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October 24 20102010-10-24A photograph of a small indoor room with floral curtains and a white wall. A man in orange robes wears a long garland of yellow marigolds and red flowers with green leaves, and holds small green leaves toward an older man in white dhoti and shawl with orange border, who offers them with his hands. A shirtless man in white dhoti with a mala stands at left, and a man in orange robes and glasses at right holds a small green item. A steel plate of fruit, including bananas and apples, sits on the floor.2008-04-01March 25 20142014-03-25April 01 20082008-04-01Indoor photo in a room with peach walls, white curtains and a thatched ceiling. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a gold-beaded neck garland, with a crown-like hair style, smiles and hands a small gift box and a bag of fruit to an older bald, white-bearded man with vibhuti marks wearing a cream dhoti and an orange-and-red shawl, who receives it with both hands. Beside him a woman in a magenta sari and a young man in a white shirt look on. At far left a man in an orange-and-green bordered shawl with forehead markings watches. The gift box shows a printed picture of a figure.2010-10-24A photograph of a ritual setting in a plain room with a white-curtained window and a tiled floor. A bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala stands at left. An elderly priest in white dhoti and shawl with orange-and-green borders, wearing a green bead necklace, holds out offerings. A young person in an orange robe and a long garland of yellow and red flowers stands centre, hands together and receiving a small green item. A bearded man in orange at right holds a green offering. A steel plate of fruit, including bananas and apples, sits on the floor in front. The scene looks like a puja or blessing ceremony.2008-04-01A photograph inside a room with orange curtains and framed pictures on the wall. A woman in a red-and-gold sari with a rudraksha mala and gold bangles stands centre, smiling and holding a small copper vessel and spoon, offering it to a bald man in an orange robe and glasses on the right. A devotee in pink and maroon bends down in the lower left, while men in white kurta, orange robes and bare-chested attire stand behind. A man in white holds his hands together.2014-07-02 +1 copiesAugust 09 20072007-08-09Indoor photograph of a religious ceremony in a pink-walled room with a framed deity print on the wall and a brass oil lamp at right. A man with long, swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, a dark rudraksha mala and an orange saffron wrap stands at left with hands folded. Beside him, a bald man in orange robes reaches out to clasp the hands of a bare-chested priest wearing a red shawl with gold border and white dhoti, who stands before brass vessels and a bell. A bearded man in orange robes sits at right, and a yellow-saree-clad woman is partly visible at far left. Several figures in the room are visible, and the scene appears to be a formal blessing or ordination exchange.2007-08-09April 01 20082008-04-01July 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesMarch 25 20142014-03-25