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December 02 20172017-12-02July 18 20162016-07-18Night outdoor photo of a ritual gathering under strings of multicolour lights. A central man with a full dark beard and a white tilak stands with eyes closed, arms raised with palms joined above his head, wearing a long rust-red robe, a large pink lotus garland and a heavy gold ceremonial necklace. Beside him to the right, a bare-chested shaven-headed man in white dhoti and red shawl holds his hands in anjali, with a rudraksha mala. To the left, another shaven-headed man in red and white holds palms together in prayer. Behind them, devotees in white and red stand on a striped mat. Bowls of offerings sit in the lower foreground.2017-04-28October 07 20122012-10-07Night-time temple ritual photograph. A man with long dark hair and a bare chest, wearing a red-orange dhoti with heavy gold waist belt and gold necklace and armlets, lifts a long garland of yellow and white flowers with red ribbon-like bands above a brass tray. To the left, a foreground devotee in the foreground holds palms together in namaskar, and a seated person in white with a tilak and gold necklace kneels behind a bundle of leaves. Another figure in red-orange clothing stands in the background, and a partially visible man in the far left foreground is bare-shouldered.2017-09-21May 02 20172017-05-02Photograph of a ritual scene in a temple-like hall with a yellow wall in the background. A man with long dark hair, a white forehead mark and a beard, wearing a rust-red shawl over bare shoulders, heavy gold beaded necklaces and gold armlets, holds up a bundle of green mango leaves with his raised right arm and smiles with eyes lowered. Beside him, a younger attendant with dark skin, white body markings and beaded jewellery stands at left, holding a metal vessel. A small pink object floats in the air near the centre.2017-09-17February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07April 28 20172017-04-28Night procession outdoors on sandy ground under a decorated canopy with colourful tassels. A central figure in a rust-red robe and a long brown rudraksha-style mala is garlanded with a multicolour flower garland and wears a gold pendant necklace and a tilak, appearing to be the honoured figure. Behind him a bearer in an orange cloth holds up a gold-topped umbrella pole, and another man in orange holds a bouquet of white flowers wrapped in green ribbon. A person in a white dhoti and a shawl stands at left holding a phone, and women in red-orange saris and a man in orange walk in the background. a person cues include the garlanded central figure with rudraksha and gold ornaments, but the face and posture are not clearly distinct enough to confirm.2016-09-05Night outdoor ritual photo under banana leaves and a hanging banana bunch. In the left foreground a man with a tall dark turban-like hairstyle, white forehead marking, gold earring, red-and-white flower garland and a dark shawl sits before an ornate gold throne-like seat, extending his right hand in blessing onto the head of a kneeling devotee with long grey hair in a white garment. Behind them, several men in saffron/orange robes and white dhotis with rudraksha malas stand or sit, and a drum is visible. Swamiji (probable): the seated man in the turban, garland and shawl, performing a blessing, which fits the page's event note.2016-03-06 +1 copies