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January 01 20182018-01-01Photograph of a group walking barefoot through a stone temple doorway, with a crowd behind them. The central figure wears a plain saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, long dark hair, a white forehead mark with a red dot, and a heavy gold ceremonial necklace. Flanking him are men in orange and maroon-bordered garments with gold necklaces, one holding a folded pink cloth. On the right, a shaved-headed man in white ritual clothes with a rudraksha mala and white forehead marks speaks. Behind them a bespectacled man in orange wears a gold necklace. The stone wall, wooden door and crowd suggest a temple entrance.2010-01-08Outdoor procession on a pale paved path beside a red-brick building and a parked red car. A central man in a rust-red sleeveless garment and draped dhoti walks barefoot, with a long rudraksha mala across his chest, a gold chain around his neck, a white tripundra on his forehead and long braided hair; he is smiling. Flanking him, two attendants wear saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and white ash markings on their arms and foreheads; one holds a long yellow pole and another carries a striped multicolour umbrella with tassels at the left edge. A third attendant at the right wears an orange turban and holds a pole. Several people are visible in the foreground and background.2018-01-01January 09 20182018-01-09 +1 copiesJuly 28 20082008-07-28 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20182018-01-01A procession on a paved path under a large ornate ceremonial umbrella with fringed tassels in maroon, green, white and orange. A smiling man at centre wears a maroon turban with a gold ornament, a red and pink flower garland, layered gold necklaces and a maroon silk dhoti with gold borders, walking barefoot in sandals. Around him, devotees in saffron-orange robes, rudraksha malas and leopard-print sashes walk and some hold the gold umbrella pole. Behind them stand silver trishula and ornamental staff sculptures. A woman in a green and gold outfit with bangles and a teal-clad attendant accompany the procession. a person: the man at centre wears a turban, layered gold necklaces, a floral garland and rich ceremonial silk, cues that match the page's description of a public procession.2018-01-09 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20182018-01-01A procession outdoors in front of a stone building with wooden doors. At centre, a man with long dark hair, tripundra markings on his forehead, a rust-orange sleeveless top and a rust-red dhoti walks barefoot, wearing a long rudraksha mala. Behind him a young attendant in orange holds a large ornate umbrella with fringed tassels. To the left, young men in orange robes with white forehead and arm markings blow a brass horn and a trumpet. To the right, a young man in orange holds a long brass horn, and a youth in orange garments with a turban and a garland of white flowers stands beside him. Sunlight and a wooden pole lie across the scene.2018-01-01Three men in saffron-orange clothing walk through a temple courtyard past a red metal railing. The foremost man, bare-shouldered with a swept-back long dark hair and a red forehead mark, wears a long orange-brown garland and gold-bordered orange wrap and holds a small yellow object in one hand. Behind him a shaved-headed man in orange with a beaded mala and white forehead marking follows. At right a boy in orange and red sash wears a dark beaded mala and white horizontal markings on his arms and face. Behind them, a man in orange robes stands near a red-and-white doorway with brass items visible in the background.2013-06-06A procession outdoors at a temple entrance, with saffron-clad attendants and a central figure in a rust-red robe and rudraksha mala, wearing a black turban and a long red-and-pink flower garland. He walks forward between men in orange and saffron dhotis, some with rudraksha malas and bare upper bodies, one holding a tall white ceremonial staff with fringed top. On the right a young man in orange and yellow carries a silver tray with a kalasha pot topped by green leaves and a coconut. Ornate red, white and blue canopies with floral embroidery stand behind, and a gilded deity murti sits in an archway. Onlookers in white garments line the left side. Procession, ratha-style ceremony, kalasha and flag-hoisting temple ritual with the central figure as Swamiji (probable), identified by a black turban, rust robe, rudraksha mala and ceremonial garland.2016-01-11January 01 20122012-01-01