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October 23 2008

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September 24 20102010-09-24A photograph of a shaved-headed man seated with eyes closed in meditation, wearing a white dhoti with pink-bordered edge and a long gold bead necklace, with white sacred ash markings on his forehead and arms and a red bindi between his brows. Beside him at right, a woman with long wavy hair in a white sari with green border and orange shawl also sits with eyes closed. Warm orange wall in the background.2010-10-30A man sits cross-legged on a mat on a polished floor, eyes lifted and gazing upward, in a devotional hall. He wears a white dhoti and white shawl with gold-yellow borders, a long rudraksha mala around his neck, and matching rudraksha bracelets on both upper arms. White sacred ash lines mark his forehead and arms, with a red kumkum dot between his brows. A small heap of rudraksha beads lies on the mat near his hand. Behind him, two children sit on the floor in the background, and a bright orange cloth and offerings are visible at the edges.2011-11-28December 15 20172017-12-15September 15 20112011-09-15April 30 20122012-04-30April 28 20122012-04-28September 07 20112011-09-07December 05 20112011-12-05September 12 20102010-09-12A seated priest in white ritual dhoti and shawl with orange-gold borders performs a puja before an ornate gold-framed throne (peetha) draped in a maroon and gold silk cloth and decorated with large pink roses, white lilies and orange blooms. He wears a rudraksha mala and a forehead tilak and holds a small ritual vessel over silver lamps and brass pots on a low wooden stool. Behind him, a decorated deity murti with a yellow and green garland is visible on a gold-trimmed altar, and a red cloth hangs at the left. The priest's face is turned away from the camera and no appearance-based identification is made, so his identity is unsure.2008-10-23July 19 20112011-07-19