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A seated man in saffron-orange robes and a dark rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a floor mat during a ritual. He wears white horizontal forehead markings and white arm markings, a small gold earring and a gold bangle, and holds a white conch shell. Brass vessels and oil lamps sit on the mat before him. Behind him, two people in white and maroon garments sit on the floor, and a person in saffron is partly visible at the left edge. The setting appears to be a ritual gathering in a hall with patterned fabric on the wall.

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A shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a mat, performing a ritual with small brass items, with white horizontal tilak stripes on his forehead and arms. Behind him, other seated people wear orange and maroon garments, and a green container sits at the left edge beside brass lamps on the floor. a person cues not clearly sufficient: the figure is a shaved-headed priest in orange, so the identity is uncertain.2013-10-15October 15 20112011-10-15August 16 20142014-08-16A photograph of a group of young male devotees seated on the floor in an indoor hall, performing a ritual. The foreground man wears a rust-red dhoti and wrap with a long rudraksha mala, holding a small brass vessel. Behind him, several men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas hold lit oil lamps, and one has a white-painted forehead. A man on the right with a bald head, white forehead and arm markings, and a rust-red wrap raises a hand. Brass pots sit on the floor, and spectators sit in the background. No identifiable a person is visible in appearance.2013-04-14October 15 20132013-10-15March 04 20132013-03-04October 26 20112011-10-26A seated group of shaven-headed men in saffron-orange robes perform a ritual in a hall. Several have white horizontal tilaka stripes on their foreheads and arms. The front man wears a long orange shawl, rudraksha mala, and bracelets, and holds his hands in a mudra gesture. Brass vessels, a small brass bell, and plates with offerings sit on a white cloth before them, and a crowd of seated devotees fills the background.2013-03-29A seated ritual scene in a hall where several men in orange and saffron robes perform a puja. Three men in the foreground wear rudraksha malas, sandalwood-paste tilak on their foreheads and arms, and orange or red shawls over bare upper bodies. The man in the centre sits with palms pressed together in namaskar, while the man at left and the man at right handle ritual items. A silver tray holds brass oil lamps, a small brass bell, a kalasha-style vessel, flower offerings and fruit. Young boys in orange robes sit behind them, and a figure in white sits at the far left edge. The bald-headed man at right, with a red-orange robe and ornate necklace, is a priest-attendant role; no visible appearance cues establish a person's presence.2014-09-22August 11 20162016-08-11Indoor group ritual on white floor mats with orange cloth. A central man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged, holding a lit oil lamp aloft in his right hand and a small brass bell in his left, with a white forehead marking. Around him several men in white dhotis with maroon borders sit and hold lit lamps, one ringing a bell, with brass plates of yellow grains, brass kalasha-style vessels, a small brass lamp and an open book nearby. Several people in the group wear white ritual dress; one wears a white shawl. The scene reads as a puja or aarti in progress.2010-11-23July 18 20132013-07-18