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Close view of a ritual being performed in saffron-red robes. A bare hand with a rudraksha bracelet sprinkles water or liquid over a small metal dish holding a fibrous bundle of dried material, with rising smoke or steam curling upward. Pink lotus garlands and white rope are visible at right, alongside a carved wooden frame and a silver-toned ritual stand at left. No readable name or identity cue is shown beyond the ritual hands.

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January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31April 04 20182018-04-04Close photograph of a smoky ritual scene. A bronze lamp-like vessel on a metal stand holds a small flame and smoke rises around it. A person in a red garment with white sacred markings on the forearm, and wearing a thin gold bangle, tends the flame with their hands. A wooden post and wooden frame sit at the left edge, with another person's hands partly visible above. The scene suggests a fire ritual, but the exact rite cannot be confirmed from the image.2018-01-31A close photograph of a person in a rust-orange garment holding a bundle of dried straw or grass ablaze over a shallow round metal tray. Flames and sparks leap from the bundle, and burnt red and orange fragments lie in the tray. The person wears a braided rudraksha-style bead bracelet and a layered beaded necklace with a large pendant. The arm shows a small tattoo. The scene appears to be a fire ritual, with the lit bundle and tray. Only the arm, hand, torso and bracelet are visible, with a dark background behind the fire.2018-06-04 +1 copiesMarch 03 20182018-03-03Close photo of a ritual fire being lit in a dark stone mortar-like vessel on a patterned cloth. A person in an orange-red garment with rudraksha beads on the wrist and neck feeds burning grass or straw into the flames with a dark wooden pestle-like tool. Silver ornate vessels and a silver stand stand to the right. Flames, smoke and charred material rise from the vessel. Hands and forearms are visible; the face is not shown.2018-03-03A close photograph of a ritual fire: a bundle of dried straw or grass stalks tied with string is held over a round silver metal tray, with bright orange flames and glowing red embers licking up from the bundle's end. Smoke drifts across the dark background. Blurred hands, one with a silver bangle and another holding the bundle, are visible at the frame edges. No faces are visible.2018-06-04Close photograph of a person in a rust-red or maroon garment holding a bundle of dried straw or grass tied with string, lit at one end so that flames and smoke rise. The burning bundle is held over a round silver metal tray with a small amount of ash and glowing embers. A dark background, a dark bracelet on one wrist, and a jewelled pendant at the top edge frame the scene. No faces are visible.2018-06-04March 03 20182018-03-03March 03 20182018-03-03A close photo of a bundle of dried straw or grass being lit on a shallow brass plate. Flames and glowing embers rise from the bundle, with smoke drifting across the frame. A hand holds the bundle at left and another hand rests at right near the plate. The background is dark and warm-toned.2018-06-04