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A photograph of a temple interior at night with a row of hanging brass bells. A central figure in a deep red turban, red silk garment and gold armlet wears a long garland of white and yellow flowers and stands before a woman in a maroon sari who reaches up to adorn him with flowers. Behind them, a man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala presses his palms together. On the wall hangs a framed portrait of a smiling figure in a red and orange head wrap, and a brass kalasha sits lower right beside a flower arrangement. Counted people are the three visible, partially cropped.

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A man stands at night on a paved courtyard wearing a red-orange turban with a gold crest, a red-orange dhoti-style garment with a gold waist ornament, layered gold necklaces, and a long multicolour-and-white flower garland, and he looks down while a woman in a red-brown sari with folded hands at her chest stands beside him, and a woman in a gold-and-pink sari at right holds a brass plate with lit oil lamps. Hanging brass bells and a framed portrait of a saffron-robed sadhu with a turban hang on a red wall behind them, and a brass vessel sits on a stone counter. Whether the central man is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2017-10-18December 12 20162016-12-12October 18 20172017-10-18October 18 20172017-10-18Photo inside a temple hall with stone pillars. A bald man with a bare upper body in the foreground pours or presses a white substance onto the head of a seated, shaven-headed figure in saffron robes, who wears a rudraksha mala and a large garland of white flowers with red blossoms. A man in white dhoti and shawl with gold border and rudraksha beads stands at right. Another man in orange and a rudraksha mala stands behind, with a tilak and red bindi, and a further standing man in orange and gold garlands is at left. Some devotees are visible behind, and a rudraksha garland drapes the saffron-clad figure. The scene appears to be an abhishekam or anointing ritual with garlands, and the saffron-robed figure may be a person based on saffron clothing and rudraksha ornaments.2012-06-05A photograph of a ceremony inside a tent with a white canopy. In the foreground, a man in an orange-red turban and saffron-orange shawl over his shoulder, wearing a green-and-red beaded garland with rudraksha-style beads, leans forward to place a long white flower garland over a seated woman's head. The woman wears an orange-brown sari, a dark beaded necklace and gold bangles, and her hands are raised to receive the garland. Behind them a brass lamp stand, a standing fan and white cooling units are visible, and a large seated audience in white and coloured saris fills the background, with a red-and-white banner on the tent wall. A brass ritual vessel sits in the lower left.2015-07-26February 13 20182018-02-13September 21 20172017-09-21A photograph of a ceremonial garlanding at night. A man in a saffron-orange wrap seated on an ornate gold throne with a gold-and-saffron shawl draped over him, head bowed, forehead marked with white vibhuti. Standing beside him, a man in a dark reddish-brown robe places a long garland of white jasmine, red roses and yellow marigolds around the seated man's neck. Behind them, several women in white and saffron saris and a man in white stand near brass lamps and kalasha-like vessels, with colourful string lights glowing in the background. The seated man appears to be the honoured guest; a person candidate cues are not clearly sufficient, so identity is uncertain.2016-12-23July 31 20152015-07-31February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesIndoor event photo in a hall with chandeliers and decorated pillars with colourful floral and geometric patterns. A central figure wears a rust-red turban, rudraksha malas and a gold-coloured necklace over a dark red-brown robe with a gold border, and smiles while receiving garlands; a man in the foreground in similar red-brown robes and a bare upper body holds rudraksha beads toward him. Orange and white flower garlands hang on several people, including an older bearded man in orange robes at right, and another figure in dark clothing.2015-10-18