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A smiling man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red kumkum dot on his forehead stands at the centre, wearing a large multicolour garland of marigolds, white jasmine, pink and red flowers, green leaves and yellow beads. Both hands are raised open, palms outward. Behind him, several people in white kurtas with orange shawls hold ceremonial items, including a tall gold-coloured staff, and one man wears a shawl draped over his shoulder; a faint rudraksha-style mala is visible on one attendant. The scene appears to be a garland welcome at a festive gathering. Faint copyright text is printed on the lower right.

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December 23 20072007-12-23A seated man in a gold-and-red palanquin or throne-like setting is almost entirely covered by a thick garland of yellow marigolds, pink and white flowers, and red and purple blooms. He is smiling and has a red tilak on his forehead. Around him, several men in white kurtas with orange shawls stand and hold tall golden staffs topped with black peacock-feather fans, and one man in white reaches toward him. A red cushion is visible behind him, and an older woman in white with a beaded necklace sits at the lower right edge. a person is identified by the long, swept-back hair and the central seated position, with a garland and ornate ceremonial setting as the distinguishing cues; the figure is seated and smiling in a ceremonial procession.2007-12-23December 25 20072007-12-25December 29 20092009-12-29December 23 20072007-12-23January 01 20092009-01-01February 25 20072007-02-25A photograph of a seated man draped in a very large garland of mixed flowers, including white, pink, yellow, orange, red and purple blooms with green leaves. He smiles broadly and raises his hands in front of him. A standing man beside him wears white kurta, an orange shawl and a tilak on his forehead, and touches the seated man's shoulder. Behind them, other men in white and orange shawls stand near a peacock-feather fan and a decorated silver ceremonial umbrella with a gold pole. A red cushion rests beside the seated man. The setting appears to be a ceremonial stage. Two to five people are visible.2007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi sits smiling with eyes lowered, wearing an orange-saffron shawl over a saffron top and wearing a white garland of jasmine with red roses and green leaves around his neck. He holds a bouquet of yellow flowers, white lilies and purple blooms wrapped in cellophane with a red ribbon. Behind him, people in white and orange clothing hold notebooks and a phone, and a young girl in white with a rudraksha mala stands at right.2007-02-25February 15 20072007-02-15