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A photo taken at night outdoors beside a street with banana leaves and a dim lamp. A bare-chested man with long swept-back hair, a maroon dhoti with gold border, a gold armlet and bangles stands smiling while an older bald man in orange robes places a red and white flower garland around his neck. Behind them, two women in green and saffron saris stand watching, and a woman in an orange sari with a gold border presses her palms together in namaste. Another man in orange stands at the left edge. The garlanding appears to be a welcome or pada puja style honour during a house visit.

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Nighttime street scene outside a building with a banana plant and warm street lamps. A bald, grey-haired man in an orange-saffron jacket and white dhoti places a red and pink flower garland over the head of a young man in a maroon-red dhoti and gold waistband, who is bare-chested and wears gold armlets and bangles and smiles. Several women stand behind them in saffron, green and dark sari, with hands folded in namaskar; one holds a small book or device. The scene suggests a garland-welcoming during a house visit. A man in white dhoti stands at the left edge.2014-07-08July 08 20142014-07-08Night photo on a village street lit by warm streetlamps, with a banana plant behind. A man with long swept-back hair, wearing a red-maroon shawl, a red flower garland, a gold waist sash and gold armbands, stands smiling with palms pressed together toward an older bald man in an orange robe who bows forward with his head lowered. Behind them, a cluster of women in saris, including one in green and one holding a tablet, watch and smile. A man in an orange robe stands at the left edge. The man with long hair and ceremonial adornments matches the a person appearance cues, presented as the one receiving the bow in a house-visit blessing setting.2014-07-08July 08 20142014-07-08Night-time photograph outdoors near a large tree and a building wall. Two central figures with long dreadlocked hair face each other. The figure on the right, bare-chested with a reddish-brown cloth, wears a green leaf garland and a white forehead marking, and holds his hands together in greeting. The figure on the left wears a saffron cloth, rudraksha mala beads and a tattoo on his upper arm, and holds a gold-coloured brass vessel. Behind them a man in a orange shirt with a bold orange tilak, an older man in a white shirt with folded hands, and a woman in a maroon sari stand among onlookers.2017-02-07June 27 20142014-06-27Night-time photograph of a crowd gathered outdoors at a devotee's house. In the centre, a bare-chested man wearing a rust-red turban, a red-orange cloth wrap and a long necklace of large round bead pendants walks through the crowd. He is garlanded with a long flower garland in red, white and green held up by a man in a teal-green shirt on the right. Behind him, a man in white clothes and another in saffron-orange garments and rudraksha beads are visible. A man in a red-orange garment stands at the back right. Gold armlets are visible on the central figure's upper arm. Bright lights and a camera flash illuminate the scene, with a tree and a whitewashed building in the background. The central figure has a turban and bead necklace, and this is a person cue match but the identification is uncertain from appearance alone.2014-07-01A photograph of an indoor hall where an older man in a red and gold-bordered shawl stands with hands folded in greeting, beside a bare-chested man wearing a red dhoti, a red kumkum mark, a white forehead marking and a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace. Behind, a man in orange clothing and an orange turban with a garland of yellow and red flowers faces away, his hand on the shawled man's shoulder. Other people in white and orange stand in the background, one holding a microphone. A partially visible man in a checked shirt stands at the left edge. The bare-chested man is a candidate for the page's subject, but his appearance cues are not sufficient to confirm this, so he is described by role only.2006-12-20Night-time photo outdoors at a temple-like courtyard. A bare-chested man with a topknot and a saffron-and-pink cloth wrap, wearing a rudraksha-style necklace with a gold clasp, embraces a smiling young man wearing a garland of red, yellow and white flowers over a dark brown robe with gold border. On the right, an older man in a brown-orange robe and rudraksha mala stands with hands folded, and another man in a dark robe with a gold-bordered shawl stands beside him. Several people in the foreground have palms pressed together in greeting. A golden ornate throne or palanquin is at the left edge, under a striped canopy, with parked car lights behind.2016-02-16 +1 copiesNight photo of a bare-chested man in an orange shawl wearing a thick green leaf garland with red and yellow flower accents, standing beside a younger man in orange cloth with a rudraksha mala and white forehead marks. The younger man holds a folded red-brown cloth with a small red flower on it. Behind them, other men in orange garments with white forehead markings and malas stand near a tree with orange flowers and string lights. The leaf-and-flower garland and folded cloth suggest a felicitation or offering ceremony.2017-07-07September 14 20152015-09-14 +1 copiesDecember 20 20062006-12-20