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A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a blue-and-gold border stands at a doorway, raising a bunch of green leaves in his right hand while holding a white ceramic pot with his left, a ritual gesture like sprinkling sacred water. He wears a beaded garland and a sandalwood-coloured body. Around him, seated white-clad devotees with white forehead markings press their palms together and look on, some with folded hands. A pink wall, a small tiled wall plaque, and shelves of rolled blue and yellow mats are visible at right.

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August 14 20162016-08-14A photograph inside a pink-walled hall with a wooden door and framed pictures on the wall. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold-coloured border stands at centre, wearing a multi-strand flower garland and a gold pendant, holding a white pot with green leaves and flowers while he pours or offers from it. Around him men in white dhotis and shirts sit on the floor with hands folded in namaskar, some wearing red shawls or white headbands with vibhuti marks. Standing figures in white flank the scene, and one man in a white shirt and yellow cloth stands at the right edge, appearing to assist in a ritual such as an abhishekam or puja.2016-08-14A photograph of a standing bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a blue and gold border, wearing a long beaded garland, holding a white pot with green leaves in front of him. Around him many men in white shirts and dhotis sit closely on the floor of a pink-walled hall, some with folded hands and some looking down. A man in a white shirt stands at the right, another in white stands near a brown wooden door at the left, and a wall plaque is visible above. The setting appears to be a seated gathering with a ritual pot.2016-08-14January 30 20162016-01-30A standing priest in an orange-saffron shawl over white dhoti holds a leafy green branch aloft in his raised right arm and cradles a white netted kalasha pot in his left hand. He wears a beaded necklace and sandalwood-coloured body. Behind him, a large seated audience dressed in white sits on the floor of a hall with pale walls, framed pictures and a red light. The scene suggests a ritual purification or abhishekam being performed for the gathered devotees.2016-03-05 +1 copiesA bare-chested man in a white dhoti and gold ceremonial necklace stands in a pink-walled hall, holding a glass vessel of water in one hand and dipping a bundle of green mango leaves into it with the other, sprinkling water. He has white horizontal sacred ash markings on his forehead. In the foreground, a seated man with a rudraksha mala and white markings on his chest, and a partly visible person at the right, face the scene. A red fire extinguisher hangs on the wall beside a brass pot, and a wooden panelled door stands behind. The ritual appears to be an aspersion with kalasha-style water.2017-04-26August 14 20162016-08-14March 05 20162016-03-05 +2 copiesA shirtless man in a white dhoti stands before seated participants, holding a bunch of green mango leaves and flicking water from them. He holds a white ceramic pot with red markings under his other arm. Seated attendees in white clothes with orange-red shawls face the front, and a second shirtless man in an orange cloth and white dhoti stands on the right against a maroon curtain. This appears to be a sprinkling of water in a ritual setting.2017-03-15March 05 20162016-03-05 +1 copiesJuly 03 20172017-07-03January 30 20162016-01-30