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A close photograph of a shaven-headed young man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala, with white sacred ash marks on his forehead, holding a small brass lamp in his right hand while his left hand rests near a brass bell. A ring and bangles are visible on his wrists. In the blurred background a second man in white clothing kneels before a brass lamp and a tray with brass vessels and offerings. The setting is a floor with a mat, a cloth runner and a teal-rimmed bowl.

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Close photo of a ritual in progress: a shirtless man with a long rudraksha mala and white sacred ash on his forehead and arms, wearing an orange cloth, bends forward to a lit brass oil lamp. Another person in white clothes holds a brass bell-shaped object and a stick over the flame. Brass puja vessels and more lit lamps fill the blurred foreground and background. Gold bangles are visible on the wrists.2017-01-10January 10 20172017-01-10Photograph of two shaved-headed priests in white dhoti and shawls with gold borders seated cross-legged on the floor during a puja. The foreground priest wears a rudraksha mala and a wristwatch and reaches toward a brass bell, a brass lamp and small brass plates of yellow flowers, a white cloth and offerings laid on an orange cloth. A second priest behind him, partly visible, also tends the ritual items. A lit oil lamp sits on a patterned mat, and a red-and-white cloth lies in the background. Visible persons are priests, not a person.2011-11-09November 18 20102010-11-18 +1 copiesClose photo of a seated devotee in orange and saffron robes holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame in the right hand, wearing silver bangles. Behind and beside, another person in orange robes sits with hands folded, and a white-clad person is partly visible at the bottom right. Brass plates with yellow flowers, fruit and offerings rest on orange cloths on the floor, with a small brass pot and a red container in the background.2011-12-17October 22 20142014-10-22 +1 copiesFebruary 10 20172017-02-10December 19 20112011-12-19January 10 20172017-01-10A row of devotees in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged during a ritual, with lit oil lamps and small offerings spread along the floor in the foreground. In the right foreground, a shaved-headed man with white tilak on his forehead and rudraksha beads around his neck holds a brass oil lamp aloft with a lit flame, his wrist wrapped in a black thread and a gold bangle on his arm. Behind him, others in orange cloth and beaded malas sit in similar poses, while blurred lights and figures fill the background of a hall.2017-01-08January 08 20172017-01-08January 10 20172017-01-10