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Outdoor photo on a dirt ground in front of a long orange-walled building with a teal metal roof. In the foreground, a shaven-headed man in a white kurta holds an unglazed terracotta pot with a few small items in its rim, facing left and smiling. Behind him, several people in white clothes stand and smile, including a woman in a white top and a bald man in white. A girl in a white top stands at the left edge, and a figure in green and orange clothing is partly visible at the right edge.

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Outdoor celebration at dusk with a crowd laughing and clapping. A man in a white dhoti-style garment with a yellow waist cloth lifts a terracotta pot overhead while others around him, several in white and yellow, grab and hoist him up. A man in an orange-brown kurta stands at left, and women in white and pink saris clap nearby. Trees and unfinished concrete buildings with rebar rise behind the crowd. A white-watermarked logo appears at top left.2010-09-02Outdoor photo of a seated man with long dark hair in an orange-saffron robe, smiling broadly and holding a handheld microphone in his left hand while reaching toward a terracotta pot held by a man in a loose white kurta. The pot is being struck or offered with a bamboo stick. Behind them a crowd of devotees in white and orange clothing stands on sandy ground, some clapping, with palm trees and a low brick wall in the background.2010-09-02Night-time outdoor ritual procession on a reddish-brown ground beneath a temple-style setting. In the foreground a bald man in plain white dhoti and shawl with a red-bordered cloth carries a brass tray holding a kalasha-like pot wrapped in woven material with green leaves. Behind him several men in white dhotis and white shirts follow, one in an orange cloth, and a figure in orange and red robes stands at right. Bamboo poles and palm fronds frame the scene, with a lit hall and a golden statue visible in the background.2011-05-16March 27 20132013-03-27December 25 20082008-12-25Outdoor photograph on a muddy, wet ground under overcast skies during a Janmashtami-style celebration. A clay pot hangs from a rope suspended between two tall metal poles, and participants in white and saffron clothes splash water and throw buckets toward it. A bald man in the right foreground wears a white shirt and a long rudraksha mala, watching the scene. A man on the left wears a saffron robe and orange cloth, holding a red bucket. Women in red, teal and white saris hold blue and red buckets, and a crowd of onlookers stands at the right edge with a few people in the background.2010-09-02Outdoor scene on a dirt ground with a crowd watching. Two young men in saffron-orange robes stand in front: the one at left holds a microphone, and the centre one, in a draped orange sleeveless garment with a red bindi, grips a rope that runs up to a hanging pot wrapped in white cloth. Behind them, people in white kurtas and white clothes stand and sit watching, with water tanks and a corrugated-roof building in the background. A man in a blue garment stands at right. No visible candidate for a person is clearly identifiable by appearance, so no identification is made.2009-12-19December 19 20092009-12-19Outdoor photo on a dusty, puddled ground under an overcast sky, showing a Janmashtami-style pot-breaking game. A clay pot hangs from a rope tied between two tall red metal poles at the centre. A man in white dhoti and white shirt with a yellow sash stands barefoot, arms raised, holding a stick toward the pot while water is splashed through the air. Around them, people in orange and saffron robes and white clothes watch, one holding a blue bucket. In the foreground at right, a bald man in a white t-shirt with a rudraksha mala stands with his back to the camera, and a girl in a red kurta holds a blue bucket. Other children and women in white and red salwar stand along the edge of the crowd.2010-09-02Outdoor photo on a dusty open ground in front of red-roofed ashram buildings and trees under a cloudy sky. A long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala, the probable Swamiji, stands at centre holding one end of a long white rope, while a shaved-headed man in white kurta and pants holds a stick and the other end, the rope lying coiled on the ground. Nearby, a bald man in white robes holds a small clay pot and a stick. Devotees in white and blue saris and white kurtas watch, including a young girl in pink and a child in green. A parked white van and SUVs sit in the background, and another saffron-robed man stands at the right edge.2010-09-02A photograph of a barefoot outdoor procession on a dirt path beneath leafy trees, with fallen dry leaves on the ground. Several devotees carry metal vessels and kalasha-style pots on their heads or raised in their hands, some with flower garlands. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange robe and matching orange head wrap walks forward with his arms relaxed, his face turned to the side. Around him, men and women in white ritual clothing walk barefoot, a woman on the right in a white sari with a flower garland, and a woman in the foreground wearing a white garment and carrying a vessel on her head. Spectators in casual clothes stand at the edges. The scene reads as a devotional procession.2005-01-01December 23 20092009-12-23