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Outdoor 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.

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September 10 20062006-09-10September 10 20062006-09-10Outdoor 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.2006-09-10Outdoor 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 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 20062006-09-10Outdoor 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.2006-09-10Outdoor 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 ritual scene in a pavilion with grey pillars and marigold garlands. Two large painted deity statues stand at the back, one holding a lotus-like object and wearing a crown and garland. Before them, a man in a yellow dhoti and bare chest holds a red microphone and speaks, while a priest in a yellow dhoti and white shawl with tilak stands beside a brass kalasha and offering plates on a covered table. Other men in white dhotis, bare-chested, sit or stand around the ropes. A woman in an orange saree sits on the green floor with hands folded in namaskar. Orange and yellow flower garlands decorate the setting, with a marigold strand overhead.2013-02-15September 10 20062006-09-10Outdoor procession scene at a riverside event with a crowd. In the centre, a shirtless man with long dark hair wears a large gold ceremonial necklace with a pendant and a white dhoti; he rests his hands near a small bronze deity murti. Beside him a bald man in white kurta and white dhoti holds a bronze Krishna murti playing a flute on a base. On the left a man in saffron-orange robes and orange turban stands near a bowing man in white dhoti. Green sugarcane stalks frame the foreground, and a framed picture and golden parasol or canopy appear at the top. Several devotees in white and orange surround the group.2007-09-09January 09 20182018-01-09