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Close-up photograph of a person's clasped hands held at the chest, with a gold ring on one finger and a small bundle of green grass or kusha between the fingers. The wearer's torso is adorned with heavy gold ornaments, including large gold beads and a gold mala, interspersed with pink flowers and white jasmine garlands. A red thread is tied around the wrist. The background is softly blurred. No face is visible.

2018-05-31 +2 copies

May 31 2018

Close-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 copies

Close photo of a ritual offering on a silver tray scattered with pink flower petals. A man in rust-red robes and multiple rudraksha malas on his wrist and neck dips his fingers into a small silver bowl on the tray. A young person in orange cloth with white sacred ash marks on the arm and chest and rudraksha beads at the waist holds the tray steady with both hands. A golden deity murti is blurred in the background. Visible actions suggest a puja or abhishekam offering.

Close-up photo of a person's folded hands resting on their chest, wearing a red thread bracelet on the wrist and a gold ring on a finger. Around the neck are pink flower garlands with white jasmine-like buds and heavy gold ornaments with rudraksha beads. Only hands, arms and garlanded chest are visible; the face is not shown, so the individual's identity cannot be established from this frame. The background is softly blurred.

2018-05-31 +1 copies

Close 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.

February 13 2018

June 28 2014

2014-06-28 +1 copies

Close-up of a golden deity murti or decorated figure draped in pink and white flower garlands with pearl-like beads and gold ornaments, with a pair of hands held together in front, one hand cupping a folded white cloth with a pink edge. Ornate gold jewellery and necklaces fill the frame, with blurred figures and warm orange tones in the background. No clearly visible face is shown, so no identifiable individual is present in the frame.

October 11 2016

Close-up photograph of a ritual scene with red silk draped over a seated figure. A long garland of red and magenta flowers with gold-tinted accents hangs across the red cloth. A hand wearing a rudraksha bracelet rests on the red fabric, while another person's hand, with a gold ring and gold bangles, reaches toward it from the left. A rudraksha mala hangs at the left edge beside a figure in cream clothing. Behind them, a few other people in saffron and white stand in the background. A polished silver vessel with a curved handle appears at the right edge. The image is dominated by red, saffron and silver tones.

Close-up photograph of two people's hands passing a small silver vessel with a yellow flower and a sprig of dried grass tied to it. The hand on the left wears an orange saffron garment and is dusted with white ash; the other person wears a maroon garment, a dark beaded rudraksha-style mala with gold beads, and a colourful wrist thread. Behind them is an ornate gold-and-orange backdrop with a golden scroll motif. Only hands and torsos are visible.