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March 03 20182018-03-03Night photograph of two men walking on a red carpet outdoors, with blurred street lights behind them. The man in front wears a rust-orange dhoti and shawl, a tall black turban-style head covering with a red-and-white tilak, a long rudraksha mala, and beaded bracelets on his arms. Beside him, a bare-chested attendant in an orange dhoti and white tilak holds a tall golden-staffed ceremonial umbrella with multicoloured tassels of red, yellow, purple, green and white over the first man. The carpet is red with a striped runner beneath their feet. The scene reads as a procession or ceremonial walk.2018-03-03 +1 copiesA bearded man in a brown turban with a jeweled ornament walks barefoot across a red carpet at night, wearing a pink and white flower garland, rudraksha and gold necklaces, a gold pendant, gold armbands, and a brown dhoti with a leopard-print wrap. Behind him, a shirtless young man in an orange dhoti with gold borders and a white sacred thread carries a tall yellow staff. Colourful striped mats lie on the floor, a black carved figure stands at the left edge, and a chain-link fence and trees are visible in the background.2016-12-07February 13 20182018-02-13February 13 20182018-02-13Night photograph of a procession on a red carpet. A standing man in a rust-red saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a tall dark turban-like headdress, a red tilak, a thick rudraksha mala and bead bracelets, walks forward while another man beside him in a golden waist belt and orange-red cloth holds a tall gold-shafted umbrella with multicoloured tasselled canopy in red, yellow, blue, green and white. Street lights and blurred buildings are in the background.2018-03-03February 13 20182018-02-13A photograph of a procession on a stepped brick-red terrace. A central man in a rust-red draped robe, multiple gold chains, gold armbands and gold bangles, with white and red tilak on his forehead, smiles and walks forward. Behind him to the left, a young man in orange-red garments with a white-jasmine garland and a decorated kalasha holds it aloft. Another man behind, in orange robes and white forehead marks, raises a tall gold staff. Several figures in saffron and orange garments accompany the procession.2017-06-19February 13 20182018-02-13December 07 20162016-12-07November 15 20172017-11-15Night photograph of an outdoor festival with strings of colourful fairy lights and yellow garland decorations overhead. In the foreground, a bearded man with long dreadlocked hair wrapped in a dark braided headdress with a small crescent ornament, wearing a rust-red shawl, a dense rudraksha mala across his chest, a rudraksha arm band, and a patterned wrap at his waist, his forehead marked with white vibhuti and a red tilak. Beside him a bare-chested man with white tripundra markings wears a long rudraksha and gold bead mala and an orange cloth, holding a floral garland-decorated object. Other devotees in white and saffron stand behind on a red carpet, and an elderly man in grey robes is at left. a person cues are the long swept-back hair, distinctive rudraksha adornments and ceremonial clothing, but the face is not clearly identifiable, so the appearance remains uncertain.2018-02-13