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February 02 20132013-02-02Outdoor courtyard with hexagonal paving and a white-covered table in the background. A bald central figure in orange and red silk drapes wears a multicolour flower garland and a rudraksha-style necklace and is being escorted up steps. Two saffron-robed attendants with bare shoulders and rudraksha malas support him, one holding a brass kalasha with orange flowers. A white-clad attendant with a yellow-bordered dhoti stands behind, and an older bearded man in a light shirt and white dhoti watches from the back. Pillars and a parked white car are visible. The scene suggests a ceremonial reception.2013-02-02August 15 20172017-08-15 +2 copiesMay 28 20122012-05-28 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20132013-02-02February 23 20152015-02-23Outdoor scene at a palm-fringed site with thatched huts and a information board behind. A bald man in saffron-orange robes and a matching head cloth stands at left, holding a silver kalasha-style vessel decorated with yellow marigold garlands and an orange cloth, while looking to his right. Beside him, men in white dhotis and white shirts, some wearing yellow shawls and rudraksha malas, stand near a tall pole topped with an ornate orange-and-red canopy. At right, an older bald man with white tilak markings, wearing an orange robe and a rudraksha mala, stands with palms pressed together in greeting. Another devotee in white is partly visible in the background.2009-12-30A photograph at a temple-style doorway of carved dark wood studded with brass knobs, set in a grey brick wall. In the centre, a man in a maroon-red robe with gold edging stands barefoot while a second man in a white dhoti with gold border and bare upper body lifts a pink-and-white flower garland over his head, another man in white and gold holds a pink cloth. On the left, two attendants in orange clothes, one holding a colourful umbrella with fringe, and the other holding a flower-decorated object, stand by. Brass bowls sit on the step. The scene suggests a ceremonial garlanding at a doorway.2017-05-08Outdoor temple ritual under a decorated canopy with red, green and white bordered fabric. A man in an orange-saffron turban and orange robe, wearing a long white and yellow flower garland and a rudraksha mala, carefully holds a small brass-and-white vessel with a sprig of green leaves and an orange flower. Beside him, a bare-chested priest with a white tripundra on his forehead and rudraksha beads, and another bare-chested man in a blue dhoti-style cloth, follow the procession. Behind them stand women in pink and red saris and onlookers near a white building and a palm tree.2015-05-01A photograph of a ceremonial moment in a hall with cream walls and pillars. On the left, a bare-backed, shaved-headed man with a rudraksha mala and red tassels and sacred ash marks on his skin lifts a white-and-multicolour flower garland onto the head of a younger man in saffron robes, who has tilak on his forehead and gold chains around his neck. On the right, an elderly person in saffron robes and rudraksha beads drapes a pale peach silk cloth over his own head, partly covering his face. Tripod-mounted speakers and stands are visible in the background.2012-05-08November 27 20112011-11-27Outdoor photo of a bald, ochre-robed sannyasi standing in a sunlit yard, wearing a wooden rudraksha-style bead mala across the chest and a headband of beads. A white-shirted older man in front drapes a thick pink flower garland over his shoulders. Beside them, a younger man in an orange-saffron robe with a beaded mala and a headband turns toward the camera. Other people in white shirts stand in the background near a palm tree and a tiled-roof building.2012-05-18