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A photograph of a temple rooftop on a hilltop with a wide hazy plain behind. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair and a rudraksha mala wears saffron-orange robes and walks barefoot with hands clasped. a person (long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala, saffron robes; attendant context). Behind him, a bald attendant in white dhoti holds a red and gold ceremonial parasol on a pole. To the right, a shaved-headed priest in orange robes with a gold garland holds a golden kalasha-style vessel. Another white-clad attendant stands in the background near a white railing.

A procession on a paved path lined with green shrubs and trees. Four saffron-robed men walk barefoot in a line. The man on the far left holds a tall gold trident, wearing a saffron garment with maroon borders and a beaded garland. In the centre, a long-haired man in an orange robe with a gold-edged hem wears a thick white and red flower garland, a layered rudraksha mala and a gold pendant, and his hands are clasped in front of him. To his right, a shaved-headed man in orange holds a gold staff with a carved top and wears a flower garland. On the far right, a young man in orange holds a small object at his chest and wears a white flower garland. The scene reads as a devotional procession during a temple celebration.

Outdoors on a wet, dark sand shoreline with waves washing in, a group walks toward a rocky sea temple. In the centre, a bare-chested man in orange-saffron dhoti with a gold necklace and rudraksha mala is shaded by a multicoloured parasol held by a man in white. Beside him a man in saffron robes with a long rudraksha garland walks barefoot, touching the first man's arm. A man in white holds a silver trident, and others in white clothes and saffron wraps follow through the surf. Behind them devotees in white stand near a cave-mouthed temple, with an orange flag on a pole at right.

Three people in saffron-orange robes walk along a pale sandy riverbank beside a turquoise river, with a forested hillside and a few buildings above. The leftmost figure, bald and bare-footed, holds a bright orange umbrella over his shoulder and wears a rudraksha-style mala. Behind him a second robed man walks with head bowed, and at the right a figure with long dark hair draped in an orange shawl with yellow borders walks barefoot, eyes lowered. No one is named or identified in the photograph itself.

February 28 2013

Outdoor photo on a sandy beach at dusk with a pale sky and trees behind. A central seated figure wearing a red-maroon turban, rudraksha mala necklaces and a red-maroon robe sits on a gold-legged bench with a leopard-print cushion, with bare feet in shallow water. Standing around are men in white dhoti-style clothing with red sashes and rudraksha malas, another man in a red robe, a woman in a gold-bordered cream sari, and a man in a white shirt with a red lanyard. Several other participants stand behind in the crowd. Several people are visible, roughly 21-100 in the wider group.

April 30 2014

A smiling man in an orange knitted beanie walks barefoot-style across pale sand beside a misty river. He wears a red-orange fleece top with a rust-brown shawl draped over his shoulders and a rust dhoti with an orange border. A necklace of large golden bells and beads hangs on his chest, and he carries a beaded mala on one wrist. Bare trees line the far bank under a bright, hazy sky.