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Crowded interior of a stone temple with carved stone lintels and a low ceiling. A bald, shaved-headed priest in an orange-saffron cloth with a rudraksha mala and garlands stands at center, facing forward with a tilak on his forehead. In front, a shaved-headed man in white bends forward while a woman with a braided hairpiece and a red-and-white sari is receiving a ritual pour. A brass lamp glows at lower left, and a cameraman with a video camera stands among a dense crowd of devotees with raised hands, several men in white and women in saris. a person is shown as the orange-robed priest at center, identified by his saffron clothing, rudraksha mala and garland, and his prominent role in the ritual.

A crowded indoor scene seen from behind. In the foreground, a man with short black hair wears an orange-brown kurta and a light orange shawl draped around his neck, with a gold-beaded bracelet on his wrist. Beside him, another man holds a black camera to his eye and wears white clothing. Several people in orange and saffron garments and orange turbans stand around a lit oil lamp in a red-and-orange area. Behind them, a banner with red and maroon lettering in a non-Latin script is visible on the right.

June 04 2006

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June 04 2006

Photograph of a seated figure in the foreground, shown in dark silhouette under a red-pink arched stone passage, wearing a long orange-saffron robe and a beaded rudraksha-style mala. Behind and around him, a large group of people in orange and saffron clothing sits and stands on steps and a stone ledge, many looking toward him. Some wear orange caps, and a few people in white or grey clothing and a man in a blue shirt stand among them. A camera operator in an orange cap is visible at lower left, and a person stands on a wall at upper left. The setting is an outdoor stone archway with overgrown trees beyond.

A crowded stone temple passage with carved sandstone pillars and a low doorway. A shaven-headed man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a gold neck ornament, is pressed forward through the crowd, his head bowed. Beside him a second man in orange with a crown-like headpiece and rudraksha mala holds a raised hand in blessing. Devotees surround them, a bare-chested young man stands at left near a lit oil lamp, and a cameraman with a camera is visible in the crowd.

A photograph of a seated group in a narrow alley with pink-washed walls, many people dressed in saffron and orange clothing. In the foreground a long-haired figure in an orange shawl sits with their back to the camera, hands raised near their chest, facing the crowd. To the left a cameraman in a white shirt, orange cap and fanny pack films with a handheld rig on a pole. Several women and men in orange garments sit or stand around, some with shawls draped over shoulders, and a man in an orange cap stands at the right against the wall. The crowd appears to be listening attentively in a gathering outdoors.

A photograph inside a yellow-walled temple courtyard at a red-painted shrine doorway with red garlands hanging on its frame. A man in a maroon turban and a gold-and-maroon waist wrap stands with folded hands, wearing a long beaded necklace, while another man in a saffron robe and rudraksha beads places a hand near his head. Several saffron-robed sannyasis stand and sit behind them, a cameraman and a photographer shoot the scene, and devotees in the foreground watch. Ceiling fans and hanging lamps are visible. a person candidate is not clearly established from appearance, so the central figure is described by role only.

February 08 2012

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Photograph of a seated man in orange robes and a long rudraksha mala, sitting on a wooden bench inside an arched red-washed stone passage, addressing a large group of orange-clad devotees gathered on the steps and in the open courtyard beyond. A photographer with a video camera on a tripod kneels at lower left, and a man in white holds a striped fan or umbrella at the left edge. Bright daylight shines through the archway. The seated man has long swept-back hair and distinctive rudraksha adornments, a compatible appearance for the page's a person reference, though no printed caption confirms the identity of the people shown.