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A photograph of a ceremonial exchange on a stage before deep red velvet drapes. A man with long swept-back hair and a long-sleeved white garment with an orange shawl stands at right, smiling and receiving a framed photograph and a cellophane-wrapped gift bundle. Facing him at left, a man with a shaved head wears a brown and gold wrap and an orange shawl, holding out the framed picture. Between them, two saffron-robed monks with white tilak on their foreheads and rudraksha malas stand watching, one holding a dark cushion tray. Hands at the edges of the frame are raised in applause. Four to five people are visible in the scene.

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October 20 20132013-10-20October 20 20132013-10-20 +1 copiesA stage event with a deep red velvet curtain behind. On the left, a man with swept-back dark hair, bare-shouldered in a brown garment with an orange shawl, smiles and extends his hands toward a bearded man on the right. That bearded man wears a white kurta and an orange shawl, holds a book and a basket of fruit wrapped in cellophane. Between them stands a bald, saffron-robed monk with a tilak and a rudraksha mala, and beside him another orange-robed monk with beads, holding a red cushioned tray. Several hands clap at the edges. a person: the man on the left shows swept-back hair, a bare-shouldered brown garment and an orange shawl, so the appearance is plausibly a person, but the cues are not distinctive enough to confirm.2013-10-20 +1 copiesOctober 20 20132013-10-20 +1 copiesA photograph of a formal ceremonial exchange on a stage with deep maroon velvet drapes. On the left, a smiling man with long dark hair, bare-chested under an orange shawl and gold-trimmed garment, presses his palms together in greeting. On the right, a man with long hair and a beard, wearing an orange shawl over white clothing, bows forward while holding a wrapped gift bundle and a book. Between them stands a bald man in orange robes and a long rudraksha mala, holding a red velvet tray, with a tonsured man in orange behind him bearing a vibhuti mark. Several hands in namaste appear at the right edge.2013-10-20 +1 copiesA photograph of a stage event against dark red velvet drapes. On the right, a man with long dark hair wears an orange shawl over white ritual clothing and bends forward to receive an offering. Facing him from the left, a person in a brown garment with gold border and an orange shawl reaches out with a hand, and a shaved-headed man in orange with a white forehead mark stands behind them holding a tray with a pale flower-decorated offering. At far right, a smiling man in an orange shawl applauds. The scene shows a felicitation moment with the bowing man in white receiving the tray.2013-10-20 +1 copiesOctober 20 20132013-10-20 +1 copiesOctober 20 20132013-10-20A photograph of a ceremonial honouring on a stage before a deep red velvet curtain. A smiling man with long hair pulled back, wearing a brown and gold-bordered dhoti and an orange shawl, holds out a tray of fruit and flowers. Beside him, two priests in orange robes wear white forehead markings and rudraksha malas. On the right, a bearded man in a white kurta and orange shawl bows with palms pressed together, receiving the offering. Further right, another man in an orange shawl applauds. The scene reads as a formal welcome or felicitation.2013-10-20 +1 copiesOctober 19 20132013-10-19October 20 20132013-10-20 +1 copiesOctober 20 20132013-10-20 +1 copies