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A crowd of devotees surrounds a man in an orange turban and orange-and-gold shawl, with a long gold necklace, who bends forward while a bright flame burns from a torch held up at left. The torch is bound to a tall pole wrapped in green leaves, white and red flower garlands and a white cloth, a procession or ratha-style element. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with vibhuti marks, press close. Palm fronds, a stone temple gopuram column and a row of triangular pink, purple, yellow and white bunting frame the scene, with a small billboard visible behind.

September 23 2006

Close-up outdoor photo of a devotee receiving aarti from a camphor flame on a brass plate decorated with red flowers and green leaves, held by a white-clad attendant at left. A smiling man in an orange-saffron garment with a white jasmine and marigold garland, hands pressed together, leans toward the flame. Beside him a bare-chested bearded man with a garland and a red cloth raises his hand in greeting. Behind them, a man in a white shirt smiles, a decorated yellow-and-orange canopy with tassels hangs above, and a colourful temple tower is visible in the background.

July 28 2008

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Crowded outdoor procession scene with many devotees pressing close. At centre, a smiling man in an orange saffron turban and saffron shawl with a yellow edge, wearing a green leaf garland and a long pink-and-white flower garland with a gold ornament, presses his palms together in greeting. Behind him, a man in a white shirt and orange shawl with a beaded mala, and another in white with a red-and-gold patterned shawl, stand among the crowd. A cameraman in a plaid shirt films with a handheld camera. A colourful festoon canopy with tassels hangs above, and the crowd holds up hands and phones.

A dense outdoor crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis surrounds a central figure wearing a bright saffron-orange turban, a saffron-orange shawl and a green garland. Many men wear rudraksha malas and some have vibhuti marks on their foreheads. A man in the foreground raises a hand in greeting while others press forward. A white flag with a blue emblem stands at the left edge and a video camera is raised at the upper right. The Swamiji (probable) figure is identified by his saffron turban and shawl, long hair and green garland, with the crowd gathered around him in a procession setting.

December 27 2008

A photograph of an outdoor temple ritual under a metal-framed roof hung with white and orange flower garlands. In the centre a man with long dark hair, wearing an orange shawl over white clothes and a white flower garland, raises a lit camphor flame in a metal aarti lamp, with smoke rising. Before him on a wooden table sit brass plates and vessels, and at right a deity murti in teal drapery is decorated with yellow and red flowers. Around them devotees in white and orange clothing stand with palms pressed together, and women in saris, one in yellow, watch the aarti. Behind them stands a large crowd under a tin roof.

December 14 2016

Photograph of an outdoor procession with a crowd of devotees. In the centre, a man with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange saffron robe, a gold-and-beaded necklace, and a red-and-white forehead mark, holding a small object at waist level. Beside him, a young man in a white dhoti and orange shawl carries a tall gold staff topped with a carved finial. At right, a man in white with folded hands and an orange shawl walks under an orange and multicoloured fringed canopy, while orange flags and a whitewashed building stand behind. A man at the left edge photographs the scene with a compact camera, and a tray of yellow flowers is visible near the bottom left. a person: the central figure wears a long-haired, saffron-robed, gold-necklaced presentation with a forehead mark. Several devotees surround the procession.

Outdoor temple-area ritual photograph at dusk beneath a grey sky, with a temple gopuram in the background. A tall green bamboo pole, wrapped with white and gold cloth, white flowers, red blossoms and leaves, stands upright at centre. In the foreground a bare-chested man in orange dhoti and beaded necklaces bends forward, holding a brass plate with a flaming oil lamp at the base of the pole. Beside him a bearded bare-chested man in a white dhoti grips the pole, and a young man in a saffron turban and saffron robe with a gold-coloured necklace smiles and reaches toward it. Two other bare-chested men with rudraksha malas and tilak stand at right, and a uniformed police officer and other devotees watch from the left. The scene shows a pole-raising ritual with a lit lamp at its base. A saffron-robed figure with a turban is visible, but the appearance is not distinctive enough to confirm a particular identity.

Night procession outdoors with a crowd. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with gold border holds a silver tray. At centre-right a figure in saffron-orange robes and a saffron turban holds a flaming oil lamp aloft in one hand and a pink-and-white flower garland in the other, with a gold necklace; this is a person candidate based on the saffron clothing, turban and gold necklace cues. Behind them a red umbrella and ornate deity murti decorated with flower garlands are carried in procession. Oil lamps glow in the background and a photographer with a large camera is at the right edge.