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Night outdoor photo of a devotional procession. In the foreground a woman with long curly dark hair, wearing a leopard-print shawl, presses her palms together in prayer. Behind her, rows of people in orange and white robes stand with hands folded, some wearing orange garments and white dhotis with saffron shawls. On the right, a man in an orange robe and a decorated cap holds up a lit oil lamp toward an ornate festooned chariot or palanquin hung with marigold garlands and colourful fabric. A person in a yellow and white garment stands in the right foreground.

December 16 2012

A large crowd of devotees fills a white tented hall decorated with hanging cylindrical banners woven with elephant and animal motifs in red, yellow and blue. Most people wear white, with some in orange, red and green saris. A man in the centre foreground wears a white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala and raises his hand, while others around him gesture and clap. A framed deity image hangs on the left wall and a large screen is visible at the back.

Group photo inside an ornately carved temple corridor with pillars and stone reliefs, evening light, crowd behind. Five men pose close together. The central man wears a long dark brown-maroon wrap, a long rudraksha mala and a bead garland, with a long swept-back hair style and a tilak on his forehead, smiling broadly. Men on either side wear plain white dhoti-and-shirt ritual clothing; one wears glasses and has a red tilak mark, another wears a red wristband. At far left a man wears a red-orange dhoti and rudraksha beads. The central man's appearance matches the a person cues of long hair, a rudraksha mala and dark ceremonial wrap, though identity is uncertain.

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May 03 2014

A dense crowd of devotees surrounds a central figure with long dark hair, a white forehead stripe, a white and red flower garland and an orange cloth draped over the body. The central person is bare-chested with the orange garment over the lower body and appears to be the focus of the crowd. Many men wear white shirts and rudraksha malas, some hold orange flags on poles, and a man in the foreground holds a digital camera. Bodies press closely together in an outdoor procession setting.

Outdoor crowd scene at a festival gathering with many devotees in white and saffron-orange clothing. In the centre, a man with a golden head-wrap and bindi smiles while a bearded man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala raises his hand beside him; he has a long swept-back ponytail-like hairstyle and a bead necklace. Behind them, people hold tall wooden poles with an orange and yellow canopy, a man on the left holds a brass kalasha-like pot with greenery, and a young girl in a blue dress stands at the right. Several men in white shirts with orange shawls surround the group.

November 20 2010

A seated figure on an ornate gold throne with a long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and a red-brown wrap with dark patterned cloth, smiling and touching the forehead of a kneeling man in white clothes with a red-patterned shawl and folded hands in namaskar. Behind them stands a large deity murti adorned with gold necklaces and garlands, with green foliage, orange flowers and a silver staff nearby. This appears to be a darshan blessing moment. The seated figure has cues consistent with a person with the throne and blessing role, though appearance is partly obscured by the angle.

July 01 2014

January 30 2009

Two men sit face to face in an ornate hall with a red lattice screen and a peacock feather fan at left. The man on the left wears a rust-orange wrap, a long rudraksha mala with multiple strands, and a white horizontal tilak on his forehead; his long dark hair is swept back, and his hands are raised toward a silver trident. The man on the right, bald with a grey beard, wears a white kurta and bows with palms pressed together toward the trident's tip, which has a red bindi-like mark. Golden deity murti are partly visible at left and centre. An air conditioner stands at right.