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Outdoor photograph beside a dark, flowing stream with rocky banks and leafy green vegetation. In the foreground, a man with swept-back dark hair wears white clothing with a red shawl and holds a red-and-yellow fruit, smiling and bending toward a woman. The woman, at right, wears a dark red turban with a crescent ornament, a red garment, layered gold-toned necklaces and white flower garlands, and extends her hand with a gold bangle. Behind them a bald man in orange-red cloth with beaded necklaces kneels in the water. A standing man in white dhoti with a red shawl and beaded mala holds a staff under a red-and-gold umbrella.

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December 17 20142014-12-17A photograph of an outdoor ritual beside a forest stream with bamboo and leafy trees behind. In the foreground at right, a smiling person in a deep red robe with an orange-gold border wears a white jasmine garland and a heavy gold-toned necklace, and a red turban with a gold emblem. Their hand is held near a silver ceremonial seat decorated with a lion-face motif. Behind them, a bald man in a red-orange robe with rudraksha malas stands in the water, while a woman in a white top and red shawl stands on the bank. A red-and-gold ceremonial umbrella is visible at top right. Two other figures in red robes lean over at left, with white flower petals in the water.2014-12-17December 17 20142014-12-17December 17 20142014-12-17Outdoor photo beside a shallow forest stream with dark rocks and green foliage. In the foreground, a smiling woman with short curly blonde hair, glasses, a white top and a beaded necklace holds a small orange fruit in cupped hands. Beside her, a man with a red-orange turban decorated with a silver crescent and a large garland of white flowers and gold beads, wearing orange-red robes and gold ornaments, sits on a silver-trimmed seat and smiles while gesturing. Behind them, a man with a shaved head wears orange robes, rudraksha beads and an arm band, and a woman in a white top and red shawl stands in the water. Another person with a red-and-gold garment and a red umbrella appears at the top right, and a person with purple face paint stands at the upper left. a person: the turbaned man with crescent ornament, rudraksha-style beads and gold garland is a presiding ritual figure.2014-12-17December 17 20142014-12-17Outdoors beside a shallow forest river, a seated woman in a rust-red sari and a red turban, draped in a long white and yellow-flower garland and gold jewellery, receives ritual offerings. Around her, roughly two dozen women in white clothes and red-orange shawls sit on the riverbank holding silver thalis and brass plates of fruit, flowers and sweets. Attendants stand behind with red-and-orange parasols and a silver-framed canopy. Lush green trees and rocks line the water. This appears to be a river pada puja with breakfast offerings and a rudrabhishekam.2014-12-17Outdoors beside a shallow forest stream under overhanging green foliage, a woman in white clothes with a red-orange shawl kneels at the water's edge holding a small round yellow fruit toward a seated man. The seated man wears a tall red-orange turban with a silver emblem and white flower garland, a red-orange robe, a long multi-strand gold bead necklace, and a white flower garland across his chest, and holds a folded white paper. Behind them a man in white clothes with an orange scarf stands in the water and raises a camera, and another attendant in white with an orange scarf holds an orange-and-red canopy pole. Appearance-based candidate for a person: the seated man wears a red-orange turban, ornate gold necklaces and a rudraksha-style bead mala, consistent with a ceremonial abhishekam or puja setting.2014-12-17Outdoor ritual by a forest stream. A seated figure on a silver-backed throne wears a saffron-red turban, red-orange robe with gold border, and layered gold and rudraksha-style necklaces, with a large white flower garland draped to the waist; he holds a silver staff and smiles. Around him, women and men in white clothes with red shawls sit on the bank with brass and silver trays of offerings, small oil lamps and bowls, and a standing attendant in white dhoti with gold border holds a staff. A bald man in glasses in the foreground wears a red shawl and gold-bordered cloth. Water and tree roots fill the background. Ritual of offerings and abhishekam-style worship.2014-12-17December 17 20142014-12-17December 17 20142014-12-17December 17 20142014-12-17