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Night outdoor ritual at an ashram setting with a dark tree line and a fenced area behind. A bearded man with long dreadlocks sits on an ornate gold-framed throne, wearing an orange-red garment, a white-and-pink flower garland, gold bangles and a leopard-print cloth at the waist. A woman in a purple sari with a white-and-gold border and rudraksha beads stands beside him, holding a bundle of thin strings or threads. A shaven-headed man in bare upper body with ash markings and rudraksha beads kneels in front, tying or threading the strings at the throne. Behind them, a dark metal deity murti is decorated with yellow and green marigold garlands under a yellow canopy, with several men in white dhotis and bead necklaces standing nearby.

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December 05 20162016-12-05December 05 20162016-12-05A seated man in an orange-brown robe with a leopard-print skirt sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne, wearing a long necklace of pink and white flower garlands, gold bangles and arm bands, and a tall black dreadlocked crown. He is bent over a bare-shouldered devotee in a purple garment, applying a ritual mark and tying a thin red-and-white cord, with tall banana leaves and a yellow-and-green garland-draped deity murti behind them. Several bare-chested men in white dhotis stand in the background at night.2016-12-05A photograph of a long-haired, bearded man seated on a golden throne at night, wearing a rust-orange garment, a double strand of pink and white flower garlands, gold bangles, and gold earrings. He smiles as he holds a white thread or cord and ties or blesses a bare-chested devotee who bends forward, his head lowered, with white ash markings on his shoulders and a red-and-white sacred thread across his chest. Behind them, other devotees and a large yellow-and-red decorated deity murti appear in an outdoor event setting.2016-12-05December 06 20162016-12-06December 05 20162016-12-05December 05 20162016-12-05December 05 20162016-12-05 +1 copiesDecember 05 20162016-12-05A seated figure on a red cushioned throne with an ornate gold backrest is performing a ritual on a bare-chested man bowed forward at the left centre. The seated man wears a leopard-print headband, a red-and-maroon robe, layered gold necklaces, gold armbands and a red tilak, and is holding a white cord draped over the kneeling devotee's head. Two attendants stand at the left with long matted hair, rudraksha malas and sacred ash on their foreheads, one wearing white and the other orange-brown. The setting appears to be a shivadeeksha initiation ritual; the seated figure is an appearance-based probable Swamiji with cues of swept-back long hair, a crown-like headband, ornate gold necklaces, rudraksha malas and a gold throne, and the bowed devotee wears white dhoti.2017-08-21August 21 20172017-08-21A photograph at an evening event under a corrugated roof decorated with colourful hanging ornaments and banana leaves. A seated man on a gilded, red-cushioned throne wears an orange-saffron robe, a pink and white flower garland, gold necklaces and bangles, and has long dreadlocked hair and a beard; he extends his hand toward a bare-chested man in dark trousers with palms pressed in namaste, a white sacred thread and a light smear of ash on his chest. Behind them, a woman in a purple sari with a rudraksha mala stands beside a man in white holding a ritual item, and a few more devotees watch. The seated figure's identity cannot be confirmed from appearance; the page places a person at this event.2016-12-05