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A photograph of an indoor staircase with wood-panelled walls and red-and-green string lights along the handrails. In the foreground, a woman in an orange-saffron salwar with a matching shawl walks down the steps with her palms pressed together in namaste, eyes lowered. Beside her, a second woman in an orange shawl carries a folded paper or booklet. At the bottom of the stairs, a patterned rug lies before glass doors, through which a woman in white, a man in a green sweater and light trousers, and a bald man in white robes are visible entering from the street. The scene is a devotee arriving at a gathering.

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A photograph taken from above of a wooden-panelled staircase with a patterned red and gold carpet and red railings wrapped in string lights. In the foreground, a man with grey hair in white clothes with a red-and-saffron shawl carries a brass tray. Beside him, a long-haired figure in a white robe, hands folded in namaskar, walks down the stairs. Behind them, women in red and orange saris and a person in white stand on the landing near glass doors. Framed red artworks hang on the upper wall. Several people are visible, and the scene suggests a procession or ritual ceremony.2006-04-21April 21 20062006-04-21A barefoot man in a long white ceremonial kurta with gold-embroidered collar and gold-yellow bordered dhoti and shawl walks down a narrow staircase with dark reddish-brown handrails between plain white walls. He has long dark hair and appears to be the focus of the photo. Behind him, two men follow: one in a light checked sweater with a saffron-orange shawl and white dhoti, and another in the background with a white shirt and a dark cap. A red fire alarm box is visible on the upper left wall.2006-03-22A photograph of three men descending a narrow stairway with plain white walls and maroon handrails. In the foreground a man with long dark hair and a red bindi wears a white sherwani with gold embroidery, a white shawl and a gold-bordered white dhoti. Behind him a man in a cream knit sweater, white kurta and saffron-orange shawl with a pendant necklace walks barefoot. A third man in glasses and a light shirt stands further back at the top of the stairs.2006-03-22Photograph of an interior doorway hung with a garland of white flowers and orange marigolds. A man with long dark hair and a saffron-orange shawl stands in the doorway, smiling, with a woman in a beige sari and a shoulder bag to the left. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt bends forward, and another man's head is visible at the bottom edge. Light pours in from a window beyond, and a framed picture hangs on the wall. The person in the saffron wrap is a person candidate based on long hair and saffron clothing, though the identification is uncertain.2010-01-28April 21 20062006-04-21April 22 20062006-04-22April 21 20062006-04-21A photograph of a long covered walkway with a red carpet, lined on the left by a metal railing and devotees with palms pressed together in namaste. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron dhoti, a bare upper body with a shawl draped over the shoulder and a garland of beads or flowers, walks forward smiling with hands folded in greeting. Several women in white, cream and saffron-toned clothes stand along the rail, some in sarees, with hands raised in prayer. Yellow paper streamers hang from the ceiling frame. A figure in the foreground on the right is partly visible in light striped cloth. The scene suggests a darshan or greeting procession. a person appears as the walking man in orange with long hair, mala and gold-toned armlets.2011-11-29Indoor corridor with white tiled floor, pale walls, a wooden handrail and a recessed ceiling light. A man with long dark wavy hair and a red bindi wears a cream embroidered sherwani with a matching draped white shawl, hands clasped at his waist, smiling toward the right. Two women behind him: one in a purple salwar kameez with an orange scarf, the other partly visible in purple. The man's appearance (long swept hair, ornate cream clothing) is consistent with the page's reference to a person, so the appearance-based label applies: a person, standing in the corridor.2006-03-16April 21 20062006-04-21April 12 20062006-04-12