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A smiling man with long dark hair and a beard stands in a ritual setting, bare-shouldered with a rust-red wrap, holding a silver kalasha-style vessel with a yellow cloth and a small handbell. He wears red and white flower garlands, layered gold necklaces, gold armbands and bangles, and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him, a crowd of devotees in orange and saffron clothes sits with hands folded in anjali. Trees and orange-roofed buildings are visible in the background. Ritual setting with kalasha and devotees, consistent with a puja or abhishekam; the man's long swept-back hair, garlands, gold ornaments and saffron-clad attendants are the visible cues for a person identification.

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September 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesSeptember 27 20172017-09-27September 27 20172017-09-27September 27 20172017-09-27Photograph of a smiling man in an outdoor setting with trees behind him. He wears a deep maroon turban with gold ornaments and green beads, a heavy gold necklace, and layered garlands of red and pink flowers with green and white beads across his chest. He holds a silver bell in his right hand and an oil lamp with a flame in his left, while a basket of leaves sits at the lower left. Another figure in saffron clothing stands behind him at left, and a cameraman holding a video camera appears at right. a person cues are present: ornate turban, gold jewellery and garlands, performing a ritual with bell and lamp.2018-01-09December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23A smiling man with a full beard stands outdoors at night in front of dark foliage, eyes closed in devotion. He wears a deep red-orange turban adorned with gold ornaments, a bare upper body draped in red-orange cloth, multiple strands of large gold beads, a gold pendant, and a long garland of pink flowers. In his right hand he holds a silver bell, and in his left a lit oil lamp with a bright flame. Behind him, several people with white forehead markings and saffron clothing stand with hands raised in prayer. A wooden pillar is visible at the left edge. The scene resembles a temple or ashram night ritual of aarti. Swamiji (probable): the central figure wears a turban, ornate gold necklaces and rudraksha-style beads in a ritual setting.2017-11-11December 23 20162016-12-23A smiling man in a rust-brown turban with a jewelled ornament and a long black beard stands outdoors under trees, wearing a dense gold and multicolour garland, a large gold pendant necklace, gold bangles and a rust-brown shawl. He holds a silver bell in one hand and a silver kalasha-style vessel with a red cord in the other. Around him, people in orange and white ritual dress, some with rudraksha malas and folded hands, stand in a ceremony, and a cameraman with a video camera is visible behind. The man is described as a person, given his ornate turban, gold garlands and ceremonial ritual setting, while the page indicates this is a birthday celebration event. Smoke drifts across the upper left.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23