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A man in a rust-brown robe with a large pink-and-white flower garland walks barefoot across a red carpet at a temple-style hall, flanked by two gilded bull statues on the left. He wears gold necklaces and his hair is pulled back. Behind him, a man with long hair, a white dhoti with gold border and multiple rudraksha mala necklaces walks alongside. Crowds of people in orange and red robes stand on both sides with hands folded in anjali, several children among them. Behind them, a deity murti adorned with garlands and a decorated shrine with red curtains and ornate gold frames fill the background.

October 01 2017

Outdoor procession under a large red and gold canopy on a red carpet inside a tent. A man with a long dark beard and forehead tilak wears a rust-brown robe, a long rudraksha mala and a white and red flower garland, and walks at the front while a sun-ornamented umbrella is held above. Behind him, several young men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls carry offering trays and wear marigold garlands and rudraksha malas. In the background an ornate golden throne and a decorated deity murti stand under hanging fabric, with a seated group of devotees in orange and yellow saris to the left.

A photograph inside a temple hall during a puja. A smiling bearded man in a black turban and rust-brown robe, wearing a long pink-and-white flower garland and heavy gold chains, holds a lit oil lamp toward a dark stone Nandi bull draped in a yellow cloth and white garland. Standing beside him, a bare-chested attendant with white sacred markings on the arms offers the lamp. Behind them, saffron-robed young men play long brass horns and trumpets, and colourful painted pillars and white panelled doors line the hall. The man's appearance is consistent with the identity given on the page but not sufficiently distinctive to confirm it, so he is described by role as a priest and attendant at the lamp offering.

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Photograph of a temple-style ceremony on a red carpet under a canopy hung with orange and red tassels. In the centre, a bearded man in a rust-red robe and a long pink-and-white flower garland, with a gold pendant, walks barefoot toward the viewer. Beside him, a man with long matted dreadlocks wears a white dhoti with a gold border and a rudraksha mala. Gilded bull statues sit on the left foreground. Behind them, a shrine holds a painted deity murti with a red backdrop. Around the edges, young people in orange robes and rudraksha necklaces stand with palms joined in anjali. The appearance-based label for the central robed man is probable, with cues of a rust-red robe and a flower garland, but this remains an uncertain identification.

A nighttime procession at an outdoor temple setting with banana leaves and a golden structure at the right edge. A bearded man in a maroon-brown dhoti and shawl, wearing a long white and multicolour flower garland, dark rudraksha malas and a gold necklace, walks at the front holding a silver staff beneath a fringed canopy. Behind him, men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls walk with clasped hands and folded palms; one man in a maroon garment holds a microphone. A bare-chested man in orange carries a golden cloth bundle wrapped with pink flower garlands, and a figure with white markings on the arms walks nearby. Several onlookers and devotees stand behind in the background, with a red carpet-like mat on the ground.

Temple scene with a decorated palanquin-like shrine draped in red and maroon cloth, garlanded with pink and red flowers, holding a golden figure. An elderly bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a striped shawl stands at left, extending his hands toward the shrine. Beside the shrine, a man in orange-saffron robes with a gold-bordered wrap and gold garland raises his joined hands overhead in worship. Another man in saffron robes with a gold garland stands with folded hands. At far right, a figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a bearded man with long hair in orange clothing stand near the shrine, with more devotees in the background and a stone pillar at left.