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October 27 20152015-10-27A photograph of a crowded doorway between folding metal gates. In the centre, a smiling man with long dark hair and a red bindi, wearing a pink-and-white flower garland, raises his right hand in greeting. He wears a deep red-maroon dress with wide gold borders and a gold ceremonial necklace, and a rudraksha mala hangs across his chest. Around him stand shaven-headed attendants in similar maroon-and-gold robes with rudraksha malas, one holding his arm. Other devotees and onlookers, including a woman in white at left, press close from both sides. Appearance-based label: a person, shown in person, surrounded by attendants in a crowd.2014-07-27January 02 20162016-01-02Photograph of a padapuja-style devotional moment in a bright white room. In the foreground, a smiling person in a rust-red turban with a green leaf ornament and a long braid wears rust-red and gold-bordered drapes, a long rudraksha mala, and red-orange bangles, and is gesturing with one hand toward a framed portrait garlanded with white jasmine, red roses and pink flowers. A brass oil lamp with a lit flame stands on a red-draped table below the frame, and a tray of pink petals sits at lower right. Behind, another person in rust-red garments holds an object at the window, and two men in white with red rudraksha malas stand at right.2014-07-03A smiling person in a saffron-red turban and saffron-red robe waves from a doorway, wearing a long garland of white jasmine and red and orange flowers and a rudraksha mala. A yellow sash is at the waist. Behind is a deity murti decorated with flower garlands inside a shrine, with smoke or incense haze in the air. Carved red and yellow decorative pillars frame the doorway. a person: the robed figure with turban, rudraksha mala and garland matches the appearance cues for the a person.2014-06-19February 13 20132013-02-13A smiling man in an orange-red turban and orange-saffron robe stands with palms pressed together in namaste, wearing a rudraksha bracelet on his wrist and upper arm and a long garland of red-orange marigolds, yellow flowers and white jasmine. Behind him, a shaven-headed man in orange clothing with a tilak stands nearby, and in the foreground a person in white clothing with a gold-bordered shawl faces away from the camera. Light-coloured walls and an open doorway frame the scene. Given the presentation cues of the turban, saffron robe, rudraksha and garland, the central man is a person in an in_person role, though his identity is uncertain.2015-05-01A smiling man with long swept-back dark hair and a yellow-orange tilak on his forehead sits on a throne-like seat in a red-brown robe and wears a large marigold garland. He raises one hand in greeting toward a seated devotee in the foreground, who wears an orange shawl and a brown knitted wrap and faces away from the camera. Behind them is an ornate silver and carved stone backdrop with a decorative metal lion-head motif and a window grille. At left, another man in an orange top and striped cap is partly visible. The setting appears to be an ashram or temple hall during darshan.2014-01-13September 14 20152015-09-14January 13 20142014-01-13July 07 20142014-07-07September 14 20152015-09-14