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A bare-chested young man with curly brown hair and a short beard holds a small tan calf with a red forehead mark and a pink-beaded rope halter, its neck draped in a green and gold cloth and a red and green garland. He wears a white dhoti and a sacred thread, and a person in yellow robes with raised hands stands in the left foreground, apparently offering reverence. A large audience fills the background of a bright hall with hanging banners. a person is not visibly identifiable here, so no candidate is marked.

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January 16 20192019-01-16A man crouches on dusty ground under an open shed, tenderly holding the face of a young brown calf and pressing his cheek against its head. He wears a cream-white dhoti and a matching cloth draped over one shoulder, leaving his upper body bare, with a small dark bead necklace visible at his neck. Behind him stand white and grey cattle, a red metal post, and a blurred rocky background. The man has short dark hair and a mustache, and his posture conveys affection toward the animal. The image is a photograph and shows one person with the calf.2019-01-16A decorated cow with curved horns tipped in red, garlanded with white and yellow flowers and wearing a rope of golden bead ornaments, faces a man in orange robes who bends toward it and holds a silver handbell in his right hand. He wears a rudraksha mala and a white garland of flowers. Behind him, other people in orange and brown robes stand in white garlands. Red markings are visible on the cow's face and horns. The setting suggests a Mattu Pongal cattle worship rite. The man's appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm identity, and his role is a priest or devotee.2018-01-15 +1 copiesDecember 19 20102010-12-19January 16 20192019-01-16January 15 20182018-01-15January 15 20182018-01-15January 15 20182018-01-15A photograph of a ritual scene in which a bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair and a short beard lays his right hand on the head of a young brown calf decorated with a rope halter, bells and a green cloth. He wears a red-brown garment and a red-beaded mala. Behind him, several men with bare torsos, white dhotis and yellow-painted skin and gold or beaded necklaces stand close together. A metal rod or staff rests in the foreground. The setting is a dim hall with a dark curtain at left, consistent with a gau puja or blessing of a cow.2018-05-06 +1 copiesA smiling man in white and cream ritual clothing crouches beside a young brown calf, holding its head with one arm around its neck. He wears a cream shawl over a white dhoti-style garment and a small pendant on a cord. Behind them, adult cattle and a stone trough sit in a dusty open shed with red pillars. A small purple bird logo appears in the top-left corner and a copyright line runs along the lower right.2019-01-16January 15 20182018-01-15January 16 20192019-01-16