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Night street scene during a procession-style darshan in a South Indian town. A man in an orange-red turban, bare-chested in orange-red cloth with a gold waist sash, rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and gold armlets, smiles and reaches out toward a crowd of children. Beside him a shaved-headed attendant in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala walks alongside. A woman in white with a brass pot offers a garland of orange and white flowers. Garlands of marigold and jasmine are held aloft by devotees in white, bright lights and hanging decorations overhead.

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Night-time street photograph of a devotional visit in a village lane. A bare-chested man in a rust-orange turban with a rudraksha mala and carved wooden beads, wearing an orange-and-red wrap and a gold bangle on his upper arm, walks forward with open hands. Behind him, a man in a white shirt and another in orange cloth lift and offer long garlands of orange and white flowers with green leaves. Other devotees and children crowd the lane, with a tree, string lights and a building wall behind. A white-clothed man on the right holds a camera or flash-lit device. Several people are visible, counted in the range below.2014-07-01Night photo at an outdoor street event under strings of white lights and a tree. A man in a red-orange turban, bare-chested under a red-orange wrap, wears a long rudraksha mala and gold armlets and smiles while reaching toward a long garland of red and white flowers. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds the garland's end. Behind them, devotees crowd in, including a woman in a light sari holding a small child, and a man in saffron-brown robes stands at right near a camera operator. Photos with small inset and crowd members: roughly six to twenty people visible.2014-07-01Night-time outdoor photo of a street gathering in a village setting, with a string of lights and a tree overhead. A person in a red-orange turban and rust-orange shawl, with a rudraksha mala and gold armlet, smiles while a man in a white shirt and wristwatch drapes a long garland of red, orange, white and green flowers. A woman in a pink and white sari holds a small child nearby, and a bald man in orange and a cameraman with a flash camera stand behind. a person wearing red-orange turban, rudraksha mala and gold armlet, receiving a flower garland from a devotee.2014-07-01Night photograph at an outdoor evening gathering under string lights, with a draped pink, white and green tent behind the crowd. In the foreground, a smiling man in a rust-red turban and sleeveless rust-red robe, with a gold necklace and rudraksha-style beads, holds white flower garlands and presses his palms together. A bald man in a white-and-gold dhoti with beaded garlands stands at left in the foreground, and a woman in orange robes with glasses stands beside him. Behind them, a uniformed police officer, a man in a white-and-gold dhoti with a garland, and a crowd of women in maroon and red saris wearing gold-bead garlands and sandalwood-marked foreheads are visible. The swami cues are not distinctive enough to confirm an identity, so the central figure is described by role only.2016-05-12Night-time photograph of a garlanded man in a rust-orange robe standing under an arch of banana plants with hanging banana flowers, at a devotee's house during a pada puja visit. He wears a heavy red and yellow marigold garland, a rudraksha mala and a ceremonial necklace of coin-like pendants, and his long hair is swept back. Behind him stand a man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and a bald man in orange robe. At left a woman in white holds a brass plate with a kalasha-style vessel. An older woman in a green-and-white sari stands at right, and onlookers crowd the courtyard.2014-07-01May 12 20162016-05-12July 03 20142014-07-03 +1 copiesMay 12 20162016-05-12A nighttime outdoor crowd scene at a Kumbh Mela-style gathering with bright floodlights and a row of small saffron and multicoloured flags behind. At the centre, a man in a maroon-red turban, a white jasmine garland, and a rust-brown robe with a ceremonial braided shawl is smiling and extending his hands toward the people around him. Probable Swamiji by appearance cues: a turban and white flower garland over saffron-toned ceremonial clothing, with several devotees around him. To his right, a bare-chested man with long swept-back hair and white ash marks is wearing a gold-trimmed ceremonial cloth. A bearded man in an orange saffron robe and red beaded necklace leans in from the lower right, reaching out a hand. A smiling man in white with a red shawl stands at left, and devotees in orange and saffron robes with white forehead markings fill the frame, along with a woman in yellow in the foreground.2016-05-16May 07 20152015-05-07August 09 20152015-08-09May 12 20162016-05-12