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October 31 20112011-10-31A young male priest in white ritual dress with gold-bordered dhoti and shawl, wearing a cream and gold patterned turban, stands on a dirt ground holding a brass oil lamp with a bright flame in his cupped right hand while his left hand is raised beside it. He wears a beaded necklace and bangles, with a tilak mark on his forehead. Behind him, other people in white and yellow garments stand in a line, and a blue banner hangs on a fence. No candidate is identifiable as a person by the cues required, so the figure is treated as a priest.2011-10-31A photograph of a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti with saffron-yellow shawl and a gold-coloured bead necklace, holding a green coconut with a flame burning on top in an outdoor ritual. White horizontal sacred-ash markings appear on his arm and chest, and a tilak marks his forehead. Around him, devotees stand with palms pressed together in namaskar: a woman in a yellow saree on the left, a woman in white with a red blouse, and a man in a dark grey shirt on the right. Behind them are a white vehicle, bushes and a red building with signage.2010-12-20April AF 2012November 18 20152015-11-18February 04 20172017-02-04 +1 copiesA photograph outdoors among green trees. A shaved-headed young man in white dhoti and white shawl with gold borders stands in profile, holding a brass vessel with a spout and a small flaming lamp on a stand, performing a ritual offering. Behind him, a woman in white with gold-bordered sari and a rudraksha mala holds her hands together in prayer. Blurred foliage and hills fill the background.2012-06-03Night-time aarti at an outdoor procession. A young man in white ceremonial dress with a golden-patterned head wrap holds up a brass oil lamp with a bright flame, his hands raised beside a woman in a cream salwar with a light scarf and a lanyard. Around them, devotees with raised hands and glasses watch and join in the lamp ceremony. A blurred lantern stands in the left foreground.2011-12-05A photograph of a homa fire ritual at an outdoor pavilion. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold-edged border, wearing a gold necklace and bangles, sits before a square fire pit and pours an offering from a ladle into bright orange flames. Nearby on the stone platform are a silver bowl, a brass plate of yellow offering, and a pile of firewood. Behind him, several seated musicians and devotees in dark and white clothing watch, with a microphone stand near the fire and green shrubs in the background.2011-12-16October 17 20122012-10-17Outdoor ritual on a covered open-sided pavilion with palm trees and stone sculptures behind. A bare-chested priest with a long rudraksha-style necklace and white dhoti with gold border stands at a central ritual area, holding a ladle and offering over a fire or water pit. A young assistant in green stands beside a wooden stand. Brass kalashas, banana-leaf-like garlands, brass oil lamps and offering pots sit in the foreground. Several white-clad men, a woman in orange and women in saffron sari stand with folded hands, and a man in a maroon shirt watches on the right. A bronze figure sits on an orange stepped pedestal near a tall orange pillar.2011-10-06October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copies