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Two young men stand side by side on a red carpet in front of an ornate golden shrine or throne canopy decorated with flower garlands and silver lamps. Both wear orange dhotis with gold borders and white body markings on the arms and chest, with garlands of white jasmine, yellow marigolds and red roses. The man on the left wears a green and gold turban and a gold chest necklace; the man on the right wears an orange turban and a beaded wrist band. Silver oil lamps and a banana plant frame the scene, and the setting looks like a temple or ashram ceremony.

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December 19 20162016-12-19December 19 20162016-12-19A photograph of a temple ritual in progress. Two young men walk side by side in front of the altar, both wearing orange dhoti-style cloth with gold borders and white and red flower garlands. The man on the left wears a green turban with a decorative ornament, and the man on the right wears a gold-coloured headpiece. Both have white-painted upper arms and wrist bands. They hold hands. Behind them stand ornately decorated deity murti and figures draped in white, yellow and red garlands, with gold-toned backdrops. Oil lamps and a brass plate sit on the colourful striped cloth covering the platform. Seated devotees in the foreground, several in orange and white, watch the procession from the lower edge of the frame.2016-12-19February 19 20162016-02-19December 19 20162016-12-19February 19 20162016-02-19 +1 copiesNight temple ritual photograph of a deity murti decorated with dense garlands of white jasmine and yellow and red flowers, with a crown and gold ornaments, seated on a palanquin-like throne in front of a gilded arch. Two priests in orange-saffron dhotis stand before it: the nearer one, bare-chested with tilak and a beaded necklace, holds a lit aarti lamp on a tray, while a turbaned priest beside him performs namaskar with folded hands. A third attendant at right, wearing an orange cloth on his head and a white garland, also stands with hands joined. Brass oil lamps and kalasha-like vessels line the foreground, and banana leaves frame the top. This appears to be an aarti or puja at a deity procession or shrine. No identifiable a person figure is visible in this image.2016-12-19December 19 20162016-12-19 +1 copiesTwo people in a gold-decorated room with fluorescent lights and a ceiling fan. On the left, a standing elder in an ornate gold crown with red and green stones, wearing a white-and-red garland, a dense multi-strand brown rudraksha mala and gold chest pendant, and rust-orange draped cloth with gold borders; a white tilak marks his forehead. On the right, a seated younger man in a gold crown with a disc-shaped ornament, in rust-orange robes with gold trim, a white jasmine garland, red flower garlands and bangles, palms pressed together in namaskar and smiling. Behind them a gold throne and a gold ceremonial staff; a third man in orange stands in the background. A gold-framed portrait hangs on the wall.2012-04-29Two men seated side by side in a ceremonial wedding-style setting, both wearing garlands of white jasmine and yellow-and-red marigolds. The man on the left wears a green and gold turban and a cream-coloured silk shawl with gold border, with an ornate red and gold armband. The man on the right wears a gold turban, a cream dhoti and a blue-and-gold silk shawl, with a gold tilak-style arm marking. Behind them are green silk drapes, floral garlands and brass ritual lamps.2015-10-18December 19 20162016-12-19May 07 20172017-05-07