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April 29 2018

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A photograph of a temple entrance where a smiling bearded man in a maroon robe and rudraksha mala, wearing a yellow and red marigold garland and a red forehead mark, stands with hands pressed to his chest. Around him, several bare-chested men in white dhotis and maroon cloths, some wearing black head cloths and rudraksha malas, stand with folded hands; one holds a tall silver staff. A cameraman films from the right, and the walls are plain grey with white carved panels on the left.2018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesDecember 06 20162016-12-06April 29 20182018-04-29March 11 20172017-03-11April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple-entrance greeting. A central figure with long dark hair in a loose braid, wearing a red-brown ochre cloth and a garland of yellow marigolds and red flowers, stands with palms pressed together in namaste, head bowed. Around him, men in white dhotis with gold borders and bare-chested devotees wearing rudraksha malas and saffron-orange cloths stand close by. A man in a yellow-gold shawl on the right holds his hands together in greeting, and a man in a white shirt on the left carries a red and white cloth bag printed with a logo. Grey walls form the background.2018-04-29 +2 copiesOctober 15 20172017-10-15Outdoor ceremonial scene. A bearded man with long dark hair and a red-orange tilak on his forehead wears an orange-red sannyasi garment and a thick dark rudraksha mala with a gold pendant, smiling and gesturing with his right hand toward a decorated palanquin or deity vehicle draped in red brocade with yellow and purple flower garlands. Behind him stand a man in a white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala, and a bare-chested attendant holding a tall gold staff. A young attendant on the right, also bare-chested, holds the palanquin. Red and white flower offerings lie in the foreground, and a red and white pole with hanging decorations is visible above. Probable Swamiji by appearance cues: long swept-back hair, orange sannyasi clothing and heavy rudraksha mala with ceremonial gold pendant, in a procession-style ritual setting.2016-10-11April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesDecember 02 20162016-12-02Outdoor temple-street procession scene. In the foreground a smiling bearded man with swept-back dark hair wears a long garland of yellow marigolds, white flowers and pink blooms over a rust-red shawl, with a rudraksha bracelet on his wrist and white and red forehead markings. Behind him at left, a young man in an orange cloth wears layered rudraksha malas and a gold pendant, with white tripundra marks on his forehead. A third figure in white stands behind them among other devotees and onlookers, and a uniformed official appears at the right edge near a wooden barrier beside a stone temple wall.2018-01-16