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Night photo on a stone-paved path under a white canvas canopy with bamboo and green-tinted lights. A man in a reddish-orange robe stands at centre, smiling, with a green box beside him. Flanking him, two young boys in orange cloths hold long curved brass horns up toward him. In the foreground, shirtless young people with long matted hair, wearing orange cloths and wrist bands, sit facing him and hold pink sticks. Watermarked copyright text overlays the lower right, which is not transcribed.

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Night photograph of a stone-paved walkway under a white canopy with string lights. In the foreground, several young people with long dark hair and bare backs wear orange cloth wraps and sit or kneel facing away from the camera, holding thin pink sticks. Two figures on the left and right hold long curved brass horns raised toward a central figure. That central man, standing in the dark at the end of the path, wears a rust-red robe and stands with his hands at his sides. Potted plants, stone pillars and a small green bin line the walkway. Whether the central man is a candidate for the page's subject cannot be confirmed from appearance here, so his role is described only as a robed man.2017-07-07A night-time photograph of a stone-paved walkway under a white tarpaulin canopy, lined with bamboo and shrubs. Two young men in orange robes stand at the sides blowing long curved golden horns, with the bells pointed toward the centre. Seated in the foreground, with their backs to the camera, are two figures with long matted dreadlocked hair wearing orange cloth, holding thin pink sticks. In the middle distance a single figure in a rust-orange robe walks away up the path toward a dark doorway. Fluorescent tubes light the scene, and a red wall stands at right. Visible people: about five.2017-07-07Night photo of a stone-paved path under a white tarpaulin canopy with strings of lights. Two young boys in saffron-orange cloths stand at left and right holding large curved gold-coloured brass horns raised toward the center, playing them. In the foreground, two figures with long dreadlocked hair, seen from behind in orange cloth, hold thin pink sticks. A lone figure in dark red-brown robes stands further down the path in the dim center. Bamboo and bare branches frame the scene.2017-07-07July 07 20172017-07-07 +1 copiesNight photograph of four devotees in saffron-orange cloth performing a ritual outdoors under a white canvas canopy along a stone-paved walkway lined with low stone walls and bamboo. Two standing figures in the foreground-left and right hold large curved brass horns upright, one on each side, while two others with long matted dreadlocked hair, bare-backed and wearing white markings on their upper bodies, lean forward in movement toward the horns. Strings of beads and bangles are visible on the wrists and necks. Fluorescent tube lights and a dim red-walled building are in the background, with a robed figure faintly visible further down the path.2017-07-07A night procession on a stone-paved path lined with low stone walls and a white canopy overhead. A man in a long orange-brown robe walks forward at centre, smiling, with his palms apparently near his chest. On either side, young boys and girls in orange and white clothing play long curved brass horns and a small brass trumpet, and one child at left holds hands together in reverence. In the foreground, children with long dreadlocked hair face the procession; one plays a drum set at right. Bare branches and string lights frame the scene.2017-07-07Night photograph of a covered stone pathway lined with bamboo and shrubs, lit by tube lights. Several young boys wearing saffron-orange dhotis and bare torsos play long curved brass horns, seen from behind; the foreground boys have long dreadlocked hair and bands of white tilak on their foreheads. A figure in white and a bare-chested boy with ash markings stand to the left, and a few more ritual participants in orange are visible in the dim background, with brass horn bells raised into the air. Ritual horn blowing at a procession or ceremony.2017-07-07Night-time outdoor scene under a white tent canopy with bamboo and small hanging lights. Four young people in saffron-orange dhoti wraps stand on a stone-paved path, with bare shoulders and white markings on their arms, some with rudraksha-style beads. Two hold a long golden rod or rope between them, and one at the front has long dreadlocked hair. On the right, a cameraman in white clothes with a rudraksha mala films them with a large video camera. The scene suggests a ritual or procession in an ashram setting, with a dim background and a light-coloured tent overhead.2017-07-07August 05 20142014-08-05August 04 20132013-08-04Night outdoor scene at a temple courtyard strung with multicolour lights. A long-haired, bearded man in a rust-brown robe bows with hands joined in anjali, while a young attendant in orange dhoti and rudraksha beads holds a tall gold-handled ceremonial umbrella with a striped fringed canopy above him. To the left, three attendants in orange dhotis, saffron-marked foreheads and beaded necklaces stand with hands folded, one carrying a gold tray with a kalasha-like vessel and green leaves. Behind them, a red stone shrine base and a gold-railed staircase are visible. Another orange-clad attendant stands in the background.2017-02-08February 08 20172017-02-08