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A photograph of a bearded man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead, wearing a rust-red shawl over his bare shoulders, sitting beside a large ornate brass bowl with embossed floral patterns. He reaches into the bowl with an orange-stained hand while a camera lens is visible at the left edge. Beside him, a bare-chested young boy in an orange cloth sits with his hands folded at his chest. Behind them are a bronze deity murti, a red painted wall, a standing wooden pillar, a white electric fan and a small bottle on the floor.

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A bearded man with long dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, and a rust-red shawl over bare shoulders sits on a low wooden stool beside a large silver-toned metal bowl, bending forward and reaching into it with one hand. A thin steam wisp rises from the bowl. A young boy with curly hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti, sits behind him with hands folded at his chest. Behind them stand a bronze deity murti on a pedestal, a wooden pillar with gold decoration, a small white fan and a camera on the left. A man in white stands at the edge of the frame. The setting appears to be a temple courtyard with red walls and a barred window.2016-11-11A bearded man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing a rust-red shawl over his shoulders, sits at an ornate brass vessel with embossed floral patterns and his hands in the water, performing a ritual washing or abhishekam. A white tilak marks his forehead. A young girl in an orange wrap sits cross-legged behind him beside a bronze deity murti and a golden-pillared seat, with a white pedestal fan and a red thread on his wrist visible. Appearance-based cues are a long-haired figure in rust-red shawl; identity cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2016-11-11November 09 20162016-11-09November 09 20162016-11-09A bearded man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead, wearing a rust-red shawl over a bare upper body, leans over a large engraved brass vessel with his hands resting on its rim, eyes closed and a faint smile. Beside him a shirtless man in a white dhoti and sacred thread bends toward a carved stone pillar. Behind them an orange-robed attendant stands in the background, and a red cloth lies on a wooden stool. This is a photo of a ritual scene at a temple-like setting; the bearded man shows distinctive long hair, a shawl in red and a tilak, but his appearance is not sufficiently distinctive to confirm identity from the image alone.2016-11-09November 09 20162016-11-09 +1 copiesNovember 11 20162016-11-11 +2 copiesOutdoor ritual scene in a courtyard with red-painted walls and stone steps. A man in an orange dhoti and orange cloth with long dreadlocks, rudraksha beads and a gold hoop earring pours liquid from a clear vessel into a large brass pot engraved with figures. Seated beside him, a bearded man in a rust-red cloth with a red tilak on his forehead washes the rim with an orange sponge. A bare-chested man with an Om tattoo on his chest and white dhoti sits on the left, and a young girl in orange sits in the background. Potted plants and a stone pillar are behind them.2016-11-11 +1 copiesPhoto 11698786 +2 copiesA bearded man with long dreadlocked hair sits on a low wooden stool, wearing a rust-red shawl over his shoulders and a red bindi on his forehead, a white glove on his right hand. He holds a small metal ritual implement with a flame at its tip near a stone-edged fire area, a homa-style fire. Beside him, a young person in orange clothes sits cross-legged. A standing figure in orange robes with a rudraksha-style necklace stands behind. A large ornate copper vessel stands in the foreground, a bottle of water sits nearby, and a bronze deity murti is on the right with a fan behind.2016-11-11 +2 copiesA photograph of a bearded man with long dark hair and a red-brown ochre robe, seated beside a large engraved copper vessel, his hands resting on its rim and his eyes lowered with a faint smile. A red bindi and white markings are on his forehead. Beside him a bare-chested young man with a sacred thread and an Om tattoo on his chest looks on with wide eyes. Behind them a stone pillar and a figure in orange robes stand in a temple-like setting.2016-11-11A smiling man with long dark curly hair and a full beard sits behind a large ornate brass vessel, his eyes closed and hands resting on its rim. He wears a rust-red wrap over bare shoulders, has white sandalwood paste on his forehead with a red bindi, and appears to be taking part in a ritual. Behind him a stone pillar with carved detail and the marking VC 10 stands beside a metal panel, and a man in a white shirt and red sash works nearby, with partial figures at the left edge. Appearance-based candidate: a person, shown by long swept hair, rust-red sannyasi wrap and sandalwood marks.2016-11-09