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Outdoor ritual photo at a riverbank with a crowd behind. A person with long dark hair tied back and a thick rudraksha mala draped over the shoulders, wearing a red-orange garment with a yellow border and a brown shawl, leans over a silver ritual setup. Silver vessels and a silver stand with a small brass deity murti sit on a patterned maroon cloth. Several onlookers in saffron and orange clothing stand behind, with more devotees in the background among bare winter trees.

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March 24 20142014-03-24A man with short dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead performs a ritual at a stone ghat. He wears a red-and-gold sleeveless garment and a long necklace of rudraksha beads, and holds a silver conch-shaped cup while looking down at a small brass deity figure on a silver stand. A silver kalasha vessel with a spout sits above the stand, and silver pots lie in the foreground. Behind him, two men in orange and red robes stand with hands folded near a white carved wall.2014-03-24Outdoor ritual on the stone steps of a riverside ghat. In the foreground a person with long dark hair pulled back, a red-orange shawl over the shoulder, and a long rudraksha mala with a sacred thread wrist band, sits before a silver ritual vessel and a silver spouted pot, pouring from a silver cup; a small brass deity figure and a bell-like object sit on the ground. Behind them, seated devotees in red, orange and white clothing watch closely, including a young girl in purple and women in saris and shawls, with a few children among them.2014-03-24March 24 20142014-03-24March 24 20142014-03-24Outdoor ritual scene with a man in a rust-red and gold-bordered wrap, bare-shouldered, wearing a large rudraksha mala, pouring liquid from a silver horn-shaped vessel into a silver pot on an ornate silver stand. Two silver vessels sit on a red-and-gold patterned cloth in front, and a small figure is visible on the stand. Behind them a seated crowd in orange, red and white clothing, including women in saffron and a young girl, watches attentively, with some people standing among trees in the background. This appears to be an abhishekam or homa-related offering at a riverside setting. The man's appearance with long swept-back hair and rudraksha beads is consistent with a Swamiji (probable) presence, performing the ritual pouring.2014-03-24A priest in a red and gold dhoti with a rudraksha mala draped across his bare shoulder pours water from a silver kalasha through a silver conch-shaped vessel during a ritual at a riverside ghat. Silver ritual pots engraved with decorative motifs and a small brass deity figure sit on the stone platform. Thick smoke or mist fills the background, with a few devotees faintly visible behind him. The scene suggests abhishekam at the Ganga ghat.2014-03-24July 15 20132013-07-15July 13 20132013-07-13A photograph of a man seated before a deep red velvet drape beside a gold-carved throne back. He wears a saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulder, a gold-bordered yellow garment, a long gold necklace with rudraksha beads, a gold armlet, and gold earrings. He has white vertical tilak on his forehead with a red dot, and his hair is swept back. He holds a small silver cup under a silver kalasha-style vessel with a tube, while silver vessels and a small silver figure sit on the table in front. A gold carved cobra-like form stands behind the table. Appearance-based a person with rudraksha mala, ceremonial gold necklace and saffron clothing, performing a ritual pouring.2013-09-30July 15 20132013-07-15July 15 20132013-07-15