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Outdoor ritual photo at a Kumbha Mela-style gathering under a red, white and yellow striped canopy. A man in a plain white shirt and white dhoti holds a coconut in both hands over brass and gold-toned deity murti figures arranged on a green-edged cloth table. Smoke rises from an incense or offering stick nearby. Behind him, a man in white with a yellow-bordered shawl stands alongside devotees in white and saffron clothes, and a woman in glasses and dark clothing watches. A man in a blue t-shirt stands at the left edge. The scene reads as a puja with coconut offering.

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September 10 20062006-09-10Outdoor photo at a festival procession. A man in a white dhoti and shirt stands at a table draped in green cloth, holding a small object above a white bag of offerings while figures in golden dress and small gold deity statues sit on the table. To the right, a bare-chested priest with a multicolored beaded mala and white sacred-thread markings speaks into a microphone. Behind them, a man in an orange-saffron garment with a yellow-and-red turban stands among devotees in white clothes, a woman in white with sunglasses, and a man in a blue shirt on the left. Tall decorated canopy poles with red and multicolored tassels and a white canopy rise in the background, along with a white flag bearing a blue emblem. A white sign with orange-red lettering is visible, and a banner reads Chinmaya Mission.2006-09-10Outdoor ritual scene in bright sunlight at the first Kumbha Mela in USA. A man in a plain white shirt and white dhoti holds a microphone in one hand and a coconut in the other, while a blue smoke or flame rises from the coconut held by a man in a blue t-shirt at left. A man in glasses and a yellow-and-white shawl stands at right. Behind them a crowd of onlookers in white, yellow and pink clothing watches, with red flags and greenery in the background. Gold-coloured ritual objects are visible at the lower left edge.2006-09-10September 10 20062006-09-10Outdoor ritual scene at a festival stall. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a multicoloured beaded necklace speaks into a microphone on a stand, holding a coconut or offering. Beside him a man in a white shirt holds an incense or offering vessel with smoke rising. Behind a green-draped table stand brass deity murtis and bronze figures. Devotees surround the stall: a woman in a teal sari, a man in a grey patterned kurta, and people in white caps. Orange and red flags and bunting decorate the background.2006-09-10A photograph of an outdoor ritual at a decorated ratha or festival chariot. A bare-chested figure in saffron-orange cloth with long dark hair, a gold necklace and a shawl stands at right, holding a brass aarti or puja plate that a man in white dhoti and shirt holds toward him. Other men in white with rudraksha malas stand behind, hands folded in anjali. The chariot behind is garlanded with yellow and orange flowers and has an orange canopy; a small deity murti in white and gold is visible on it. Bright daylight, trees at upper left.2008-12-23Outdoor photograph at a festival. In the right foreground a man in a white t-shirt holds a microphone in one hand and a coconut burning with an orange flame in the other, smoke rising from it. Beside him a man in a blue top looks on, and behind them a woman in dark-rimmed glasses and an orange top watches, with other spectators in white and red clothing blurred in the background. A gold-coloured ornamental object is visible at the lower left. The scene suggests a coconut-burning ritual at an open-air gathering.2006-09-10Outdoor photo at a Kumbha Mela-style event: a man in a plain white dhoti and white shirt stands at right pouring liquid from a coconut or vessel over a row of small gold-coloured deity murti on a table. The table has a white banner reading Unmaya Mission South California. Behind, a crowd of devotees in white and blue clothes, some with folded hands and one woman in a dark top, watches; a figure in an orange garment stands among them. Above, a multicoloured fringed canopy with red trim shelters the scene under trees, with orange flags nearby.2006-09-10Outdoor procession scene at a Brahmotsava-style festival. A bare-chested man in an orange cloth with a gold necklace and long swept-back hair, a sacred mark on his forehead, receives a brass plate of fruit and a coconut from a man in white. Beside them, a man in white with rudraksha mala holds the offering plate while others in white clothing stand with folded hands. Behind, a figure in orange bends over a decorated floral palanquin with marigold garlands, and a framed portrait sits at the top of the float. Marigolds and a pink-and-green decorated canopy frame the scene.2008-12-23Outdoor photo at the first USA Kumbha Mela, with a shaved-headed priest in a bare-chested state speaking into a microphone while holding a small object above a green-covered table with a coconut and smoke rising from it. He wears a multicoloured beaded mala, a white dhoti and a green-and-gold patterned waist sash, and a tilak marks his forehead. Behind him a man in a white dhoti and white shirt stands beside a rolled white cloth, and spectators in casual clothes, sunglasses and caps watch nearby. White and blue flags and orange poles appear in the background under a sunny sky.2006-09-10September 10 20062006-09-10December 23 20082008-12-23