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A temple ritual photograph. A bearded man with a tall dark turban-style headdress and a rudraksha-beaded crown band, wearing a rust-red robe, layered gold necklaces and a pink-and-white lotus garland, holds a silver bell and a small incense or lamp vessel. A younger attendant in a leopard-print headwrap and bare chest, with rudraksha malas, extends a silver plate toward him. Behind them, saffron-clad young boys and attendants stand in rows, one drumming on a large drum, and a yellow-and-red ceremonial banner and temple pillars frame the scene. Smoke from incense drifts through the air.

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A central figure with a black turban-like head covering, white tilak on the forehead, and a large pink and white flower garland stands with eyes closed and palms joined near a silver puja plate of pink flowers. He wears a dark maroon-brown wrap and heavy gold ornamental necklaces with a gold pendant. Around him, a crowd of devotees in saffron-orange robes, some with rudraksha malas, stand with hands folded in prayer. On the left, an attendant in a dark robe holds a lit oil lamp and a silver bowl, and a ceremonial staff stands nearby. Pillars and colourful temple decorations form the background. a person is the central figure, shown here during a puja offering in a temple setting.2018-05-31A smiling man stands in a temple hall during a ritual, holding a small silver bell in his right hand and a cup or vessel with incense smoke in his left. He wears a tall dark turban-like headwear, a thick pink and white flower garland, a heavy gold multi-strand necklace with a large gold pendant, and a rust-brown robe. Behind him, a crowd of young boys and men in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas stand with hands folded in prayer, with a drum visible at right and a brass plate of offerings at lower left. Pillars and a bright white hall frame the scene. The a person field reflects an appearance-based candidate who is probable but not fully certain from the visible cues.2018-05-31May 31 20182018-05-31 +2 copiesMay 31 20182018-05-31May 31 20182018-05-31 +1 copiesA temple ritual inside a pillared hall with orange carpet. A central man wears a black turban, white forehead markings, a pink-and-white flower garland and heavy gold ceremonial necklaces over a saffron-brown robe, holding a small oil lamp in front of a dark stone Nandi-like sacred bull with a yellow and white cloth. To the left, bare-chested men with white body markings hold a lamp and sacred objects. Behind, saffron-robed devotees stand with folded hands beside tall painted ceremonial poles and glass cabinets. The scene reads as a puja or aarti offering; the central figure's appearance matches the page's a person reference only partially, so identity is unsure.2018-05-31 +1 copiesMay 31 20182018-05-31May 31 20182018-05-31 +2 copiesA smiling man with a tall crown-like coil of dark hair wrapped with rudraksha beads stands in a temple hall, holding a lit oil lamp in one hand and a silver handbell in the other. He wears a reddish-brown robe, layered gold necklaces with ornamental pendants, and a long garland of pink flowers and white jasmine. Behind him, devotees in orange and saffron clothing stand with folded hands, and a red banner hangs in the background. The scene suggests an aarti being performed during a puja.2018-05-31 +1 copiesMay 31 20182018-05-31A temple interior during a ritual where a man in a dark brown robe and tall black turban stands smiling, wearing a pink flower garland and layered gold necklaces, holding a lit oil lamp with a golden kalasha-style vessel. A dark bronze bull statue draped in a gold cloth with white flower garland sits beside him on a red carpet. Behind, young boys in orange robes play wind instruments and a drum, and tall decorative pillars with coloured panels stand against white walls. Two bare-chested attendants with white body markings stand at left. Appearance-based a person is the central figure, performing an aarti-style offering near the Nandi.2018-05-31 +1 copiesMay 31 20182018-05-31