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July 03 2014

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July 03 20142014-07-03June 03 20162016-06-03June 26 20142014-06-26September 15 20132013-09-15February 07 20172017-02-07A night-time stage event with a raised platform draped in white and orange fabric. A figure in saffron-orange robes with a shaved head stands at right beside a floral-decorated seat and a colourful canopy, next to a cameraman with a video camera on a tripod. A woman in white with a white head covering and a floral garland stands centre-left, with several men in white ritual clothes behind her. In the foreground, many women in white saris with gold borders stand along an orange railing, and children are visible at the edges. Brass lamps with flames stand on the right, and marigold garlands decorate the seat.2010-12-29January 21 20102010-01-21A night-time padapuja gathering under a decorated tent with striped and patterned fabric canopy and bright lights. A bald man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl stands at centre, holding a brass vessel and a garland, with a man in white dhoti and shirt in front of him. Around them a dense crowd of devotees, including a woman in yellow sari at right and women in saris, watches closely. Some people wear white dhotis and shirts, others striped shirts. A string of purple lights decorates the tent frame.2014-07-03December 29 20102010-12-29Evening photograph under a red and green patterned canopy with warm sunlight flaring through the frame. At centre, a man in a white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala and a sandalwood-coloured cloth around his neck walks toward a doorway, flanked by people. Beside him a man wears a bright orange garland of marigolds and an orange-brown garment and smiles. Several men in white and saffron-coloured clothing crowd behind them near a blue and white doorway with carved white trim.2014-06-27Photograph of a procession moving through a temple doorway, with a crowd of devotees behind. In the centre, a bare-chested elderly priest with white forehead marks and a red-and-gold saffron cloth, a red headband and rudraksha mala walks forward holding a ceremonial object. Beside him, a man in saffron dress with a heavy gold necklace and white tripundra marks walks alongside. On the left, a man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala. Women in saffron and green saris and men in white shirts follow. Stone temple architecture frames the entrance, with a deity visible in the background. Sanskrit-style procession with devotees in ritual dress.2012-06-05Night procession on a stone-paved lane near a temple gopuram. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala walks at left, forehead marked with sacred ash. Behind him a group of devotees in saffron and maroon robes and garlands walks toward a brightly lit temple entrance. A figure in maroon robes with a long dark beard, bare-chested and wearing a long rudraksha mala, walks barefoot at centre-right, with a bald companion in maroon behind him. Several women in saffron and teal saris and men in white shirts follow. Crowds stand on temple steps under string lights.2017-02-07