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Two men stand in a ritual exchange before a golden shrine decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands and a red cloth canopy with tassels. The man on the left has a shaved head with a topknot, a grey beard, a red and gold bead necklace, and an orange dhoti, and holds a woven wicker basket containing bananas. The man on the right wears a long dark bun, sandalwood-coloured forehead markings, a multi-coloured flower garland with red roses and yellow marigolds, and a brown shawl, with his hands extended toward the basket. Gold-coloured ornamental panels frame the scene.

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February 16 20162016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesA photograph of a temple ritual before a golden deity murti adorned with yellow and white flower garlands and a gold necklace. On the left, a bare-chested shaved-bearded man in an orange dhoti with a red and white beaded mala holds a wooden tray of flowers and offerings toward the right. On the right, a person with hair bound and decorated with yellow flowers sits with palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a maroon cloth, yellow garland and red-and-green beaded necklace. Smoke or incense haze drifts behind them, and a seated figure in white is partly visible in the background.2016-02-16January 03 20162016-01-03 +1 copiesA photo at an evening ceremony in front of a golden throne-like seat and a red-and-yellow fringed canopy. A bearded priest with a shaved-looking topknot, bare-chested with an orange cloth wrapped at the waist, and a red and pink cloth over his shoulder, places a multicoloured garland of red, pink, yellow and green flowers around the neck of a younger man with long dark hair tied back, who is also bare-chested and wears a deep red-brown cloth. The priest's forehead has a red mark and his arms are marked with white. Behind them a deity murti is decorated with flower garlands, and a golden flower-ornament backdrop frames the scene. The garland-placing suggests a welcoming or honouring gesture.2016-02-16February 22 20132013-02-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a man with long dark hair swept into a bun decorated with pink and yellow flowers, seated with eyes lowered. He wears a maroon-brown cloth draped over his shoulders and a thick garland of red and yellow flowers with green ribbon wrapping, plus a brown rudraksha-style mala across his chest. He has white and orange sacred markings on his forehead and face. His right arm extends forward as another person in orange and white cloth, with white body markings, reaches out to take or offer something with cupped hands. A gold-coloured ornate pillar and a golden textile are visible in the background, with a dark setting behind them.2016-02-16September 17 20172017-09-17