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A man with long dark hair and a short beard stands outdoors with palms pressed together in namaste, eyes lowered. He wears a rust-brown sleeveless garment and brown wrap, a dark rudraksha mala across his chest, and a multicolour flower garland of marigolds, roses and purple blooms. A red forehead mark is visible. Behind him, a striped yellow-red-white fringed canopy hangs at the top left. A second man in orange clothing with hands folded stands to the left, and a person in white is partly visible at the right edge. The setting appears to be an open-air ritual site, consistent with a bhumi puja.

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A man with long dark hair and a beard stands outdoors with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes closed, in prayer. He wears a large multicolour flower garland of white, purple, red and yellow blooms and a rust-red sleeveless robe with a rudraksha mala across the chest. Behind him, a yellow and red fringed ceremonial umbrella is raised at the left edge. To the left, a man in an orange-brown robe and rudraksha mala stands watching, and at the right a man in a white dhoti with a yellow border and rudraksha beads holds a red-covered tray. Bright blue sky and dry ground surround the scene.2016-11-23November 23 20162016-11-23January 01 20172017-01-01January 01 20172017-01-01November 23 20162016-11-23January 01 20172017-01-01Outdoor procession scene in front of a red-and-white wall with orange flags. A bearded man with long dark hair, white and red tilak on his forehead, wearing a white jasmine garland and a rust-coloured robe with a brown rope-like shawl, stands with palms pressed together in namaskar and a smiling, eyes-closed expression. Behind him, a golden-handled ceremonial umbrella with multicoloured tassels is held aloft. Several men in rust-orange robes and rudraksha malas, some with tilak, stand around him, and a colourful striped parasol and a few onlookers appear in the background.2017-03-11January 01 20172017-01-01A standing man in a rust-brown dhoti and matching upper cloth, with a long red and white flower garland and gold ornaments, presses his palms together in anjali and looks upward, smiling. Gold bangles and a gold waist ornament are visible. Behind him, a crowd of devotees in orange and saffron robes, some wearing orange turbans, stands behind white metal barriers; a boy in orange holds a drum. Scattered flower petals cover the floor, and a silver puja vessel rests at the right. a person: the standing man has long swept-back hair, a beard, a rudraksha-style gold chest ornament and a flower garland, matching the event title's Durga festival context.2017-09-27Photo 11706661 +2 copiesPhoto 11706658 +2 copiesJanuary 01 20172017-01-01