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Early morning sunlight streams through trees onto a corrugated-roof shrine building in Allahabad, with a bright sun flare across the frame. Around forty seated devotees in white, cream and checked shirts sit on a stone platform, many holding small items and looking down at their hands. Yellow banners on the shrine wall carry Hindi text and portraits, including a bearded man in a saffron-toned frame and smaller framed photographs. A standing man in white kurta stands near the banners, and the ground holds scattered flower petals and small oil lamps.

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A sunlit outdoor scene at a small corrugated-roof shrine with wooden pillars and orange-red walls. Sunlight bursts through the trees above, creating a bright lens flare. Many people sit on a concrete floor scattered with flower petals, offerings and small packets. Several men wear white kurtas and pale shirts; one woman in a red sari sits at left, and a bald man in white sits near the front. Two large yellow banners on the shrine front show printed portraits of a bearded saint in orange and Hindu deity imagery, but these are printed images, not people present. A man in a white kurta stands near the right, and a small white air conditioner unit sits beside the building.2015-10-27October 27 20152015-10-27October 27 20152015-10-27October 27 20152015-10-27A photograph of a seated outdoor congregation under a corrugated metal roof strung with orange pennant flags and hanging cloth banners, at a temple courtyard with stone deity figures on the left and palm trees behind. Most of the crowd sits on woven mats in white, orange and saffron saris and white dhoti-style clothes, many women in front. At the far end a figure in a white robe stands near a raised platform, and a seated figure in red and white sits on the courtyard floor near a stone platform, with a black podium on the right. Rows of attendees are visible in the background, with a red-brick building beyond. Warm low sunlight comes through the trees.2010-12-28Photo of a crowded street outside a small red-roofed shrine, the Shri Bade Hanuman Ji Mandir, with a Hindi sign on its facade and a white banner on the left reading in Hindi. Many devotees and passersby, mostly men in white kurtas and shirts and women in saris, move through the entrance while a uniformed police officer in khaki stands at the left edge. A tree overhangs the scene and smoke or haze hangs in the warm light.2015-10-27Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots, a man in saffron-red robes and a flower garland sits on an ornate silver-trimmed chair on a raised platform, seemingly giving a satsang. Around him, devotees sit on a tiled floor: several women in saffron and red saris, a man in a white cap and white kurta, people in fleece and jackets, and a person in an orange shawl standing beside the chair holding a trident. Behind them are ceremonial silver tridents and a red and gold umbrella-like canopy on poles, plus a small shrine with a deity murti and red cloth beneath the tree. Pale orange and red buildings and red banners stand to the left. Several monks in orange robes are visible in the background.2014-01-22 +1 copiesPhotograph of a crowded outdoor temple scene beneath a large spreading tree. Devotees in white shirts, pink and green garments, and a woman in a bright yellow sari with floral embroidery stand and walk along a red-floored path. A red and orange shrine building with a sign reading Shri Hanuman Ji Mandir is on the right, and red-and-yellow banners hang over the entrance. Stalls with flower garlands and offerings line the left side, with smoke rising near the tree. No identifiable a person is visible.2015-10-27A crowd of men sits cross-legged on green flooring inside a large orange-draped tent at a Kumbh Mela camp. In the foreground a man in a white kurta and black shawl sits facing forward, and a seated man in an orange shawl with printed motifs kneels at left. Several older men wear white kurtas, one with a grey beard and another with a red cloth and vibhuti marks on the forehead. Behind them hang posters of deities and ritual scenes, and a decorated kalasha-style ornament hangs from the upper right. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.2013-02-14A photograph inside a covered temple pavilion with a corrugated metal roof and orange-painted walls. In the background, a shrine holds an ornate golden deity murti framed by red and gold drapery, with a figure in orange clothing seated before it. In the foreground, a row of devotees sits cross-legged on the floor in white dhotis and shawls, some with orange garments, several holding small lamps. Two stainless steel railings and a red carpet run down the right side. Wall-mounted framed photographs and a banner line the walls, and a hanging red-and-blue striped cloth is visible on a pillar. This appears to be a puja or satsang with seated devotees before a deity shrine.2010-11-02December 31 20062006-12-31March 14 20142014-03-14