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A photograph of a ritual scene under a canopy with green and white bunting and a woven mat ceiling. Several bare-chested men in orange and yellow dhotis stand close together, with rudraksha malas and marks on their foreheads. Two men at right hold a brass vessel and a yellow-wrapped stick while pouring liquid, as a man with long grey hair and white beard, wearing rudraksha beads, supports the stick. Marigold garlands hang at left. A white-clad man with shaved head and a bearded man in a straw hat look on. The setting appears to be an outdoor abhishekam-style rite, with no clearly visible a person face or ornate saffron-and-crown cues identifying a single presiding figure.

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A photograph of a ritual at an outdoor pavilion decorated with marigold garlands, green and white bunting and a drape. Several shirtless men in dhotis and sacred threads stand close together. Two men in the foreground hold a yellow wooden pole and a copper pot, and the man at right, with long grey hair, white beard, rudraksha malas and a saffron-yellow cloth, pours from a small metal vessel. A man in a straw hat and yellow cloth chants nearby, and others in white and yellow dhotis look on. Whether any figure is a person cannot be established from appearance, so no candidate is claimed.2007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02January 12 20152015-01-12 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20072007-02-02May 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesOutdoor ceremony photograph beneath a dark tent backdrop decorated with marigold and jasmine garlands, banana leaves and palm fronds. In the foreground a bare-chested, shaved-headed man in white dhoti with a sacred thread and tilak stands beside an older bare-chested man with white beard and white dhoti. On the right, a man with long grey beard and dark hair, wearing a red shawl with gold border over an orange dhoti and rudraksha mala, speaks into a handheld microphone with hands joined. Behind them, a man in a red robe and others in white and yellow cloth stand near the stage.2007-02-02November 26 20112011-11-26November 26 20112011-11-26February 02 20102010-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02A crowded ceremonial scene in a temple-like hall, with a large silver trident (trishul) at right and a golden ornamental finial at left. A bearded man in a green and maroon silk garment with heavy gold bangles and a gold wristwatch stands at right, palms pressed together in greeting. Beside him, a smiling elderly man in a saffron-orange robe and yellow shawl with white tilak presses his palms before a seated figure whose back is turned, draped in a rust-brown cloth and wearing a red and pink flower garland. A white-bearded man in a saffron robe and white tilak, with a rudraksha-style necklace, stands behind with hands folded. Several other men in saffron and orange cloths, some bare-chested with white forehead markings, surround the group. Garlands and festoons decorate the background.2016-12-23February 08 20132013-02-08