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Indoor ritual gathering on a teal carpet during an initiation event. In the foreground a seated elder in pale pink-orange wrap with a pink turban and white floral garland sits cross-legged before a low wooden table with brass vessels and a small bowl. Beside him a seated man in an orange robe with a rudraksha-style mala sits in front of another low table. Standing at right, a man in a white vest with red emblem and a man in a striped shirt with white garland and lanyard attend the ritual, one pouring or offering from a brass vessel. Behind them, many people in orange and saffron robes sit on mats, with a standing photographer in a dark jacket and a woman in a blue top visible at left. Orange and yellow decorations fill the background.

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Night photograph inside a tented pavilion with a green carpet and strings of warm lights overhead. Many seated people in orange and saffron robes sit on low wooden stools with brass plates and cups in front of them. A man in a pale green kurta and white dhoti stands in the centre, while a man in a white kurta, with a small white cloth in his hand, stands nearby. On the right, a tall figure in an orange robe with a red shawl stands with hands folded. A seated sadhu with a long white beard and rudraksha beads in the lower left wears an orange robe, and another with a pink-orange turban and white flower garland sits with hands pressed together. A uniformed official stands at the back. The scene appears to be an initiation or satsang event with devotees.2016-05-16May 16 20162016-05-16May 16 20162016-05-16Indoor ritual gathering with participants seated on a green floor covering in rows. In the foreground, an older man in a white shirt and white garland bends forward, offering a silver tray of pink flower petals to a seated man in saffron-orange robes with a beard and white flower garland. Beside him, a seated woman in brown-red and orange draping and long dark hair smiles, wearing a white flower garland and beaded necklace. Behind them, many people in saffron and orange robes and white garlands sit in lines, with a man in a red-orange turban and others in white clothing. Silver plates and small bowls sit on a low table. The background shows colourful decorative panels and a standing man in orange shirt and white trousers. a person candidate is not clearly identifiable by appearance.2016-05-16A seated man in a peach-coloured turban and matching peach robe holds a black handheld microphone while speaking at a floor-level gathering. He wears a white garland and a red wrist thread. Beside him, another bearded man with long white hair and a beaded necklace sits in orange robes, with steel plates, cups and small brass vessels on a low wooden table. Behind them, seated devotees in orange and saffron clothing and turbans sit on green mats, and a standing crowd watches under a canopy with rangoli-style decorations and string lights.2016-05-16 +1 copiesMay 16 20162016-05-16Night-time outdoor communal meal under a tent canopy at an event, with saffron-robed sannyasis and devotees seated on the ground and at low wooden tables laid with steel plates of food garnished with marigold flowers. A robed man in saffron stands bowing and serving food to a white-bearded elder in orange robes with a long white beard and a rudraksha mala, who sits at the front table. Behind them standing figures wear saffron, orange and white clothing, one holding a large palm-leaf fan and another a wooden staff. A colourful striped cloth backdrop and string lights hang in the background, with a man in a white kurta and blue lanyard standing at right and women in western clothes filming at left.2016-05-07May 16 20162016-05-16 +1 copiesEvening meal (annadan-style seating) in a large open tent with a green floor mat and rows of seated saffron-clad sadhus and devotees eating from metal thalis and steel plates set on low wooden tables. In the centre-right, a man with a long dark beard wears a rust-red robe and a white flower garland, beside a figure with a tall dark-red turban and a white flower garland, smiling. Another seated person in an orange hood and orange robe with a jasmine garland sits in the foreground. On the left, a bald man in glasses and a light green shirt leans in toward the row, gesturing. A young man in a yellow-orange kurta walks through on the right. Decorative flags and colourful rangoli-style patterns decorate the tent walls, and string lights hang overhead. About thirty people are visible.2016-05-16A photo of a ritual scene in a hall with bare concrete walls and a crowd of onlookers along the back. In the foreground, a man in orange robes bends over a low wooden table, reaching toward a seated person in an orange turban and saffron robe who holds a brass plate of marigold garlands and sits at a second low table. A third seated man in orange clothing sits on the right with a brass plate of marigold flowers and a small cup. A standing man with white hair and beard, orange robes and a rudraksha mala holds a yellow book. Onlookers in saffron, white and colourful saris, a man in a striped shirt and a woman photographing with a phone watch from behind. A metal staff stands near the center. Marigold garlands, brass plates and a small cup are on the tables.2016-05-07September 20 20152015-09-20May 08 20162016-05-08