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A man with long swept-back black hair, a white tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha mala with pale beads around his neck sits in the foreground in profile, bare-shouldered and wearing an orange cloth, facing a large dark-skinned multi-armed goddess murti. The murti stands against a red and orange tent backdrop with a decorated crown, a garland of flowers, a trident and a raised weapon, surrounded by carved demon faces. Swamiji (probable): the seated man has long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala and an orange cloth, consistent with the page's mention of Swamiji at the event.

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A large painted statue of the goddess Kali stands on a prostrate male figure within a red and orange tent. Kali has a dark blue-black body, a crown, multiple arms holding weapons, a garland of severed heads or masks, and a long tongue. The reclining figure below is light-skinned with a spiked hairstyle, a snake, a leopard-print cloth and a red-and-white garland. Strands of rudraksha or bead garlands hang from the deity. The setting resembles a temporary festival pandal lit with orange light. No living people are visible, and the figures are statues or murtis, not a depicted a person.2013-02-06November 05 20132013-11-05October 19 20062006-10-19December 20 20172017-12-20May 23 20172017-05-23Night-time puja before a large blue-skinned Kali murti draped in yellow marigold garlands with pink flowers, a severed-head garland, white crown and lace-like decoration. A bare-chested man with long dreadlocks, a rudraksha mala across his shoulder and a red-brown dhoti or wrap raises his hand toward the deity's raised arm while standing beside brass lamps. Green festoons and string lights hang above, and a banner with a world map and portrait is visible behind.2016-10-29At night, a man with long dreadlocked hair tied up and a short beard stands in profile beside a large silver-clad deity murti with a crown and a red floral garland. He points his right index finger toward the murti's dark, white-marked face. He wears rudraksha beads on his arm and neck, a gold pendant, a gold earring, and a tiger-striped wrap; a white forehead mark is visible. Palm fronds and dim crowd figures are in the background.2017-05-23February 06 20132013-02-06December 20 20172017-12-20May 23 20172017-05-23February 06 20132013-02-06February 16 20132013-02-16 +1 copies