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November 16 2015

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A young boy in an orange saffron dhoti-style garment blows a brass bugle-like horn, with a white vibhuti marking on his forehead and multiple rudraksha malas around his neck and arms. Behind him, drummers in orange clothing play drums, and another performer in orange stands near a wooden railing with a red brick wall in the background.2015-11-16Night-time photo of a ritual scene with a young boy in the foreground playing a long brass wind instrument. He wears an orange saffron cloth draped over his shoulders and has dark rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. Behind him, a second young person in orange robes with a rudraksha mala watches, and other blurred figures in white and orange clothing fill the background.2017-05-31November 16 20152015-11-16A young boy seated on a white tiled floor plays a long brass horn held to his mouth with both hands. He wears an orange saffron cloth wrapped over his shoulder and a necklace of rudraksha beads, with white sacred ash markings on his forehead and arms, and a wristwatch. Behind him, other seated boys in orange cloths sit beside a large drum with a patterned skin. The setting suggests a ritual musical performance.2019-05-18Close side-profile photograph of a young person in saffron-orange robes blowing a white conch shell held in both hands, a common ritual sound in Hindu worship. The person has a white vertical tilak on the forehead, a wide rudraksha mala of rust-brown beads around the neck, small gold drop earrings, and a dark wristwatch on the left wrist. Green out-of-focus trees form the background, with a red cloth visible in the lower right.2013-06-04December 17 20112011-12-17A photograph of a procession with a smiling figure in the centre, wearing a maroon-brown shawl draped over bare shoulders and a long ornate gold necklace with floral-patterned beads, with a red bindi on the forehead and gold hoop earrings. The figure holds a long brass horn raised overhead, with another horn visible at right. Behind, a bare-chested man with a white forehead band and a sacred thread wears an orange shawl, and at right a young boy with a white forehead band, glasses and rudraksha beads wears an orange robe. Green foliage blurs the foreground and bamboo scaffolding and palm trees fill the background. Several figures stand in the background. The figure in the centre wears distinctive ornaments and a shawl, consistent with the a person cues from the page, though the appearance is not conclusive.2013-06-30June 23 20132013-06-23November 18 20152015-11-18June 04 20132013-06-04A dense outdoor procession of devotees in white kurtas and dhotis moves along a dusty red-earth road. Men at the front hold tall wooden poles topped with orange, red and yellow tassel banners, and a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala plays a long brass horn-style wind instrument. Behind him, a player with a golden yellow cloth wrap blows a pipe, while a woman in a maroon sari with gold jewellery walks among the group. Several men wear white forehead marks and some carry golden ceremonial fans or parasol-like objects overhead. Crowds fill the background under a hazy sky.2007-12-23Outdoor ceremonial procession at an ashram. In the foreground a young boy in a light blue kurta and rudraksha mala blows a long curved brass horn. Behind him a bare-chested man with a white flower garland, layered gold necklaces, gold armbands and a maroon and gold dhoti stands at the centre of the crowd, smiling. Around them, saffron-robed monks wearing rudraksha malas and a man in white holding a tall staff walk among devotees; a sunlit crowd and palm trees fill the background.2014-08-17