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Outdoor evening gathering of a large crowd seated before a stone temple with carved pink-sandstone pillars. In the centre, a bearded man in a red and orange shawl sits cross-legged on a white cloth before a microphone, palms pressed together in prayer with eyes closed. Two tall golden trident staffs stand behind him. Beside him sit a man in orange robes with a long gold-bead mala and a younger man in orange robes with a mala, both with hands folded. At left, a boy in yellow with a tilak sits with hands joined, and a man in white with a red shawl and gold mala sits nearby. Behind them, devotees in saffron and orange clothing fill the steps, many with hands raised in greeting. A small brass oil lamp sits in the foreground beside a small figure in the lower right corner. A pale statue or figure is at the right edge.

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Outdoor photo of a large crowd seated in orange and saffron robes at a ghat-side ceremony. In the foreground centre, a bearded man in a peach-orange robe and rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a red cushion before a microphone, hands together in a gesture of prayer. Beside him sits a younger man in orange robes with a long garland of gold-coloured beads, and a bald man in orange with a mala also sits nearby. A boy in yellow robes with a striped orange-green shawl sits at left with palms joined, and a small figure in yellow rests at right. Golden trident staffs rise on the left, and a golden kalasha-style pillar and white-robed attendants stand in the background. The bearded central figure matches the a person appearance cues of an ochre robe and rudraksha mala, seated as a speaker in a satsang setting.2010-09-24Outdoor evening gathering on a raised white-draped platform with ornate pink sandstone railings and a crowd of devotees behind. 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Ornate pink stone pavilions and a white statue frame the scene.2010-09-24