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December 21 2013

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A photograph of a young man in a white dhoti-style cloth draped over his shoulder, standing with eyes closed and palms pressed together in prayer at his chest, holding red flowers or offerings. He wears rudraksha beads on his neck, wrists and upper arms, a bead pendant, and white sacred ash markings on his forehead and arms. Beside him stands another young man with white forehead markings, wearing an orange saffron cloth and a rudraksha mala. Behind them is a dark setting with gold tinsel garland and hanging golden tassels. No one in this frame is clearly identifiable as a person by the listed cues, so the figures are described by role only.2013-12-21Two young men in a dimly lit ritual setting. In the foreground, a man with a shaved head and white sacred ash marks on his forehead and arms, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border and a rudraksha mala with a small framed pendant, sits with eyes closed and palms pressed together around a red-tinted offering. Behind him, a second man with white forehead markings, earrings and a dark rudraksha necklace wears an orange robe and holds a woven basket with red flower petals. Gold-tasselled drapery is visible in the background.2013-12-21December 20 20132013-12-20April 30 20122012-04-30Night-time ritual photograph at an outdoor temple-style setting. Two young male priests stand side by side before a golden shrine backdrop hung with colourful tassels. The taller priest in white dhoti and shawl, with gold waist bands, a rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark, holds a tray of brass vessels and an oil lamp while gesturing toward them. The younger attendant in saffron-orange cloth and rudraksha beads holds the tray with his other hand. Pink and magenta flowers, green leaves and a coconut sit on a decorated stand at right. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable by appearance, so the role of priest is used.2013-12-20December 21 20132013-12-21A homa ritual photographed at night against a dark background, with smoke rising in the lower left. In the foreground a young priest in a white dhoti-style cloth and a pale yellow patterned turban, marked with a red forehead dot, wears a rudraksha mala and rudraksha armbands and holds a small offering tray with dried grass and a folded leaf over the fire. Behind him a second priest in an orange-saffron cloth, with a shaved head, white marks and rudraksha beads, sits with his hand raised to his chin. A brass vessel and a yellow flower sit at the lower edge beside a pale wooden log.2013-10-15A photograph of two young male attendees seated cross-legged on a peach-coloured cloth during a ritual. The foreground boy wears a white dhoti and shawl with gold borders, a long rudraksha mala, and a white vertical tilak with a red dot, and holds a thin metal rod in each hand while looking downward. Behind him, a second boy in orange robes and a rudraksha mala also has a white forehead marking and sits with eyes lowered. Brass or metal plates with red and yellow cloth bundles lie on the floor in front of them. The lower-right corner shows a faint circular logo.2014-09-15December 20 20132013-12-20October 15 20102010-10-15January 17 20132013-01-17October 05 20112011-10-05