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A photograph of a ritual scene in front of a red draped backdrop. In the foreground a figure seen from behind wears an orange wrap over bare shoulders, with a gold beaded necklace, and raises a green leafy branch overhead while water droplets scatter from it. Seated devotees in white and orange clothing sit on colourful mats to the right and centre, with a blurred man in a white shirt at the right edge. Equipment cases and gold-tipped stanchions are visible at left. The scene suggests a sprinkling blessing during a ceremony.

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A photograph of a ritual scene before a red draped backdrop. In the foreground a man with curly hair and an orange wrap stands with his back to the camera, raising a bundle of green leaves overhead while water sprinkles through the air. Before him a shirtless boy with a white sacred thread and seated devotees, several bare-chested or in white and gold garments, watch the rite. A woman in a red-orange sari stands at left, and white-clad attendants sit near the stage edge.2017-04-03A young man with curly dark hair, bare-chested and wearing a saffron-orange dhoti-style wrap with a beaded rudraksha-style necklace, stands with his back to the camera and raises a green mango-leaf bundle above a white woven pot in his other hand, sprinkling water in a purification rite. Water droplets spray through the air in front of a long red drape. Seated devotees in white and a few in orange wrap sit on the floor before him, including a shaved-headed child in the foreground and a bare-chested man at right. Golden railings and a stage edge frame the lower left.2017-04-03A man stands with his back to the camera in an orange cloth draped over one shoulder, raising a bunch of green leaves high while water sprays from them in a fine arc. He wears a beaded necklace and has curly dark hair. In front of him, a young boy in white with white marks on his arms stands beside seated devotees, many in white dhotis with sandalwood or ash marks on their foreheads and chests. Behind them a red draped curtain fills the background, with a few seated people in white, a gold-edged cloth, and gold-coloured pillars at the left edge. The scene appears to be a ritual sprinkling with leaves during a ceremony.2017-04-03A photograph of an outdoor or tent-covered ritual gathering in front of a red draped curtain. In the foreground a man with curly hair and bare upper body, wearing an orange cloth wrap and a beaded necklace, raises a green leaf bundle overhead while water sprays from it in droplets, a sprinkling rite. Seated devotees on mats in white and orange garments, some with white sacred markings on their foreheads and some holding hands in anjali, watch closely; a young boy in the foreground wears a white sacred thread. Other seated people in white clothing sit at the sides, and a case and draped table stand near the curtain.2017-04-03April 03 20172017-04-03A photograph of a ritual gathering inside a tent with red draped fabric backdrop and a white canopy above. In the foreground, a man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl with curly hair holds a metal vessel in one arm and flings green cloth outward, spraying water in a fine arc. Around him, men and women in white traditional clothes stand and sit; a bare-chested boy with wet hair receives the water, and several young participants in white dhotis sit on the floor. Brass railings line the left side. Many people are seated and standing across the scene, with a man in white at the back center.2017-04-03April 03 20172017-04-03A photograph of a shaved-headed... no wait, correction: a man with short dark hair and a trimmed beard stands at right, bare-chested under a saffron-and-cream patterned shawl, wearing a long gold bead necklace and white horizontal tilak marks on his forehead. He holds a bunch of green mango leaves aloft in his right hand, sprinkling water from a silver kalasha pot held in his left hand, as water droplets fly through the air. Two people with their backs to the camera sit in the foreground at left, one with a balding head and one with curly dark hair and a white-marked upper back, receiving the sprinkling. A deep red curtain forms the background. The rite resembles a purification abhishekam or sprinkling blessing, with the water-sprinkling leaves and pot clearly visible.2017-04-26April 26 20172017-04-26April 03 20172017-04-03A photograph of an abhishekam-style ritual in a canopied hall with red and gold drapery. A standing figure in orange robes with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala raises a bunch of green leaves and sprinkles water from a large white vessel toward a deity murti of a lion-seated form on a decorated stand, garlanded with flowers. Three shaven-headed figures in orange robes with red borders sit with their backs to the camera in the foreground. Behind them, seated devotees in white clothes watch, and standing figures in white are visible near a hanging banner. Brass lamps, floral garlands and fruit offerings surround the altar.2005-07-21A man in saffron-orange cloth wrapped around his waist and shoulders, with a rudraksha mala across his bare chest, sprinkles water from a bundle of green leaves held in his raised right hand. In his left hand he holds a white metal-topped pot with a netted cover decorated with orange flowers. Water spray fills the air in front of a dark cabinet in a pink-walled room with a doorway and a window at left. He has a visible tilak on his forehead.2017-07-28