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A seated man in saffron-orange sleeveless robes and a long gold bead necklace sits cross-legged before a red railing with gold scrollwork and a brass lamp stand. His long black hair is tied back, he has white tilak markings on his forehead and white paste on his upper arm, and he holds a small metal bowl while his hands work over it. In the foreground are two silver trays heaped with yellow marigold flowers, and a conch shell and brass vessels sit to the right.

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July 21 20102010-07-21A seated man in profile wears an orange sleeveless top with an orange shawl draped over one shoulder and a gold bead necklace, with white sacred ash marks on his upper arm and forehead. He holds yellow marigold petals cupped in both hands, seated before a large statue draped in yellow cloth and garlanded with yellow and red flower garlands. A brass lamp stands in the lower left foreground, with scattered petals on the orange cloth. The setting suggests an abhishekam or puja offering to a deity murti.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21November 12 20102010-11-12A photograph of a temple ritual at a shrine. A young man with swept-back hair, a vertical white forehead mark and bare-shouldered orange robes wears a long gold bead necklace and sits cross-legged, gesturing with his hand during the ceremony. Beside him an older bearded man in orange cloth holds a small metal bowl. In front of them stand brass oil lamps, plates of yellow marigold flowers, green leaves, sweets and fruit. Behind them a white marble deity murti sits on a seat draped in orange cloth and wears a jewelled necklace, with a large dark velvet backdrop embellished with silver ornaments, and a red and yellow flower garland hangs at the side. Another orange-robed person is partly visible at left, and an orange curtain and red gate frame the scene.2010-07-21Close-up photo of a man with swept-back dark hair wearing an orange saffron shawl and a heavy gold ceremonial necklace of large bead-like pendants. He has white horizontal forehead markings and a red kumkum dot between the brows, and his arm bears white ash streaks. He looks downward while a partly visible figure in orange stands behind him, and a carved stone object appears at the right edge. Ritual abhishekam context is possible from the page, but the scene itself shows only the man's appearance and adornments.2010-07-21A photograph of monastic devotees in orange robes seated on a concrete floor during a ritual. A man with hair tied back, wearing an orange shawl over an orange robe, cups his hands holding a small yellow flower. A younger man in pale orange sits in the foreground at right, and another orange-robed man with a rudraksha mala sits behind him. A white cloth lies on the floor at left.2010-07-21A man with swept-back dark hair and a white tilak on his forehead stands in profile in an orange sleeveless top with an orange shawl, wearing a gold-bead necklace with black spacers. He holds red and yellow flower petals in cupped hands and offers them toward a gold deity murti or statue with raised arm. White ash marks are on his upper arm and forearm. Behind him is an ornate gold arch and a dark red wall. Yellow and red marigold and rose garlands hang at the right edge.2010-07-21A seated man in an orange saffron robe and a long gold bead necklace with a small gold deity pendant holds a lit gold oil lamp in one hand and a silver bell in the other. He wears a red bindi and white marks on his forehead, and has long swept-back dark hair. Behind him to the left is a black deity murti adorned with jewelled gold ornaments and a crown, beside yellow marigold garlands, a brass kalasha and a brass vessel in the foreground. The setting appears to be a temple preparation for an inauguration.