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A young male priest stands in profile in the foreground, bare-chested, wearing an orange-yellow dhoti or lower cloth and a long rudraksha mala with a matching bracelet on his right wrist. White vibhuti or sandalwood stripes mark his arms and chest, and a white tilak on his forehead. He raises his right hand near his face, fingers pinched together, in a ritual gesture. Behind him, a blurred stadium-like arena of tiered seating holds many seated people in white and colourful clothing. At the right edge, a tall pillar is wrapped in yellow, orange, white and purple flower garlands. The setting appears to be an outdoor ceremonial event.

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December 18 20162016-12-18A young boy with shoulder-length dark hair stands in the foreground wearing an orange-saffron dhoti with gold border and bare chest, wearing a long rudraksha mala and a gold ceremonial necklace. White sacred ash marks are on his forehead and upper arm. He holds his hands in front of him in a mudra-like gesture. Behind him, a tiered red stone amphitheatre is filled with seated people in white and colourful clothing, with small black stone lingam-like shrines or pillars along the steps. The setting appears to be an outdoor ritual gathering. The boy's appearance does not clearly match the a person cues, so he is described by role only.2016-12-19A young boy with a bare chest stands outdoors in front of a blurred tiered stone seating area with people in white. He wears an orange dhoti with gold border, multiple rudraksha malas around his neck and wrists, and a tilak of white paste with a red dot on his forehead. He holds his hands together in a prayer gesture near his face with eyes lowered, in a ritual setting. No candidate matching the a person presentation cues is visible, so the a person field is none. One physical person is visible.2016-12-18December 19 20162016-12-19A young boy in a bare-chested ritual stance stands in the foreground, raising his right fist, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti-style cloth wrapped at the waist and a rudraksha mala across his chest. His face and shoulders bear white ash or tilak markings, and a sacred thread is visible. Behind him, tiered red stone steps are filled with seated participants, many in white clothes, and rows of small black lingam-shaped shrines or dark vessels with gold-tipped decorations fill the steps, with a bright yellow flag-like pole beside him. The background is softly blurred.2016-12-17December 17 20162016-12-17A young person with long dark hair and a white vertical forehead mark stands in the foreground with palms pressed together in namaste at the chest. They wear bare-chested with an orange-red dhoti edged in gold, a dense rudraksha mala with a gold-toned central ornament, and white markings on the upper arm. Behind them, seated devotees in white and saffron clothing sit on red-brick tiered steps lit by small oil lamps, many with hands pressed together in prayer. The scene suggests a large outdoor ritual gathering.2016-12-19December 17 20162016-12-17December 03 20162016-12-03December 19 20162016-12-19August 14 20172017-08-14Outdoor ritual at a tiered stone amphitheatre with red-carpeted floor. In the foreground a bare-chested young male devotee stands with hands folded at his chest, wearing orange dhoti and rudraksha mala. To the right a second person in orange dhoti stands with back turned. Behind them, hundreds of seated audience members fill red-brick steps lined with rows of small brass oil lamps. Gold ceremonial seat or peetha is visible at left edge.2016-12-17