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April 09 20122012-04-09April 09 20122012-04-09December 24 20072007-12-24Outdoor photo of young boys in ceremonial costume in front of green bamboo foliage. In the foreground a boy wears a tall gold crown with jewelled detailing, a gold necklace, flower garlands and a saffron, green and yellow striped garment, and holds a gold trident (trishul) and a small gold ritual object. Behind him an older boy in a gold jewelled crown, white flower garland and yellow-orange cloth stands beside a bare-chested boy with tripundra-style white and red forehead marks, rudraksha malas and a pendant, holding a wooden staff.2017-12-16December 16 20172017-12-16 +1 copiesDecember 16 20172017-12-16Outdoor procession on a dusty dirt road under a palm-lined sky, with a ceremonial umbrella with red and green tassels held overhead. At the centre, a long-haired man with a painted forehead wears a gold-and-brown leopard-print shawl over orange clothing and a gold necklace. Beside him, a bearded sadhu in orange robes and rudraksha beads carries a staff. Around them, devotees in white kurtas and dhotis and orange shawls walk barefoot, several carrying long wooden staffs with orange cloth, and a young girl in white and a girl in a white and gold top stand at the left. Many onlookers fill the background, and the scene is bright and sunny.2009-02-23A photograph taken under a white canopy tent with blue draped backdrop. A young girl in an olive green t-shirt and white dhoti with yellow border stands at left, smiling, with a small bindi. Beside her stands a young person in a saffron-orange draped cloth, bare-chested, wearing a white face mask, a red bindi, multiple rudraksha malas and a large silver pendant, with rudraksha armlets and bracelets. Brass vessels and ritual items are visible at the right edge on a mat, with a garland of orange flowers behind.2022-06-19 +1 copiesA standing figure with long dark hair and a red bindi stands on a raised stage before a large ornate golden arch and a fiery orange backdrop. He holds a silver trident in his left hand and rests his right hand on his hip. He wears a tiger-striped shawl over the torso, a thick red-brown rudraksha mala and a long necklace of white skull-shaped beads, with rudraksha bracelets on the arms and wrists, and an orange-red dhoti. The scene resembles a ceremonial stage performance. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), shown as a costumed trident-bearing figure with long hair, rudraksha and skull beads, in the central position.2013-01-11December 16 20172017-12-16 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20122012-09-15A photograph of a procession walking barefoot along a stone-paved temple path. On the left, a smiling man with long swept-back hair wears an orange saffron robe, a gold bead necklace and a red bindi, with hands joined in greeting. Beside him, a bare-chested older man in a white dhoti with a green-and-gold striped border wears a green bead mala and a sacred thread, with white ash marks on his forehead. Behind them, several men in saffron robes and gold necklaces walk, and on the right a uniformed police officer in khaki with a dark cap and shoulder insignia walks alongside. Devotees in white stand in the background before a temple gateway.2010-01-08