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March 28 2018

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Outdoor photograph at a temple ghat beside a green water tank, with stone steps behind. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a white cloth with a black rudraksha mala and a long plaited hair points toward a red-painted shrine structure draped with red and orange marigold garlands and hanging bells. Beside him a man with long dark swept-back hair, rudraksha malas, a beard and a dark orange-brown robe holds a marigold garland and offers it at the shrine. A younger man in a maroon robe stands behind them, and a seated person in an orange shawl is at the right edge, facing the shrine. The scene suggests ritual worship at the shrine.2018-03-28Photo at a temple shrine. A bare-shouldered figure with a tall swept-up dreadlock bun, a rudraksha mala headband, a long rudraksha necklace and an orange-and-yellow marigold garland stands in front of the shrine, holding white flowers and a small offering. A younger man in a red kurta stands behind, and a partially visible person is at the right edge. Brass bells hang from the arched doorway, decorated with red marigold garlands. a person cues include the dreadlock bun, rudraksha ornaments and marigold garland, though the face is turned away.2018-03-28 +1 copiesMarch 28 20182018-03-28 +1 copiesOctober 26 20162016-10-26May 08 20182018-05-08October 01 20172017-10-01March 16 20142014-03-16A photo of a night-time worship inside a dim, weathered stone shrine with peeling plaster walls. A long-haired man in a rust-red dhoti and shawl, with rudraksha malas around his neck and wrists and an upper-arm band, holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward a carved wooden doorway hung with white and red flower garlands. Beside him, a man in saffron-orange robes holds a plate of flowers, and a figure at the left edge holds a brass bell. A hanging oil lamp is visible above the doorway. The lamp-bearer's appearance matches the page's a person reference only partially; the cues are long hair and malas, but the face is uncertain, so he is described by role as the lamp-bearing priest.2018-03-01October 03 20152015-10-03January 11 20172017-01-11February 13 20182018-02-13Outdoor ritual at a stepped red-stone tank with a row of small lamp niches. A large, shaved-headed figure's back is turned toward the camera in a long-haired, long-braided pose wearing a maroon/brown cloth and a rudraksha-style strand, facing a decorated deity murti of Hanuman under a gold arch framed with red, orange and white marigold garlands. Several devotees in saffron and orange robes sit or kneel at left, hands joined, and a bronze oil lamp with a flame sits in front of the shrine on a red cloth. Water and a rising, dusty sky fill the background. Photo shows a Hanuman puja or aarti at the temple tank.2013-04-25