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Night-time outdoor photo at a temple-like complex with a tiled roof and lit lamps. In the centre, a man with short dark hair and a white forehead mark wears a long rust-red shawl with a gold border and a brown beaded garland, and holds out his hands over a brass pot with a yellow-green coconut-like top and pink flowers. To the left, an elder in saffron-orange robes with a shaved head and white markings walks beside a man in white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha beads. Behind them, devotees in maroon and red garments with white forehead marks and beaded necklaces watch.

A procession inside a temple courtyard with a tiled floor. In the centre, a man with long, swept-back dark hair wears a red striped dhoti and wrap, a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant necklace, and walks barefoot toward a gilded, cushioned seat at right. To his left, a young man in saffron-orange cloth and beaded garlands carries a silver kalasha with green leaves and purple flowers on a tray. Behind them a young man in white with a gold-bordered shawl follows, and a woman in white stands near the seat. Devotees in white and casual clothes line the sides with hands folded in anjali mudra.

Night-time photograph of a procession on a paved path beneath a tree. On the left, a man in a white dhoti with gold borders and a white shawl carries a silver tray of red and yellow flowers, with rudraksha beads and a red garland, and white tilak on his forehead. Beside him, a man in saffron robes with gold trim wears a long gold necklace and rudraksha mala and walks barefoot, smiling. Behind them, women in deep red and orange saris wear rudraksha malas, one holding a small lamp. At the right edge, a woman in white holds her hands together in greeting. A red pillar, a long golden staff and a striped cloth hang nearby. Four women and two men are visible in the scene.

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Night procession photograph with a central man in a maroon-red crown with a small gold emblem, a long multi-strand garland of white flowers with red and yellow blooms, gold necklaces and a gold waist belt over a leopard-print cloth. His arms bear white painted markings and gold bangles. Flanking him, men in maroon and orange robes and rudraksha malas carry tall silver staffs, one topped with a silver trident, and a man in a white dhoti with a gold border holds a staff. At right a man in orange holds a silver plate of fruit and flowers. Several men have white sacred ash markings on their foreheads and bodies. Dark background with a visible light source.

Outdoor procession scene with a crowd of white-clad men. In the centre, a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti and shawl wears a long gold necklace and a tilak on his forehead and arms, holding a brass kalasha decorated with red roses and green leaves. Behind him, others in white garments, some with orange or saffron shawls and one with yellow shawl, stand under a red-fringed canopy; a red-and-white building with signage is in the background. Several people wear lanyards and glasses. No one visible is clearly identifiable as a person, and the scene shows devotees and attendants rather than an identifiable central figure.

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Night photograph of a group of people in saffron, orange and maroon robes outdoors beside a wooden building with a tiled roof. On the left a bald man in a rust-coloured shawl with a matching orange-brown garland bows with palms together toward an older bespectacled man in a saffron robe, who has his hands folded in namaskar. A man in a white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala stands in the centre. A young man in an orange robe with a white headband and a rudraksha mala holds a silver plate with a yellow fruit, green leaves and pink flower petals, as if for an offering. On the right a smiling man with white tripundra marks and a red-brown robe and garland stands near a camera. Several other people with white forehead markings stand behind them.