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Night-time outdoor ritual photograph at a temple courtyard strung with lights. A bearded man with long hair, wearing a rudraksha-style garland, pink and white flower garlands and reddish-brown robes, sits on an ornate gold throne with a trident beside him and places his hand on the head of a bare-chested man with long dreadlocks wearing orange cloth. Men in white dhotis with gold borders and orange shawls stand in line holding brass vessels; a cameraman films from behind. A tray of lemons and a bowl of yellow flowers sit on a red stool. Smoke drifts in the background. Several dozen people are visible.

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February 23 20172017-02-23February 23 20172017-02-23February 23 20172017-02-23February 23 20172017-02-23A seated man in a rust-brown robe sits on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion, wearing layered garlands of yellow and pink flowers and rudraksha beads, with white tilak on his forehead. A man in a white dhoti kneels and bows at his feet holding offerings wrapped in cloth, beside a tray of bananas and a basket of fruit. Behind the throne stand robed attendants in white and orange, one holding a brass trident, with a smoking incense burner and a striped mat in the foreground. The setting is an outdoor ritual space at night, consistent with a padapuja or blessing of visiting pada yatris.2017-02-23February 23 20172017-02-23July 08 20172017-07-08February 23 20172017-02-23February 23 20172017-02-23A night-time ceremony at an outdoor shrine lit by string lights. A seated man on an ornate gold-and-red throne with a pink-and-white flower garland wears a deep maroon robe, gold necklaces and a tilak on his forehead, and is touching the head of a kneeling elderly man in a white dhoti with gold border. Beside them stand several bare-chested men in orange-red dhotis wearing rudraksha malas and forehead markings, one holding a woven basket. Fruit, possibly limes, sits on a tray in front, a golden trident stands behind the throne, and incense smoke rises near a striped fabric canopy.2017-02-23February 23 20172017-02-23February 23 20172017-02-23