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May 02 2011

Night outdoor photo at an ashram-style event. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a white head cover and a green-badged lanyard stands at left, smiling toward the camera. Behind a metal folding table, three people in white ritual clothes sit and sort or write over printed booklets and brochures. One wears a rudraksha mala, another has white vibhuti marks on the forehead and wears glasses, and a third wears a gold-bordered shawl with a rudraksha necklace. A white tent with lit decorative lamps stands in the background. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person.

March 11 2017

Overhead photo of a bookstall or merchandise table in an indoor hall with a dark stained wall and patterned cloth on a side table. Several men and a woman in white shirts, dhotis and sarees stand and sit around two long tables stacked with rows of printed booklets, cards and framed pictures of a bearded saffron-robed sannyasi wearing a white turban. A man in a light green checked shirt and a man in a cream shirt look at items, and a man in white with an ID badge stands at the center. Cardboard boxes sit at the lower left. The printed covers show portraits of the same bearded figure, and nothing visible names a specific person.

A night-time photograph of a line of devotees walking along a reddish-brown dirt path. In the foreground a bald man in glasses and a white polo shirt with a green collar holds a plastic bottle and a small yellow-covered item, with a lanyard badge on his chest. Beside him a teenage boy wears a long white kurta with a high collar. Behind them an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds a folded paper, and a man in a checked shirt and trousers walks further back. Several more people in white clothes are visible in the dark background, and stacked wooden planks or boards stand at the right edge.

December 14 2006

Night-time outdoor scene on a paved courtyard. A man in an orange sleeveless robe sits on a green metal chair at left, long hair swept back, smiling and handing a small packet to a kneeling man in a checked short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers who extends an envelope or card with both hands. Standing behind them, a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti and orange shawl with a rudraksha-style necklace watches; beside him, a man in white kurta and white dhoti stands with folded arms, and another in white with an orange shawl and glasses stands at right. A young boy in a pink checked shirt and grey trousers stands at far right. A table at left holds a plate of offerings and bangles, and a woven mat lies on the ground.

May 17 2011

December 14 2007

A crowded indoor evening event photographed in dim light, with many men in plain white shirts and dhotis moving through a hall. In the foreground a man with a short moustache and a red bindi wears a dark rudraksha mala over a white shirt. Beside him a man with a white beard, white shirt and beaded necklace holds a small plate with yellow offerings. To the right a man with a moustache wears a light blue shirt and an ID badge on a lanyard. Behind them, tables with booklets and cloth-draped stalls line the room, and banners hang along the back wall. No figure resembling a person is clearly identifiable.

A photograph in a temple hall with stone pillars and a bell visible behind a crowd of devotees dressed in white and orange. In the foreground a bare-chested figure in an orange-red cloth with a maroon-and-gold headband and a gold-toned necklace holds up a printed sheet, pointing at it while others lean in to look. A man in an orange shirt with a tilak on his forehead stands beside him, and a man in a white shirt gestures toward the paper. Several more devotees in white shirts and a man in a white turban-like head covering watch closely. The figure's appearance is ambiguous and does not confirm the page's claim, so the description uses a role.

2012-05-12 +1 copies

Night photograph of a group of men at an outdoor ritual setting. On the right, a man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead sits on a white-covered seat, wearing an orange saffron garment, one hand raised to his chin. Beside him stands a tall golden trident. Several men in white dhoti and kurta with orange shawls stand and sit around him; one in the centre holds an open booklet, another in glasses stands at left in white. A seated man in white and orange shawl bends over a brass object at lower centre. Brass plates sit on the right edge. The appearance of the seated figure in orange is a person, identified by long swept hair, saffron clothing and a red tilak, but this is uncertain from appearance alone.