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September 13 2015

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A crowded evening photograph of a temple visit with many people pressing together. In the centre, a bare-chested man with a white-marked forehead and a red dhoti stands with hands joined in front of him. Nearby, a woman in an orange sari is seen from behind with long dark curly hair. Around them, several men and women wear orange robes, white shirts, and saffron clothing, and a small child in a green outfit is held near the right edge. A blue door and gate sit in the background behind the crowd.2009-01-15Night crowd outdoors on a paved road during a procession, seen from above. Many people line both sides, several with hands folded in namaskar and some raising hands. Foreground saddhus wear saffron/orange robes; one bare-chested man in red lungi and an orange-draped figure with a headwrap stand nearby. Devotees wear yellow, red, green and white shirts and saris. Metal barricades and a white tarp appear at upper left.2015-09-15A dim night-time procession of a large crowd moves forward past parked vehicles. Many devotees press together, several in white dhotis and shirts, others in orange and red kurtas. Two men in the foreground hold hands in a line, one in an orange-yellow kurta, one in a red shirt. On the right, a bald priest with a white forehead band and rudraksha mala walks bare-chested with a red cloth. At left, a figure carries a tall brass ceremonial staff or lamp stand with a flame-like top. Mostly women in saffron and white saris are visible behind. a person is not clearly identifiable from appearance, so no identification is made.2016-12-23Night photo of a dense crowd of sadhus and devotees moving through a street at the Ujjain Kumbh Mela. Many bare-chested men wear orange and saffron cloths wrapped at the waist, some with shaved heads, one with a white-grey beard, and one wearing a bright orange turban on the right. A red flag on a tall pole rises above the crowd near the right edge. Men in white dhotis, a man in a green checked shirt, and others in ordinary clothes stand among them. Streetlights and a dim background light the scene.2016-05-21January 08 20172017-01-08January 08 20172017-01-08September 16 20152015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16December 31 20152015-12-31November 09 20112011-11-09A photograph of a dense crowd packed into a temple corridor with stone pillars and a banana plant behind them. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange saffron wrap, a heavy gold-coloured ceremonial necklace and gold bangles, with his hands folded before him. Beside him on the left, a shaven-headed man in orange robes wears a gold necklace, and another shaven-headed man in orange on the right also wears a gold necklace. In the foreground a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and white dhoti stands among onlookers, including elderly men in white shirts and a man in a black shirt. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure, distinguished by his long hair, saffron wrap and ornate gold necklace, seen amid devotees during a temple visit.2012-04-05January 04 20122012-01-04