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Photograph of a ritual setting on a stage with gold-painted ornate panels. A devotee in white dhoti and shawl, with red sash printed with Sanskrit text and rudraksha malas, reaches up to a white cloth panel. Beside him, a man in white dhoti with a red sash and rudraksha malas is having his head and forehead touched and adorned with a rudraksha mala by an attendant in orange-red cloth. A third attendant on the right, wearing an orange-red wrap and glasses, holds a mala near the head and carries a headset microphone. White sandalwood or vibhuti marks are visible on the arms. The scene is a ceremonial preparation with rudraksha and ritual garments.

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Photograph of a ritual scene before an ornate gold-painted carved panel. In the centre, a man in white dhoti and shawl with a red-and-black bordered sash and rudraksha mala stands with a red tilak on his forehead while a younger assistant in white dhoti with a red bordered sash applies a marking with a stick near the top of his head. Two white rectangular panels are behind them. A third man at right, wearing a saffron-orange robe and rudraksha beads, adjusts something near his head. The setting suggests Adi Kailasa, a ceremonial preparation.2018-01-05January 05 20182018-01-05January 05 20182018-01-05January 05 20182018-01-05Two men in white dhoti-style ritual clothing with gold borders stand before an ornate gilded wooden structure carved with scrolling patterns and a rearing lion-like figure. The man on the left, eyes closed, bare-chested with white ash stripes on his arms and chest, wears rudraksha malas and a red sash with printed text. The man on the right, bare-chested with a gold-bordered white cloth over his shoulder, presses his hand to the forehead of the first man in a blessing gesture, rudraksha beads on his wrist. Warm stage lights glow in the background.2018-01-05Inside a temple room, a man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and gold chain, whose back is turned to the camera and whose upper body has white ash markings, reaches toward a kneeling figure in white dhoti with a gold border. Behind them, a man with a white-marked forehead sits on an ornate gold-and-carved-wood throne. A man with a turban and white markings on his arms and chest sits at left, holding a ritual object. A small silver vessel rests near the throne base. The kneeling devotee wears a rudraksha mala and a white cloth. Carved wooden panels and a brick wall form the background.2018-05-10February 15 20172017-02-15February 04 20182018-02-04A photograph of a seated man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a rust-orange wrap, a rudraksha-style bead necklace and ornate silver-beaded armlets and necklace, raising his hand toward a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold border and a red sacred thread. The standing man, with his palms raised and a rudraksha mala draped near his face, is receiving a blessing gesture. Behind them a seated man in white with a bead mala sits, a man in white stands in the background, and an older man with white moustache and an orange shawl stands at right. Red and white floral garlands decorate the left edge, and a red cloth covers the seat. The seated figure with long hair and saffron wrap and ornate beaded jewellery is a person candidate, shown in a seated position giving a blessing to the standing devotee.2013-07-10January 05 20182018-01-05June 20 20172017-06-20A ritual initiation scene indoors. In the foreground, a bare-chested, long-haired figure with a brown-orange shawl, gold armlets and a gold necklace places a hand on the head of a kneeling young man in white dhoti whose head is bandaged with white cloth. Beside them, a standing priest in orange-saffron dhoti wears a long rudraksha mala and gold pendant, and another person in white is visible at the right. Gold-tipped rods and a red curtain frame the background. a person candidate with long dreadlocked hair, gold ornaments and shawl is seated as the officiant. Blessing or initiation rite with laying of hands.2017-02-15