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Night photo of a temple event with a crowd pressing around a central figure wearing a red-orange turban and a red-orange garment, bare-shouldered, with a long brown-orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads, smiling and holding a silver tray of flower petals and offerings. Behind him a shirtless priest with white and red forehead markings and a bead necklace stands near. In the foreground a woman in a teal blouse with a white flower garland in her hair faces the tray. Men in white shirts and dhotis surround them, and a banana plant and a maroon bus with partial lettering appear at left and right. a person cues: red-orange turban, orange garment, long shawl and beads, though appearance is uncertain.

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March 29 20162016-03-29 +1 copiesNight procession of devotees through a village street lit by electric lights and strings of colourful bulbs. At the centre, a smiling man wears a thick red floral garland, a rudraksha mala and a maroon-red cloth, with gold armlets. Beside him, a bald man in white dhoti and a saffron-orange shawl with a gold-bordered cloth walks, and another shaved-headed man in orange stands to the right. Crowds of devotees press close on both sides, many with palms pressed together in greeting, including women in saris and children in colourful dresses. A man in the foreground wears white and a green-striped cloth with vibhuti on his forehead. Red and green bunting hangs overhead. a person identity uncertain from appearance alone; the central figure is described by role only.2013-06-23 +2 copiesNight outdoor scene at a crowd gathering. A central figure in a deep red-orange turban and rust-red robe wears a long rudraksha mala and a gold chain, smiling as a woman in a teal sari with an orange flower in her hair bows toward him. Men in white shirts and white dhotis surround him, and a bearded man with white tilak on the forehead stands to the left with rudraksha beads. A parked white van and dark vehicle appear in the background. Several people are visible, and a child in the lower right looks on. The central figure matches the appearance cues of a person, so this is recorded as an appearance-based candidate.2016-03-29Night photograph of a crowd surrounding a central figure in a maroon-red turban and rust-red robe with a long rudraksha mala draped over the shoulders. Several men in white shirts and dhotis, some with white tilak on the forehead and orange or saffron garments, press close and reach toward him while a woman in a teal sari with an orange flower in her hair is in the foreground. A dark vehicle is visible behind the group under a night sky, and a man at right holds up a phone to record. Cues for a person presence are the turban, rudraksha mala and saffron-toned robe, but the face is not visible enough to confirm identity.2016-03-29A crowded indoor scene in a temple inauguration. In the centre, a seated figure in a rust-coloured turban, pink-red robe and layered white and pink flower garlands receives offerings from a priest in a red-orange dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala, who holds a plate of fruit and bananas. To the right, a bare-chested man with a white dhoti, a grey hair bun and rudraksha malas stands close by. Beside the seated figure, a devotee in a blue top with floral garlands folds her hands in namaskar. Around them, men in white shirts and dhotis crowd close, and a green leafy decorative arch with a gold chair hangs above.2016-03-29May 16 20162016-05-16March 29 20162016-03-29Night-time crowd scene at an outdoor street or temple approach. A central figure wears a red-orange turban and reddish-saffron cloth and is being garlanded with a long white and red flower garland placed around the neck. Around him, many men and women press close, several with white and orange tilak marks on the forehead; one man in a black shirt wears a white-and-saffron sash and a long beaded mala. A man in white shirt reaches toward the garlanded figure, and a child in a blue-green striped top stands at right with raised hand. Flower petals and marigold-like blooms are scattered on the ground and on people's heads, with a parked white vehicle and banana leaves in the background.2016-03-29 +1 copiesMarch 29 20162016-03-29June 27 20142014-06-27March 29 20162016-03-29Outdoor street scene in a village with palm trees, a thatched bamboo fence and a white building behind. A man in an orange-red turban, saffron robes, a white and red flower garland and rudraksha beads stands at center, smiling and extending his hand toward a bowed elderly woman with grey hair in a white sari who offers a plate of flowers and fruit. Around him stand saffron-robed attendants with rudraksha malas, a bald man in saffron, a younger shaved-headed boy in white dhoti with a gold border and rudraksha mala, and a man in a white shirt. The scene appears to be a padapuja welcome at a home visit, with a dark car at the lower left.2014-07-03