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Outdoor ceremony beneath a large spreading tree. A man in an orange turban and orange-saffron robe stands with palms pressed together in namaste, wearing a long multicolour garland of yellow, white, pink, red and blue flowers, a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant. Around him sit and stand many devotees in white clothes, some wearing ID lanyards. On the right, a man in a white robe and white turban stands beside a white-draped table holding brass bells and lit oil lamps. Foreground shows dark stone steps and a pool edge with a small oil lamp. Approximately 30 people are visible.

January 01 2004

A seated figure on an ornate gilded throne with red cushions and a zebra-striped cloth sits at the left, wearing a rust-red turban, rust-orange robe and a multicoloured garland of orange, green, white and red flowers with blue beads. The person holds a small printed card or booklet in the right hand. a person (depicted by a seated figure in red turban and floral garland, on a golden throne with ceremonial attendants). A kneeling devotee in a white dhoti with a gold border and a red blouse bows forward at the lower right, touching the throne area near a small brass plate. A standing young woman in a pink skirt, white shawl and red bindi stands at the right with a badge on her chest, and a woman in a dark red sari with a mala stands behind the throne. A brass deity murti and a banana-leaf backdrop with a decorated hanging cloth appear behind, with a crowd visible in the dim background.

A photograph of an evening gathering in a crowded hall where a long-haired figure in an orange turban and orange robe, with a rudraksha mala, sits on the right and receives papers from a devotee. Around him, a crowd of mostly men in white shirts and dhotis and women in saris stands and sits close. A man in a white shirt and a dark bead necklace with pendant leans toward the seated figure, while a younger man in orange robes stands beside him. Attendees mill in the background under lights, and a yellow cloth lies on the platform edge.

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January 01 2005

Outdoors under a green and multicoloured canopy with a red and yellow parasol, a figure in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban sits cross-legged on a large flat rock covered in a thick ring of red, pink, yellow and white flower garlands and petals. a person wears a bright multicoloured garland and a golden-trimmed orange cloth draped over his shoulder, with a rudraksha mala visible. Beside him, a man with long dark hair wears white clothes, an orange shawl and a mala. A devotee in a white shirt kneels and touches his feet in padapuja while a child in white is lifted up toward the rock. Onlookers in white, saffron and sari clothing with rudraksha malas stand behind under palm fronds.

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July 02 2004

January 01 2004

A photograph of a seated young man in an orange-saffron turban and orange robe, wearing a white and orange flower garland and a large green leaf-wrapped garland over a pink flower garland, reaching forward to press his hand on the forehead of an elderly bearded man with white hair. The elderly man, shirtless with a rudraksha mala, sits with palms joined in respect. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand behind them, one wearing an ID badge, on a striped mat in an indoor setting with yellow flowers at the lower edge. a person is the young man in the saffron turban and flower garlands, receiving reverence from the elderly devotee seated before him; the elderly man appears to be the one performing the forehead blessing gesture in reverse.