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A photograph of a ceremonial moment at an outdoor pandal decorated with marigold garlands and a golden backdrop. On the right, a figure with long swept-back hair, a marigold garland, and a red-orange dhoti and shawl with yellow borders reaches out to receive a small object from a white-bearded elder in saffron robes and a yellow ceremonial rosette, who holds a wooden tray of fruit. Behind them, a bald man in glasses and a rudraksha mala holds a microphone, and a figure in white and saffron with long matted hair and rudraksha stands at left. A few onlookers are visible at the right edge, and a man in orange robes stands at the far left.

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January 03 20162016-01-03A photograph of a ceremony in a decorated tent with a golden backdrop. On the right, a person with long swept-back dark hair, a red and red-orange bordered cloth and a thick red flower garland stands barefoot, smiling as they offer a brass vessel to an elderly man with white hair and a white beard. The elderly man wears a saffron-orange robe and a saffron shawl and places his hands together over his chest. Behind them, men in white and yellow ritual dress with tilak markings and beaded necklaces stand near a glittering golden shrine, and a red-cloth-covered table holds offerings. The mood is a devotional ritual exchange.2016-01-03Outdoor festival stage under a white tent with marigold garlands and a golden decorated backdrop. On the right, a bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair, a red-and-orange mala garland and a red-orange wrap receives a wooden tray of fruit and a small envelope from an older white-bearded man in saffron-orange robes and an orange shawl. Behind them a man in a brown-orange robe holds a microphone, and a bald man in glasses and a rudraksha mala stands nearby, with a seated figure in brown robes in front. a person: the bare-chested man with long swept-back hair and ornate garlands fits the page cues, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2016-01-03A festive outdoor ceremony under a white canopy with pink and yellow draping and a gilded deity murti in the background. On the right, a smiling person with long black hair decorated with yellow flowers wears a heavy red and orange flower garland and an orange-red cloth wrap, and extends a folded white paper or envelope. Facing them on the left, a bearded elder in a bright saffron-orange shawl and white dhoti receives it with both hands. Behind them a bald man in glasses and orange-brown rudraksha malas speaks into a microphone, and a seated devotee holds a brass offering tray with fruit and flowers. The scene shows an offering or presentation, not a sermon.2016-01-03January 03 20162016-01-03January 03 20162016-01-03January 03 20162016-01-03Photograph of a ritual exchange under a decorated tent at dusk. A man in a long pale cream kurta and an orange cap on the left hands a folded paper or envelope to a bearded older man in saffron robes with glasses. Beside them a younger man in a white dhoti with gold border and an ochre shawl wears a bare chest with a rudraksha mala and holds a small stick. A bald man in glasses and saffron-brown robes holds a microphone to his mouth with folded hands. At right, a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair wears a thick red and white flower garland, a saffron-orange dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala, and holds a white paper. In the background, a large heart-shaped floral display in yellow, red and white, fruit baskets and an orange-clothed attendant stand behind a pink floral backdrop.2016-01-03January 03 20162016-01-03January 03 20162016-01-03January 03 20162016-01-03January 03 20162016-01-03