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Close-up photo of a ritual water offering. A metal cup pours water over a pair of hands holding a bundle of darbha grass, over a polished silver bowl containing flower petals and small offerings. A person in orange saffron robes sits on the left, and a person in maroon garments with a gold border on the right, with a wrist mala and gold ornaments visible. The scene suggests a puja or sankalpa water rite. No faces are visible. a person's presence is not established from the visible figures.2015-09-14May 24 20182018-05-24 +1 copiesClose photo of two pairs of hands passing a silver plate holding a small silver bowl filled with pink rose petals. The hand on the right belongs to a figure in a rust-orange robe, with a gold bangle and a red thread wrist band. The hand on the left belongs to a person wearing a dark rudraksha bracelet and a red thread band, offering the petals. Behind them is a red cushioned seat and gold ornamental fabric. Only the hands and arms of the two people are visible.2018-06-04 +2 copiesJanuary 02 20102010-01-02 +2 copiesNovember 27 20092009-11-27Close photograph of a ritual at a richly decorated deity murti or shrine. A bare forearm with a yellow bangle reaches toward the shrine, while another hand holds a brass bowl near the foreground. The murti is adorned with red and white flower garlands, yellow marigold strands, green leaves and a red cloth, with a golden backdrop behind. Smoke or incense haze drifts across the frame. No face is visible and no person can be identified.2018-03-02Close-up photo of a ritual lingam or shivalinga being decorated with flowers in a temple setting. A man in a white dhoti and a red-brown beaded bracelet reaches toward a golden-toned lingam set on a silver-rimmed tray heaped with red roses, yellow roses, white flowers and green leaves. A bare-footed figure stands on a red floor at the left, and a person in a leopard-print and tiger-striped shawl sits at the right edge. The lingam and tray rest on a silver pedestal. No face is visible of the men shown, and no one is clearly identifiable as a person.2019-04-07Close-up of a bare-chested priest performing a ritual offering with red flower petals on a wooden plate. He wears a blue shawl over the shoulder, a red dhoti, a gold-bead and red-cord necklace, a yellow and purple sacred thread bracelet, and a gold ring, with white sacred ash marks on his arm and chest. His right hand scatters red petals toward a golden deity murti decorated with green garlands and yellow flowers, against a red backdrop. Only his arm and torso are visible, so no face is shown.2018-03-02April 04 20182018-04-04 +1 copiesClose-up photo of two sets of hands during a ritual. On the left, a man's hand with a blue thread bracelet and a silver bangle holds a yellow-and-white woven leaf bowl with a small green grass stalk tied on its rim, while the arm is adorned with a gold bell-like ornament on a red garment. On the right, a hand with a gold beaded bracelet touches the bowl's edge, and water droplets glisten on the fingers. Behind, a golden vessel and a silver pillar appear, with blurred green foliage in the background. The setting suggests an abhishekam-style offering, but no full person is visible.2015-05-05 +1 copiesClose photograph of a padapuja-style ritual with several pairs of hands pouring liquid from silver vessels and bowls over a foot surrounded by red, pink and yellow flowers. A woman in gold bangles and henna-decorated hands holds a silver cup, while a person in a white garment and another in a red-and-gold silk sari border are visible at the edges. Silver trays and bowls of flowers fill the foreground, and a small silver bowl with a spoon sits near the left. No identifiable face is visible, so no a person candidate is present in this image.2013-09-16July 19 20162016-07-19