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A candid photograph on a stage with dark maroon velvet curtains and a projection screen at the upper left. A figure in an orange robe with a dark rudraksha-style mala and a cream turban leans forward, laughing, while a bare-chested man in white dhoti and a white shawl with silver edging holds the hand of a man in a white-and-grey checked shirt and white dhoti, who bends toward him and holds a white plastic bag. A fourth person is partly visible at the back.

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October 16 20102010-10-16October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesA photograph taken on a stage with a deep maroon velvet curtain and a pale wall. On the right, a bare-chested man in white dhoti and white shawl wears a pale yellow turban and smiles while placing a red and gold cloth or garland-like sash over the head of a man in a grey-and-white checked shirt and white dhoti, who carries a plastic bag. Two people in saffron-orange robes stand partly visible behind them, with one orange-robed figure at the far right edge. A projector screen sits at the upper left. The stage setting suggests a formal honouring ceremony.2010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 20 20132013-10-20 +1 copiesJuly 17 20122012-07-17July 17 20162016-07-17A photograph of a ceremonial honouring on a stage before a deep red velvet curtain. A smiling man with long hair pulled back, wearing a brown and gold-bordered dhoti and an orange shawl, holds out a tray of fruit and flowers. Beside him, two priests in orange robes wear white forehead markings and rudraksha malas. On the right, a bearded man in a white kurta and orange shawl bows with palms pressed together, receiving the offering. Further right, another man in an orange shawl applauds. The scene reads as a formal welcome or felicitation.2013-10-20 +1 copiesThree people stand on a stage before a dark blue curtain, exchanging a tray. A figure on the left with long, swept-back dark hair wears a sleeveless orange top and orange dhoti-style wrap, reaching forward to take a brass tray holding a flower-decked offering. In the centre, a bald older man with a moustache, wearing a white dhoti and a red-and-gold brocade shawl, smiles and watches. On the right, a man with short hair wears an orange robe and a rudraksha mala, holding the tray. The scene is a ceremonial presentation on stage.2010-09-05A photo from an indoor stage event. An elderly bearded man with long white beard and yellow-orange turban, wearing a red-and-gold shawl over orange cloth, clasps hands with a smiling younger man in a cream-yellow turban and gold-patterned yellow shawl over white dhoti, who wears layered gold necklaces. A man in a white checked shirt stands at left, and an attendant in orange clothing stands behind them. At right an orange banner shows a portrait of a saffron-turbaned figure with Kannada script. The younger man has long, swept-back hair not visible here, and the older man's appearance does not clearly match the a person cues, so identity is uncertain.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA photograph of three men at an indoor stage event. On the right, a smiling man wears a white dhoti-style wrap, a pale yellow turban with a red tilak, a heavy gold necklace with bell-shaped beads and a gold pendant, and holds his hands together with a bearded elderly sannyasi in an orange robe with a red and gold brocade shawl and a pale turban. The elder has a white vibhuti mark and extends his hands toward him. On the left, a man in a white-and-grey checked shirt faces away from the camera. Behind them, a dark curtain, a hanging golden cloth and an orange banner on the right show a large portrait of a man in orange, with the printed name a person and the source credit visible.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a devotional greeting indoors. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair and an orange-saffron wrap stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Beside them a man in a bright orange turban and white kurta, with a white flower garland, smiles while holding hands in greeting. Behind them a man in white kurta wears a yellow rosette badge, and a woman in white with a purple lanyard stands with folded hands. On the right an older grey-haired man, bare-chested with a green checked cloth around his waist, presses his palms together, while a bald man in white with rudraksha mala and yellow rosette does the same. Dark ceiling and lamps frame the hall.2007-08-17A stage event photographed in a hall with a dark curtain and wood-panelled wall. A bald man in saffron-orange robes and a saffron shawl with a green-and-gold border stands barefoot with hands folded in greeting, while another man in a saffron garment at the far left also joins palms. Beside them a man in white shirt and dhoti smiles, and a younger man in a cream striped kurta with a beige shawl and maroon-bordered dhoti holds a small object in his hands. A white statue with raised hand, garlanded with marigolds, stands at right, and an elderly man in white sits in a plastic chair near the edge. Potted plants and a yellow podium draped with a marigold garland sit on the stage.2008-01-14