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A photograph inside a dim temple hall with wooden pillars and fluorescent lights. In the foreground, a man in a dark red robe with a gold border bends forward with his hands touching the wet stone floor, wearing a gold necklace and a gold armband. Beside him stands an older man with swept-back grey hair, white sacred ash on his forehead, and a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, wearing a loose saffron-orange shawl over an orange garment and barefoot. Behind them are several men in dark red robes with gold garlands and white ash marks, and a man in yellow-orange dhoti with bare chest at left.

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September 16 20152015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesSeptember 16 20152015-09-16A group of men stand together inside a temple hall with wooden beams and fluorescent tube lights overhead. In front, a smiling man in a maroon dhoti with gold border and a large gold-and-beaded garland holds his hand near his chest. Beside him, a man in an orange-saffron shawl and white forehead lines stands barefoot on a wet floor with a rudraksha mala at his neck. Behind them, other men in maroon and gold-bordered cloth wear gold necklaces and white tilak marks, and a man in an orange shawl stands at the back.2015-09-16A photograph of a temple ritual at water. In the centre, a bare-shouldered man in a red-and-gold dhoti stands in shallow flowing water, bending to touch it with his right hand, wearing a gold-coloured pendant and a beaded necklace. Beside him, a figure in a long saffron-orange wrap with a white head band and dark rudraksha-style beads at the neck holds his hands together at the chest. Behind them, other men in red-and-gold ritual dhotis, some with garlands and sandalwood-marked foreheads, stand near wooden pillars and hanging lamps, and a red-and-gold clad figure appears at the right edge.2015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16A photograph inside a temple interior with dark wooden pillars and a hanging light. A man with swept-back hair, a red tilak and a sandalwood-coloured layered garment wrapped in maroon and gold border cloth, wearing a multi-strand rudraksha-style mala and a large gold pendant, stands with open hand gesturing mid-conversation. Opposite him, a figure in a flowing saffron-orange shawl and dhoti, with long dark swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala, faces him. Behind them stand several men and a woman in maroon and gold ritual clothing with white and red forehead markings, some wearing gold necklaces. a person is the saffron-clad figure with long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and orange garments, standing in conversation in the temple.2015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16April 24 20132013-04-24Night scene at a riverside ghat with shallow dark water. In the foreground a man with shaved head and sandalwood tilak on his forehead, wearing a maroon and gold-bordered dhoti and a heavy gold necklace, bends low to touch the water with his hand. Beside him stands a bald priest in a saffron-yellow garment with a gold chain and tilak, and a man in a yellow dhoti and bare chest. Behind them, a robed sadhu in orange saffron drapes, a woman in a white blouse and red shawl, and devotees wade in the water under string lights and shop signage.2015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16