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Outdoor ritual photo under palm trees. A shirtless devotee in orange cloth with a leopard-print headband holds a flaming camphor lamp toward a cutout portrait of a smiling man in a pink-and-gold turban, wrapped in red and yellow marigold garlands and a gold necklace. Around it, saffron-robed devotees with rudraksha malas and dreadlocked hair hold a brass plate of flowers and sing into a microphone; a woman in sunglasses stands with hands folded. A yellow fringed umbrella is held overhead. The portrait is a printed depiction, not a person.

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Photo 11724128December 22 20182018-12-22December 22 20182018-12-22 +1 copiesDecember 22 20182018-12-22December 22 20182018-12-22 +2 copiesDecember 22 20182018-12-22 +1 copiesDecember 22 20182018-12-22 +2 copiesA procession of saffron-robed devotees walks along a paved path lined with palm trees. In the foreground, a young man in an orange dhoti holds a kalasha-like brass pot with a green leaf topping and floral garlands, while a man with white-painted arms and a rudraksha mala and gold necklace presses his palms together. Ahead on the left, a man carries a large cardboard cutout portrait of a bearded figure in an orange turban, rudraksha-style garlands, gold necklace and mudra pose. Behind them, drummers in orange clothing play white drums and several more devotees follow, some with folded hands. The scene suggests a ritual procession with ratha-style worship of a portrait.2020-06-26Outdoor procession at a festival, with a tall figure in saffron-orange robes standing on an elevated platform, reaching toward a decorated deity murti of a seated figure garlanded with marigolds and yellow flowers, flanked by a second garlanded murti in blue. Behind, a framed portrait of a man in orange robes with a garland and beaded necklace is set within a canopy of multicoloured bunting and stripes. A large red, yellow and green parasol with tassels is held over the scene by a bald man with a tilak in orange clothing. Around them, several young men and women in orange and maroon robes stand with palms pressed together in prayer, some with long curly hair. Palm trees and a bright blue sky are visible behind.2008-12-23December 22 20182018-12-22 +1 copiesDecember 23 20082008-12-23January 13 20172017-01-13