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Outdoor ceremony under a large white tent with blue-and-white drapes, where a crowd of hundreds sits in rows facing a red-carpeted stage. Several people in saffron and orange robes sit cross-legged on the carpet performing a padapuja, one holding a small brass vessel and others with hands joined in prayer. Two ornate gold-and-red thrones stand empty at the front, with red cushioned benches beside them. Decorative brass lamps and a kalasha sit on white cloth, and a deity murti stands at the right near ornate pillars. Several attendees in white garments sit among the saffron-clad participants.

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January 01 20082008-01-01January 01 20082008-01-01January 01 20082008-01-01January 01 20082008-01-01January 01 20082008-01-01A large open-air tented gathering with a white and blue pleated canopy overhead. In the foreground, rows of seated devotees, many women in saffron, orange, yellow, pink and green saris, sit on red carpets and blue-draped tables. On the left, a raised platform is decorated with marigold garlands and brass lamps. Several men in orange robes stand in a line at the front raising arms with ritual objects, while a figure in white stands on the right near a camera on a tripod. Brass kalasha-style vessels and oil lamps are arranged on the platform.2009-01-01A large white tented outdoor gathering with a dense seated crowd on the right and a long row of brass oil lamps on a low table at left. Several young men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand in a row, holding brass vessels and arms outstretched in a ritual gesture. Seated white-clad priests and a man in white with a yellow shawl tend the lamps, and devotees in white, orange and red sit on benches. Blue-and-white draped sidewalls and a red-and-white banner frame the scene. No single person is identifiable as a person from appearance alone.2009-01-01Large outdoor event under a white tented pavilion with blue-and-white side draping and yellow marigold garlands on the tent poles. Foreground rows of devotees sit on the floor, many women in yellow, orange and white saris and shawls, some with orange shawls, and a child in white at right. Behind them, a raised green-carpeted dais holds rows of seated men in white and cream ritual clothing and a few in saffron. Two young men in saffron-orange robes with orange shawls and gold necklaces stand at left and centre-left near a low table with brass vessels and marigold garlands. A vast crowd fills the tent, and speakers and a camera are visible.2009-01-01January 01 20082008-01-01January 01 20092009-01-01January 01 20082008-01-01January 01 20092009-01-01