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Indoor photograph of a ceremonial exchange in a hall with beige acoustic panels. On the left, an older man with grey hair and a clean-shaven face wears an orange robe and presses his palms together in greeting. Beside him, a man in an orange shawl and matching orange cloth on his head holds a white card, with a rudraksha mala and white flower garland around his neck. On the right, a bare-chested man in a red-orange turban and orange cloth wraps white and red flower garlands and gold bangles, and reaches toward the card. Behind them, a bald priest in white and a young man in white stand near a basket of yellow flowers and an orange cloth bundle. A small logo and copyright text are visible in the corners.

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July 13 20152015-07-13July 13 20152015-07-13July 13 20152015-07-13October 18 20152015-10-18Photo of a ceremonial gathering in front of a backdrop showing a night-sky galaxy and a glowing orange sun. On the right, a man in an orange turban, orange-and-gold sash, pink flower garland and bangles stands smiling and extends his hand toward a seated man in a white kurta with an orange shawl who is pressing his palms together in namaskar. Behind them, a man in an orange turban and orange garland sits, a brass lamp with a bird finial stands on a table, and a white-bearded man in glasses and orange cloth is partly visible at left. Four people are visible, and the scene reads as a reception or honouring moment rather than a temple ritual. The right-hand figure has distinctive orange-and-gold clothing, a turban and a flower garland, so the appearance-based label applies.2015-07-19A photograph of a ceremonial garlanding indoors. A figure in a rust-brown turban and brown-and-gold shawl, with a pink garland, smiles while placing a marigold and white flower garland on a man in orange robes with a tilak on his forehead. Behind them a bearded man in orange and another in saffron stand near a gilded pillar and a large blue backdrop with a fiery emblem. A bearded man in orange at right looks on, and an orange-clad attendant stands at the back. Four or five people visible in total.2015-07-19A photograph of a ceremonial exchange in an ornate red-draped setting with gold-carved shrine elements. A bare-chested man in a rust-red turban and a yellow marigold garland, with rudraksha beads on his chest, extends a small golden object, apparently a figure of a seated animal, toward an older man in white dhoti with an orange-saffron shawl, who bows with hands folded. Behind them a priest in orange and a second man wearing glasses and rudraksha mala stand near, and several people in saris and shirts watch from the back, some in yellow and white. A bright lamp light glows in the background.2015-10-25October 18 20152015-10-18March 25 20142014-03-25A photograph inside an orange-and-red tented enclosure where a bald man in saffron robes bows his head and embraces a larger figure from behind. The embraced figure wears a brown-orange dhoti-style garment with a gold-threaded waistband, a gold armlet, rudraksha beads, and a yellow marigold garland over pinkish shawl drapes. Around them stand several devotees in orange and maroon robes and turbans, a man in a red garment in the lower right, and a figure with a bare head in the background. Hanging red and orange cloth lines the tent walls. a person is not confidently assigned: the larger figure shows rudraksha, gold ornaments and a marigold garland, but the face and frame are only partly visible.2013-02-09October 18 20152015-10-18October 20 20132013-10-20 +1 copies