012-05-31A photograph of four priests in reddish-maroon and saffron-bordered dhoti and shawl robes performing a puja in a workshop-like hall with cream walls and metal ritual items stacked on shelves behind them. In the foreground a priest with a rudraksha mala and glasses holds a brass bell in one hand and a flaming oil lamp in the other, while a priest on the left stands with palms pressed together in prayer. A middle priest holds his hands together over smoke, and a fourth priest stands at the right edge. On a low table draped in orange cloth sit brass vessels, a red bowl and a small dish of offerings. In the right foreground, dark wooden carved deity murti and a ceremonial lamp stand are visible.2015-09-28Night puja at a shrine lit by warm lamps. A standing figure in a rudraksha-bead headdress and multi-strand rudraksha mala, with a red-orange shawl and gold-coloured ornaments, holds a brass bell and a flaming oil lamp. Beside them a shaved-headed attendant in orange cloth with a rudraksha mala bows with palms joined. A flower-garlanded deity murti in red and orange cloth stands at right, and a Shiva lingam stands in the foreground. Another attendant is partly visible at left.2015-02-17 +1 copies