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A photograph of a bald elderly man standing in a stone-walled room beside a wooden cabinet with glass doors, with pink flower petals on a small shelf inside. He wears a red-brown rudraksha bead band across his forehead, multiple rudraksha mala necklaces with gold beads, a gold earring, white vibhuti marks on his forehead and shoulder, and an orange-red cloth wrapped around his waist; he is bare-chested and looking down. Behind him is a grilled window and a small electronic device. a person cues are the rudraksha malas, gold ornaments and orange cloth, though his face is not visible enough for certainty.

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May 13 20122012-05-13May 09 20122012-05-09 +1 copiesMay 11 20122012-05-11May 12 20122012-05-12June 05 20122012-06-05A photograph inside a temple shrine shows a bald, bare-chested man kneeling and leaning forward over a stone altar, pouring liquid from a small metal cup while a standing attendant in white garments with a gold border holds a bangled wrist near the altar. He wears a rudraksha headband, a long rudraksha and gold bead mala, a gold ornament on his shoulder, white sacred ash markings on his forehead and body, and a red-orange dhoti. Behind him stand a golden deity murti or shrine with garlands, pink flowers, and brass vessels, with lit lamps glowing at the right edge. Shells and flower petals rest on the altar.2012-05-10A photograph of a shaved-headed, bare-chested priest in an orange-red silk dhoti with gold zari borders, wearing a rudraksha mala across the chest, a rudraksha band on the forehead, a gold bangle and gold ring. He stands at a stone altar holding green leaves and pink flowers over a Shivling-style lingam with a golden top in a marble-patterned shrine, with scattered petals on the wooden floor. The man has sacred ash marks on his forehead and shoulders. Appearance cues are limited to ash, rudraksha and orange dhoti without a distinctive crown or swept hair, so identity is uncertain.2012-05-11A bald, bare-chested man in an orange-red dhoti sits cross-legged and pours water from a silver kalasha-style vessel over a brass tray during a puja. He wears a red rudraksha mala on his head, a long rudraksha mala around his neck, a gold necklace, a gold bangle and white ash markings on his forehead, arms and chest. Behind him is a gold-toned shrine with a deity murti, pink and red flower offerings, a small silver vessel and a lit oil lamp. A white cloth hangs at the right edge.2012-05-11May 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesMay 11 20122012-05-11A photograph of a bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti and a maroon-and-gold beaded headband, with a gold necklace across his shoulders, standing before a wooden shrine cabinet in a marble-walled room. He holds a round steel tray of pink flower petals and places them near the shrine. A white-clad person is partially visible at the lower right edge.2012-05-09 +1 copiesMay 12 20122012-05-12