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May 30 2013

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A procession of saffron-robed devotees walks beneath a large banyan tree. In the centre, a smiling young man with long swept-back dark hair and a red bindi wears a rust-orange wrap, a thick rudraksha-style beaded necklace and a gold-bordered waist cloth. To his right, a shaved-headed young man in rust-orange robes with a white vertical tilak and a long beaded mala smiles and carries a small object. Behind them, boys in orange and maroon cloth hold a yellow banner on a pole, a curved brass horn and a drum, and a few other attendants walk along. Marble platform edges and tree roots frame the scene.2013-05-30May 30 20132013-05-30May 30 20132013-05-30May 30 20132013-05-30May 30 20132013-05-30May 08 20122012-05-08A procession on a dirt path beneath a large banyan tree. A man in the centre wears a rust-orange dhoti and shawl with gold borders and a long gold-beaded garland, and he walks forward with his head lowered. Behind him, a line of saffron and orange-robed sannyasis and devotees stands along the path, several with shaved heads and rudraksha malas. Women in red-and-gold saris stand with palms pressed together on the left, and two ceremonial standards with embroidered fabric hang from the branches. Green leaves frame the upper edge of the scene.2013-11-05July 03 20122012-07-03May 18 20122012-05-18January 16 20162016-01-16 +1 copiesA procession outdoors at a temple entrance, with saffron-clad attendants and a central figure in a rust-red robe and rudraksha mala, wearing a black turban and a long red-and-pink flower garland. He walks forward between men in orange and saffron dhotis, some with rudraksha malas and bare upper bodies, one holding a tall white ceremonial staff with fringed top. On the right a young man in orange and yellow carries a silver tray with a kalasha pot topped by green leaves and a coconut. Ornate red, white and blue canopies with floral embroidery stand behind, and a gilded deity murti sits in an archway. Onlookers in white garments line the left side. Procession, ratha-style ceremony, kalasha and flag-hoisting temple ritual with the central figure as Swamiji (probable), identified by a black turban, rust robe, rudraksha mala and ceremonial garland.2016-01-11May 14 20132013-05-14 +1 copies