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Outdoor photograph of a long-haired, bare-chested man in a rust-red wrap holding a white-painted wooden pole with both hands while looking down. He wears a double strand of pink and white flower garlands and a large gold pendant necklace. Behind him, many people in orange and saffron clothing stand close together, with a white drum-like disc visible at right. Some blurred figures in orange cloth and a man in glasses with a red forehead mark stand in the background. The setting is an open courtyard with a red wall behind. A number of people are visible in the crowd.

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Outdoor photo of a ritual procession with saffron-robed devotees. In the centre, a man with dreadlocks and a white tilak on his forehead, wearing a rust-brown cloth, a pink and white flower garland and a gold ceremonial necklace, stands with hands joined in prayer beside a white-and-gold cloth wrapped around a white pole. To the left, another man with long matted hair and a rudraksha mala stands beside him. Behind them, many people in orange and saffron clothing hold drums and stand under an orange and yellow canopy with red tassels.2017-10-01October 01 20172017-10-01October 01 20172017-10-01October 01 20172017-10-01 +1 copiesOctober 01 20172017-10-01October 01 20172017-10-01A photograph of a ceremonial outdoor ritual. In the foreground a bearded man in a rust-red robe stands with palms pressed together in prayer, wearing a pink and white flower garland, a gold necklace with a large gold pendant, and a tilak on his forehead; his long dark hair falls past his shoulders. Behind him a figure in a saffron-orange robe holds a red and gold umbrella over the scene. A white cloth-wrapped pole stands at center, and a shirtless man in orange cloth at right pours or tends an offering near a small flame. Many people in orange and saffron robes stand behind, several playing silver drums, under a red-trimmed tent frame and green trees.2017-10-01October 01 20172017-10-01October 01 20172017-10-01 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor ritual with a crowd of devotees in orange and saffron robes. In the foreground a man with long dark hair, a white forehead mark and a pink-and-white flower garland stands in a rust-coloured cloth, placing his hand on a tall white pole wrapped in a white cloth with gold borders and decorated with pink flowers. A gold pendant and ornaments hang from his neck. Beside him an attendant in a rust-coloured cloth holds a silver tray with small bowls. Behind them, many people in orange clothing and a large orange umbrella with red tassels are visible, along with a white drum.2017-10-01A photograph of a ceremony outdoors under a canopy. In the foreground a man with long dark hair, a red-brown wrap, a pink and white flower garland, a gold pendant necklace and a red tilak on his forehead smiles with eyes closed, one hand raised toward a white cloth wrapped around a white pole decorated with gold-bordered fabric. Behind him a large crowd of people in saffron-orange robes and orange turbans stands near white drums, with a man in a red garment and another in the background holding a red cloth. Red and orange tassels hang at the top right. Appearance-based label: a person, a long-haired man with a flower garland and gold pendant, in a ceremonial role with a flower garland; the identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2017-10-01Outdoor ritual procession with a central man in a maroon-red robe and a long pink-and-white flower garland, wearing a gold pendant, reaching up to adjust a white cloth with gold border draped over a tall white pole. He has long dark hair, a short beard and a vertical red mark on his forehead. Behind him, men in saffron-orange cloth and a man in a dark shirt holding a silver bowl stand among drummers and red tassels, with trees in the background.2017-10-01