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A photograph of a narrow village lane lined with a long red carpet running between a white-walled house and a brick building with a perforated concrete screen. A man in a white checked shirt and dark trousers stands with his back to the camera, facing down the carpet. Along the carpet, a row of people in white, pale and bright saris and kurtas stand waiting, including a small girl in a pink dress and a woman in a red sari. Rose petals or flowers are scattered on the carpet, and a banana plant leans beside the gate. Nobody in the frame is identifiable as a person, so no candidate is noted.

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A photograph of a narrow residential lane lined with a long red carpet running down the middle, with a white line painted along it and flower petals scattered at one end. Several people stand in a row along the carpet, including a man in a light checked shirt and cream dhoti beside a woman in a red sari, a girl in a red dress, and women in saris of pink, white and orange. Behind them are older men in white and cream clothes and a brick house with a perforated concrete block wall. A blue plastic chair sits at the roadside beside a banana plant and a white wall.2010-01-19A street procession outside a brick house with an unfinished upper storey and a lattice window, leading to an open doorway. A long red carpet runs down a narrow lane scattered with flower petals, lined by standing women in saris and onlookers. In the foreground a man in a checked shirt walks away from the camera along the carpet. Two men in white dhotis and white shirts stand at right; one plays a long wind instrument (nadaswaram-style) and the other holds a drum with orange and gold trim, with a garland around his neck. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers smiles at the right edge. Banana leaves and a green tree frame the scene under a bright sky.2010-01-19June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesOutdoor welcome procession on a red carpet with a bordered maroon runner. A man in saffron-orange robes wears a long red-and-pink flower garland and walks forward with his palms together, while an orange-robed figure follows behind him. Lines of women in saris and salwar, in yellow, white, pink, and green, stand on both sides holding decorated coconuts with flowers and leaves as offerings. Men in white dhotis and checked shirts watch, some with folded hands. Strings of saffron and orange pennants hang overhead against a bright sky, with a building and yellow-flowering tree behind. A small child in pink is held at the right edge of the crowd. The procession is a welcoming ritual with coconut offerings.2010-01-21June 24 20142014-06-24 +2 copiesOutdoor photo at a devotee's house entrance decorated with a banana plant arch hung with bananas and a palm tree, under a striped canopy. A red carpet runs through the gate. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand around, one in a checked green shirt in the foreground. Two shaven-headed sannyasis on the right wear saffron robes and rudraksha malas, one with a bare upper body, and look toward the entrance. The scene shows a visit to a devotee's home.2014-07-01A narrow village lane with a long red carpet laid over the ground toward a parked silver SUV. A white-robed man stands by the vehicle's open side, with a few other men in white and a woman in a green sari with a white-trimmed border nearby. The carpet runs past a white-walled compound on the left and unfinished brick houses on the right, with a potted plant and a bright sky above.2010-01-19A photograph of a dusty unpaved village lane lined on both sides by crowds of people watching a procession. Two-storey white houses with orange trim and flags on poles stand to the right, with a blue spiral emblem on one facade. On the left, a few people stand beside a canopy and banana leaves. A young man in a red kurta with a yellow shawl walks in the foreground near a row of children in yellow school uniforms, while a man in white dhoti and shirt walks up the centre of the lane. Women wear saris in orange, yellow and green, and many men wear white dhotis.2008-07-28June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a crowded dirt-road procession lane lined with devotees on both sides, many in white dhotis and mundus and women in bright saris of orange, yellow and pink. In the foreground a man in a red shirt with a gold-bordered yellow shawl stands facing away. Two-storey white buildings with orange trim and blue circular logos flank the lane, with orange flags and string lights overhead. Bunting and green banana leaves decorate the entrance. Many people are visible, with a crowd extending into the background, consistent with a welcome procession at a new ashram campus.2008-07-28