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February 11 2013

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A photograph of a ceremonial exchange in a red and orange tented hall with a gilded arch and deity murtis behind. A young man in an orange turban, gold-trimmed orange dhoti and a multi-strand beaded necklace holds a banknote and a packet toward an older man in a pink kurta with an orange shawl, rudraksha mala and round glasses, who takes it with his hand. A bald man in orange stands behind them, and a man in white stands at the right edge. Devotees watch from the background, and a man in a white dhoti on the far right is partly visible.2013-02-11February 11 20132013-02-11April 23 20162016-04-23January 03 20162016-01-03September 16 20152015-09-16January 03 20162016-01-03Photograph of a ritual exchange under a decorated tent at dusk. A man in a long pale cream kurta and an orange cap on the left hands a folded paper or envelope to a bearded older man in saffron robes with glasses. Beside them a younger man in a white dhoti with gold border and an ochre shawl wears a bare chest with a rudraksha mala and holds a small stick. A bald man in glasses and saffron-brown robes holds a microphone to his mouth with folded hands. At right, a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair wears a thick red and white flower garland, a saffron-orange dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala, and holds a white paper. In the background, a large heart-shaped floral display in yellow, red and white, fruit baskets and an orange-clothed attendant stand behind a pink floral backdrop.2016-01-03Outdoor ceremonial scene on a red carpet under a tent. A figure in a long orange-saffron cloth wrapped around the body and a red-orange turban, wearing a white-and-multicolour flower garland and a gold armlet, leans forward to hand something to a seated man in an orange robe and red-and-white striped cap. Nearby, young men in orange and white garments with rudraksha malas stand and look on, and a man in white holds papers. Behind, a golden throne and gold kalasha-style vessels are visible, with another orange-robed attendant standing at the back. Two seated men in orange sit beside the central figure, one smiling with a bearded companion. The scene reads as a formal darshan or honouring ceremony.2015-01-13Photograph of a temple or ashram hall with a colourful deity murti backdrop. A man in an orange turban, orange dhoti and shawl, with rudraksha mala and gold bangles, stands at center accepting a folded white paper from an elderly bald man in white shirt and trousers. To the right, a priest in orange robes with white sacred ash on his arms holds a tray of offerings. Two people in the left foreground, one in a teal shirt with hands folded in namaste, are partly visible. The orange-robed figure is a priest or devotee; his identity is not established by appearance.2011-12-10January 13 20152015-01-13January 28 20132013-01-28January 31 20132013-01-31