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A temple ritual scene where several devotees sit in a row wearing white and orange garlands of white flowers with red accents. In the foreground a woman in a red top presses her palms together in prayer, and a bespectacled man on the right has a red bindi. A priest in a white dhoti with a gold border stands at left, reaching down with a hand over the eyes of a seated devotee in a pale kurta. Behind them a man with a grey beard and orange garland sits near steel railings, and an orange-clad figure stands in the background. The setting is a temple hall with a cream floor.

A photograph of a devotional gathering in a red-draped hall. In the foreground, a figure in a red-orange sleeveless garment and a gold floral neck garland sits facing left, with a golden vessel in the lower foreground. A woman in a white sari with a rust-orange shawl and a dark rudraksha mala holds a small white card and stands beside a woman in a cream sari with a rust shawl. On the right, an older man with white hair and glasses, wearing a white t-shirt and silver bracelet, bows with his palms pressed together near his face. Other women in pink and blue saris and a light pink top stand behind them.

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A photo of a crowded indoor reception in a narrow corridor with pink walls and a dark wooden door. In the foreground, a figure with long swept-back hair, wearing a saffron-orange robe with a cream garland of white flowers and a rudraksha mala, sits facing a seated couple. A woman in a green-trimmed white sari with a red floral garland and a man in a white shirt with a red garland kneel before him; the man holds a red fruit and offers it. Behind them, devotees in white shirts and saffron robes stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, and several boys and a young girl are visible. Visible cues include the long hair, saffron robe and rudraksha mala, but the scene is crowded and partly cut off, so identity remains uncertain.

July 07 2014

A photograph of a seated figure in a saffron-orange robe with a long dark braid, heavily garlanded with white jasmine and red and orange flower garlands, receiving a gesture from an elderly bald man in a cream shirt with a tilak on his forehead and round glasses, who kneels before him. Behind them a woman in a dark blue sari holds a red fruit or offering, a younger man in a white kurta wears a long rudraksha mala and tilak, and two more men in white stand in the background near a carved wooden pillar. A younger man in orange at the right edge steadies the elderly man's arm. Marigold petals and flower garlands lie on the floor. The seated garlanded figure's identity is uncertain from appearance alone.

A photograph of a devotee pada puja in a home. A seated man in a white dhoti and shirt, with a black rudraksha mala and glasses, holds flower garlands and leaves. Beside him, a woman in an orange-red silk saree with gold border and a jasmine flower in her hair holds leaves and white flowers. On the left, a bare-headed monastic in saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas sits near a seated figure's feet. Several saffron-robed attendants stand in the background, and a red and gold cloth covers the floor with scattered petals and flowers. A wall fan is visible at top left.

August 14 2016

February 19 2017

July 07 2014

A photograph of a ceremonial darshan on a red-cushioned seat beside a gold-painted panel. A long-haired man with a white forehead mark, wearing a red garment and layered gold and bead necklaces with rudraksha-style beads, bows his head while his hand rests on a woman's shoulder. In front, a short-haired woman in a brown top and orange shawl stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind them, a woman in a white and gold sari with a gold necklace and a woman in a red sari hold white flower garlands or cloth and look on, with a few more women in colourful saris visible at the back. Green foliage decorates the left edge. The man shows strong cues of the a person appearance (long swept-back hair, rudraksha and gold ceremonial adornment), but the appearance is not certain enough to confirm identity.

A photograph of a home puja setting with several people gathered in a small room with pale walls and a patterned red-and-white cloth hanging at right. At centre right, a smiling woman in a maroon-red garment wears a long white and red flower garland with a rudraksha-style bead strand and gold earrings, sitting while another woman in the foreground, seen from behind, holds a red object and reaches toward her. An older man in a white shirt and white dhoti, with a tilak on his forehead, holds a yellow cloth. Behind them, a young person in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands beside a girl in orange, and men in shirts with tilak marks look on from the left.

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