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October 14 20122012-10-14October 14 20122012-10-14Night outdoor ritual at an ashram. Two deity murtis stand on a golden palanquin-style base, decorated with red and white garlands and yellow marigolds, lit by oil lamps. A man in orange robes holds a brass plate of yellow flowers toward the figure in a red shawl. The red-shawled figure, with long dark hair and a white headband, stands under an orange umbrella, with a bald attendant in pink-saffron dhoti holding a second umbrella and a chair nearby. Red and multicoloured canopies and a street lamp frame the scene, with a woman in a sari in the background. Appearance-based candidate: a person, the red-shawled figure with long hair under the orange umbrella, receiving the offering.2012-10-14October 14 20122012-10-14November 15 20172017-11-15January 31 20072007-01-31October 31 20142014-10-31 +1 copiesNight-time ritual photograph in a smoky outdoor hall. A man seated on an orange-cushioned throne wears maroon robes, a white and red flower garland, and a tilak, and receives a yellow cloth from a standing attendant in a maroon turban and maroon-and-gold dhoti holding a silver tray. Behind them a white car is parked. At right, a long-haired person in white clothes with a red sash stands facing the scene with hands joined. Seated devotees in orange and saffron robes, some with white headbands, sit along the right side with hands folded in namaskar. A man with red-framed glasses and rudraksha beads sits in front with a microphone. a person is the seated figure, with the throne, maroon robes, and garland as cues. The scene is a ritual or satsang with devotees present.2014-09-06August 09 20152015-08-09December 23 20082008-12-23Night photograph of an outdoor temple-yard procession at a red-walled compound. On the left, a bare-chested man in orange dhoti and a rudraksha mala holds a flower-decorated object and a tall golden staff topped with a trident, with a second man in orange in the centre raising the staff. On the right, a bearded man with long dark hair, wearing a maroon-brown robe over one shoulder and a gold necklace, extends his open hand toward them. A striped canopy in red, yellow and blue overhead, gravel and white sand on the ground, and a single lamp glowing in the background. a person appears as the man on the right, identified by long swept-back hair, a gold necklace and robes; his role is a figure receiving the ceremonial procession.2017-11-15September 21 20172017-09-21