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Indoor photo in an unfinished hall with bare breeze-block walls and gilded temple vehicles behind. A bearded elderly man in a saffron-orange shawl and dhoti holds a carved wooden staff and looks ahead, flanked by devotees in rust-brown robes with gold borders and rudraksha malas. A man at left wears a draped orange-and-gold garment with a long orange garland. A man in white with gold-bordered cloth stands behind, and a man on the right holds his hands together. a person candidate is the bearded elder in orange, though this is uncertain from appearance alone.

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November 05 20132013-11-05November 05 20132013-11-05November 05 20132013-11-05November 05 20132013-11-05November 05 20132013-11-05November 05 20132013-11-05November 05 20132013-11-05November 05 20132013-11-05November 05 20132013-11-05A procession outdoors in front of a building with a red-painted wall and palm fronds at upper right. In the centre, a long-bearded elderly man with white hair wears an orange saffron robe and holds a wooden staff with a serpent-like carved top; he appears to be a sannyasi in ascetic dress. Around him, shaved-headed men in rust-red dhotis and wrap garments wear long rudraksha mala garlands and hold tall poles with flowers, and a woman in a red sari with gold border stands at left. A woman at right in a gold-bordered saffron sari and a shaved-headed devotee in red and gold robes gesture while talking. The orange-robed elder is shown in a procession setting with people in matching red ritual attire, consistent with a temple or ashram ceremony.2013-11-05November 05 20132013-11-05November 05 20132013-11-05