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A photograph of a seated sannyasi in orange robes with a white vertical tilak and red bindi, wearing glasses and a gold bead necklace with a small framed pendant. He holds a silver bell in his right hand and pours water from a silver vessel over a black platform bordered with yellow and orange flowers. A microphone stands at left and a second orange-robed person sits blurred in the background. The setting is an open outdoor courtyard with a white building and red-framed windows.

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A shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes and a matching orange hood sits cross-legged before a black stone platform strewn with yellow and orange flowers. He wears a heavy gold bead necklace with a small pendant and a red bindi with white sacred ash on his forehead, and he pours liquid from a silver kalasha-style vessel while holding a silver bell in his other hand. A microphone stands at left, and a person in orange garments sits blurred in the background beside a brass vessel. A white building with red window frames stands behind. Appearance cues are limited to the orange robes and gold necklace, not enough to confirm identity, so this is uncertain.2009-09-25 +1 copiesA man seated outdoors in orange robes with a dark red border, a hood-like orange cloth draped over his head, and a gold bead necklace with a small framed medallion. He wears glasses, white horizontal tilak marks and a red dot on his forehead. He holds a small silver vessel in one hand and a silver handbell in the other, performing a ritual before a low black platform decorated with yellow and orange flowers. A microphone stands at left, and a second person in orange and white sits partly visible at right near brass vessels. A white building with red-framed windows is behind them.2009-09-25 +1 copiesSeptember 25 20092009-09-25September 25 20092009-09-25September 25 20092009-09-25 +1 copiesA shaved-headed man in orange saffron robes sits cross-legged at a flower-decorated altar, holding a silver aarti lamp with a flame in one hand and a silver handbell in the other. He wears rimless glasses, a white tripundra mark and a red bindi, and a heavy gold bead necklace with a gold pendant bearing a small framed photo. A microphone stands at left and a blurred young man in white and yellow appears behind him, while yellow and orange marigolds line the stone base in front.2009-09-25 +1 copiesA seated man in saffron-orange robes with a maroon border and a matching orange head cloth sits before a yellow marigold garland arranged along a stone platform. He wears a long gold bead mala with a small framed pendant at his chest, has white horizontal sacred ash marks on his forehead with a red dot, and wears thin-rimmed glasses. He holds a polished silver vessel in both hands while looking down. A microphone stands at the left against an orange cloth backdrop, and a bronze vessel sits at the right edge. Outdoors, with greenery and a white wall behind him.2009-09-25September 25 20092009-09-25 +1 copiesA seated man in saffron-orange robes with a draped orange shawl and a gold bead necklace performs a ritual with a silver lamp holding a lit flame and a silver handbell, in an outdoor setting. Marigolds and yellow flowers line a dark stone platform in front of him. A microphone stand is visible at left, and a man in a yellow and white garment sits in the background near a white building with a red-framed door. The man has a white forehead marking with a red dot and wears glasses. Identity cannot be confirmed from appearance, so this is a priest performing a lamp offering.2009-09-25 +1 copiesSeptember 25 20092009-09-25A photograph of an outdoor homa ritual. A man seated at the center wears an orange saffron robe with a matching draped cloth over his head and shoulders, a gold beaded necklace, and a white-and-red tilak on his forehead, holding a silver lamp with a flame in one hand and a silver bell in the other. Beside him, a younger man in white clothing with a yellow shawl sits with palms pressed together in prayer, wearing a rudraksha mala. Other people in white dhotis stand and sit in the background, and a fire pit is set with marigold and yellow flower offerings in the foreground. Banana leaves and greenery surround the open-air setting.2009-09-25A photograph of a puja ritual outdoors. A man seated on the left wears a saffron-orange robe draped over his shoulders and a maroon-bordered orange garment, with a long beaded necklace, a bracelet and a white-and-red forehead mark, and he holds a small brass lamp over a stone platform decorated with yellow and orange flower petals. Beside him sit two men in white kurtas with yellow shawls; one wears glasses and a red tilak, and the other has a beaded mala. In the foreground stand a brass kalasha in a mesh netting, a silver vessel, and a small bowl. Green banana leaves and trees form the background. a person cue is present: the central figure wears saffron robes with a distinctive long beaded necklace and ritual forehead marks, so the candidate is in person, though this remains an appearance-based label.2009-09-25