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A shirtless man in a white dhoti stands before seated participants, holding a bunch of green mango leaves and flicking water from them. He holds a white ceramic pot with red markings under his other arm. Seated attendees in white clothes with orange-red shawls face the front, and a second shirtless man in an orange cloth and white dhoti stands on the right against a maroon curtain. This appears to be a sprinkling of water in a ritual setting.

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February 26 20172017-02-26March 05 20162016-03-05 +2 copiesJanuary 30 20162016-01-30April 26 20172017-04-26February 26 20172017-02-26February 26 20172017-02-26February 26 20172017-02-26December 02 20162016-12-02A photograph of a bare-chested priest in an orange-and-gold patterned shawl and a long gold bead necklace, with white sacred ash bands on his forehead, sprinkling water from a bunch of green mango leaves held in his raised right hand. Beside him stands a silver kalasha pot. In the foreground, the shaven heads of seated participants are visible, one bare-shouldered and wearing a beaded necklace. A deep red curtain forms the backdrop. The scene suggests an abhishekam-style blessing ritual being performed for devotees.2017-04-26December 02 20162016-12-02A standing priest in an orange-saffron shawl over white dhoti holds a leafy green branch aloft in his raised right arm and cradles a white netted kalasha pot in his left hand. He wears a beaded necklace and sandalwood-coloured body. Behind him, a large seated audience dressed in white sits on the floor of a hall with pale walls, framed pictures and a red light. The scene suggests a ritual purification or abhishekam being performed for the gathered devotees.2016-03-05 +1 copiesA young man with curly dark hair, bare-chested and wearing a saffron-orange dhoti-style wrap with a beaded rudraksha-style necklace, stands with his back to the camera and raises a green mango-leaf bundle above a white woven pot in his other hand, sprinkling water in a purification rite. Water droplets spray through the air in front of a long red drape. Seated devotees in white and a few in orange wrap sit on the floor before him, including a shaved-headed child in the foreground and a bare-chested man at right. Golden railings and a stage edge frame the lower left.2017-04-03