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Evening crowd scene at a temple-style gathering with a dense audience behind. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in orange robes and a gold necklace faces away from the camera. Centre right, a figure in orange robes with an orange and red turban and a rudraksha-style necklace extends joined hands toward a bare-chested priest in white, who holds a tray. Another man in a yellow dhoti and bare chest holds a brass vessel. To the right, a bald man in orange robes stands beside a video camera operator with a boom microphone. A man in a white shirt with a blue lanyard stands behind. Warm lamplight and an oil flame are visible near the centre-left.

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Photograph of an evening temple-procession scene with a crowd pressing close. Center right, a figure in saffron-orange robes and a rust-orange turban holds a burning torch in one hand while pressing palms together in anjali, with gold necklaces and bangles. Behind and beside them, shirtless priests with white vibhuti and tilak marks stand near a deity murti garlanded with yellow and orange flowers, and a ceremonial umbrella and kalasha-like brass object appear above. A bare-chested man wears a rudraksha mala and yellow dhoti, and a man in a white striped shirt with an ID badge stands among the crowd. The orange-robed figure shows a turban and gold ornaments, but the identity cue is not conclusive.2013-02-11April 21 20162016-04-21September 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesNight-time photo of a procession at an ashram with a crowd pressing close. At centre a man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban holds a lit torch flame aloft, wearing a long gold necklace and gold bangles. Beside him a bald man in rust-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a wristwatch holds a woven basket. To the left a bare-chested priest with gold necklaces and white-and-red tilak marks stands near a red and gold umbrella and a decorated deity murti garlanded with flowers. Several devotees and a man in white shirt with ID badge stand around, and a photographer's camera is in the lower right. The Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam setting and procession suggest a ritual procession, but the centre figure's identity is uncertain from appearance.2013-02-11January 13 20152015-01-13August 17 20122012-08-17April 21 20162016-04-21A dim temple interior where several men in saffron and orange robes gather around a brass tray holding a lit flame and offerings. A man in a bright orange silk robe with gold-embroidered border and a long swept-back hairstyle stands at centre, hands near the tray. Beside him an older bearded man in orange wears a rudraksha mala and a turban. Others with shaved heads and orange cloth raise hands in prayer, and a man in orange on the right holds the tray while a hand on the far right holds a red-beaded mala. Smoke rises through the dark room.2007-02-19May 11 20162016-05-11Night-time ritual outdoors where a woman in a saffron-orange shawl and matching head wrap holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame toward a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti and red waist cloth beside her. Behind them stands a figure in a decorated ceremonial headdress and ornate garments near a lit torch, under a black ceremonial umbrella. Several men in saffron robes and rudraksha malas, including one in white ritual dress, stand around the lamp, and a flaming torch rises at right. Smoke drifts above the scene.2013-02-11June 05 20122012-06-05February 11 20132013-02-11