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March 02 2018

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Night outdoor scene on a paved courtyard. A man in the centre wears a rust-red dhoti with gold borders, a thick rudraksha mala with a gold-coloured ceremonial necklace, gold armlets and bracelets, and a tilak on his forehead; he has a long swept-back hairstyle and stands looking to his right. Beside him, a young attendant in orange-red cloth with white forehead and arm markings carries a woven basket of flowers, fruit and a coconut-like offering. Behind them, other figures in orange and white stand in the dark, and a plastic chair and a gold-framed doorway with red drape are visible at right. Visible physical people: three in the foreground, several in the background.2013-07-17Night-time outdoor photograph on a dirt path beside a dark red wall. In the foreground a figure with long, thick black hair swept down the back wears an orange-red garment and a multi-strand red and orange flower garland with gold tassels, walking away from the camera; the figure has a gold ornament in the hair. Beside and behind, a second man in an orange-red dhoti with gold border and a white forehead marking carries a reddish bag and a small dark object. At the far right edge, another person in white with an orange-red shawl stands near the wall. Dark trees and shrubs are in the background.2016-02-21Night outdoor procession on a dirt ground lit by strings of multicoloured fairy lights in red, green, blue and white. A bearded man in a brown-red dhoti and bare chest wears a long yellow and red marigold garland and walks barefoot in the centre. On the left, a young boy in an orange-saffron dhoti and a black head covering carries a silver kalasha with yellow flowers and leaves. On the right edge, a figure in brown-red robes holds a silver plate. Behind them a man in white shirt raises an arm near a bright spotlight.2018-03-02Night-time photograph of a ceremony at an outdoor pavilion lit by strings of coloured lights. On the right, a bare-chested man with long dark braided hair, a white flower garland with pink, yellow and red blossoms, a red-orange cloth over his shoulder, a gold armlet and gold earrings, stands with eyes lowered. Beside him a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a gold border and a brown shawl with an orange pendant stands facing forward, with a third man in white behind. Offerings and brass or gold ceremonial items sit on a tray at the right edge. Appearance-based candidate: a person, the long-haired man with garland and red-orange cloth, as the page indicates his presence; identity uncertain from the photograph alone.2017-05-26March 02 20182018-03-02Night-time outdoor scene on a sandy open ground lit by street lamps and coloured lights. Two men in saffron-orange dhoti-style wraps stand with their backs to the camera. The man on the right, with long dreadlocked hair and rudraksha beads on his arms and waist, holds up a garland of red, yellow and green flowers over a metal tray or plate. The man on the left, with his hair wound up in a topknot and a shawl over his shoulder, holds a tall silver staff and faces him. A third person in orange is partly visible at the right edge. Ritual offering.2018-03-02Four men in rust-orange and saffron-bordered robes walk across a paved courtyard at night. The central figure, wearing a layered multi-coloured flower garland with a red and white lead and a gold pendant, is shielded by a bright orange umbrella held above him. Two men on the left carry a red bag and a dark case, and a man on the right wears a rudraksha mala and a white tripundra on his forehead. Behind them a brightly lit temple cart with golden figures and string lights stands beside a plain building wall.2015-09-09February 07 20162016-02-07April 24 20132013-04-24September 24 20152015-09-24October 18 20172017-10-18Night photograph of a procession walking along a red carpet on a paved path, lit by haze and distant lights. In front, a bare-footed man in a brown draped robe with a gold-edged hem carries a tall gold pole and wears a white-and-maroon flower garland. Behind him, a man in an orange robe with rudraksha beads and glasses holds the pole, followed by women in brown saris holding flower bouquets and a man in white robes with a garland at the back right. Faint white tilak marks are visible on several foreheads.2018-01-14