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May 26 20152015-05-26May 26 20152015-05-26May 06 20162016-05-06May 06 20162016-05-06August 17 20122012-08-17A dense crowd of devotees gathered outdoors, many with palms pressed together in namaskar and hands raised. In the foreground a woman with dark hair pulled back, wearing an orange sari, gold necklace and earrings, holds a small silver kalasha-style pot and faces the crowd. Around her, men in white shirts and white dhotis and women in orange and saffron saris stand close together, several smiling. A bald man with tilak marks and an orange shawl appears at lower left. The scene suggests a satsang or temple visit with people greeting one another.2012-08-17A dense outdoor procession at a Hindu festival, with many devotees in white clothes and orange or saffron scarves. A man in front of the crowd raises one arm, wearing a white kurta with an orange shawl over his shoulder and a rudraksha mala. Women in white saris with orange borders carry brass plates and kalasha-style pots topped with coconuts and mango leaves. Orange flags and banana-leaf decorations line the route, and a videographer with a camera on his shoulder films from the left. Several people in the foreground wear orange garments and ornate gold necklaces, and a few wear white and blue. The scene reads as a ritual procession with offerings, with a crowd of roughly twenty to forty visible people.2008-12-31A large crowd of devotees gathers tightly on a stone-paved temple courtyard, many raising hands and pressing forward in excited devotion. In the right foreground, a figure with a bare shoulder wears an orange-saffron cloth and a long rudraksha-style beaded mala, holding up a silver metal pot toward the crowd, with gold bangles on the wrist. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis with white tripundra marks on their foreheads; several women wear saffron, maroon and cream saris, and one woman holds a green leaf aloft. Scaffolding and blue railings appear at the top edge. This is a photograph of a crowd, with no clearly identifiable a person depicted.2012-08-17May 26 20152015-05-26August 17 20122012-08-17March 05 20162016-03-05 +1 copiesA crowd of devotees gathers tightly at a stone doorway as a bare-chested man in orange-red cloth and layered rudraksha beads raises one arm high and stands at the threshold. Behind him, men in orange robes with beaded necklaces, one holding a brass kalasha-style pot, and women in red and blue saris stand close. Several devotees in white dhotis and saris reach toward him with folded hands. A uniformed police officer stands at the right edge. Overhead, a yellow banner and a parasol-like canopy are visible. An orange cloth covers the floor in front of the threshold, indicating a ceremonial procession or entrance ritual. The scene is outdoors among dense devotee crowds, with no clearly identifiable deity murti or throne visible.2012-05-18 +1 copies