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Night photograph of an outdoor ghat ceremony with a dense crowd of devotees in orange, yellow and white clothing. A bearded man with long dark hair and an orange shawl speaks into a microphone on the left, while a shaved-headed monk in orange robes and a gold-beaded necklace stands nearby. Center right, a monk in orange robes and gold border is being draped with a white and red cloth by a man in a white shirt and dark trousers bending forward. A golden trident stands in the background beside a white pillar with ornate carved stonework and a bell.

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Night outdoor event on a raised stone platform with ornate cream-and-brown carved columns and bells. A bearded man in orange robes and a red shawl holds a microphone and speaks, standing beside a golden trident-topped staff. Beside him, a figure in orange robes and a garland stands with a white shawl, while an older man in white with an orange-bordered shawl stands before them and is draped with the shawl. Other orange-robed people and a crowd of seated devotees in orange and white fill the foreground and background, and a small child in yellow appears at the lower right.2010-09-24A night-time photograph of a riverside ghat ceremony with a crowd of devotees behind a stone railing. In the foreground a bearded man with long hair wears orange and saffron robes and a rudraksha-style pendant, gesturing with his hand. Beside him stands a figure in orange robes, a white shawl with red border and a garland, holding a golden trident. An older man in a white shawl with orange border bends forward to offer respect, while a bald priest in orange stands behind. Brass bells hang from the stone pillars and a child in yellow sits at the lower left. a person cues are not clearly established here, so the central figures are described by role only.2010-09-24February 11 20132013-02-11Night photograph of an outdoor ceremony. A seated man in orange robes and a matching orange head cloth, with a dark rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark, sits at centre-left while a woman in orange and pink, wearing beaded necklaces, bends forward with hands raised toward him. Behind them, a man in a dark orange-and-white robe stands facing right and holds a white book with a red tasselled cloth. A man in a cream-coloured embroidered kurta stands at the far left. A white fringed canopy is held overhead by a man in a light blue shirt, and several men in orange robes and turbans stand in the background near a fence.2006-12-22A photograph of a crowd at a tented event with a red backdrop and hanging decorative bunting. In the foreground a long-haired figure in orange robes with a flower garland kneels and reaches forward to take an orange cloth from a man in a white shirt, white dhoti and white head cloth who stands in the centre. A young man in orange robes and an orange-and-red sash stands at right, holding a golden trident. Behind them women in orange and maroon saris with rudraksha malas, and other people in white and casual clothes, watch. A golden trident and a red-and-orange cloth are in the foreground. Several people are visible in the crowd, and the scene appears to be a ritual exchange of a cloth.2016-04-27Night-time photograph of a procession on stone steps. A central figure in saffron-orange robes wears a long white and red flower garland and a leopard-print shawl, smiling while another person in orange, holding a brass plate, reaches to touch his forehead. Two colourful canopy umbrellas stand above the group. On the right, bearded sannyasis in orange robes and gold beaded necklaces hold flower garlands, and a trident is visible at the top right. On the left, a bearded man in white with a yellow cloth and a boy in white stand near a steel plate.2010-02-12April 27 20162016-04-27Night procession photograph. A central man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and rudraksha beads on his chest, holding a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame aloft in his right hand. Behind him, a man in a white shirt and orange shawl also carries a brass lamp. A man on the left holds a brass handbell and a silver-tipped staff, and others in white clothes stand nearby. Colourful fringed umbrellas and a red-and-green cloth are visible in the background, and a woman in a pink top watches. The scene reads as a procession with aarti.2006-12-23Photograph of a ceremony in a stage setting with red drapes and stage lights. A man in an orange-red turban and brown-gold garment, wearing a pink flower garland, rudraksha-style beaded necklace and a gold chain, holds up a long orange cloth draped over the head of a bowing man with long grey hair and beard in orange robes. Behind them, a man in orange with glasses and a turban stands; at left a seated man in orange with a white garland smiles; at right a white-garlanded man sits beside a tall white and orange flower garland hanging on a pillar. Swamiji (probable): the turbaned man in brown-gold garments and garlands is the only candidate with a turban, ornate clothing, a gold necklace and beaded necklace, and he is shown placing the orange cloth on the bowing devotee.2015-07-21December 30 20092009-12-30January 03 20162016-01-03December 30 20092009-12-30