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A photograph at night of a smiling man seated on a blue-draped palanquin-style platform in front of large painted deity figures. He wears a rust-orange dhoti and shawl, a long layered garland of red, white and yellow flowers, a rudraksha mala across his chest and rudraksha bands on his arms, with a red tilak on his forehead. He holds two white ceremonial staffs. Behind him a golden lion and a turquoise-blue deity figure with a mask-like face are visible, and at right a woman in white with glasses holds a pole.

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September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30A smiling man with a short beard and a red tilak on his forehead sits in front of a large deity murti during a night procession. He wears a rust-red saffron-style robe, a heavy rudraksha mala across his chest, and a thick garland of white flowers with yellow, red and blue ribbons. His right hand rests on a silver staff. Behind him are a large sculpted lion-like mount and a painted demon-face mask. Two people in red and dark clothing sit at the right edge, partly visible.2017-09-30A photograph of a smiling man seated on a festival float in front of a large painted lion and a turquoise deity figure with an ornate golden crown and a fierce mask. He wears a rust-orange dhoti and upper cloth, a long rudraksha mala with a red and white flower garland, rudraksha armbands, and a red tilak on his forehead. He holds two silver staffs, one in each hand. The lion and deity figures are decorated with yellow marigold garlands and colourful embroidered cloth. Swamiji (probable): long hair and rudraksha malas with an orange garment. Night-time setting with lights in the background.2017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30A smiling man in a rust-orange ochre robe sits on a blue platform in front of a large painted lion-headed or lion-form figure with a yellow mane and a tiger-striped mount, plus a painted deity figure with turquoise skin and ornate gold and jewelled garments behind him. He wears a red tilak on his forehead, a long ropes of rudraksha beads across his chest, and a garland of white flowers, red-and-yellow flowers and dotted blue-white strands around his neck, and he holds two long silver staffs. Orange-red and gold cloth borders the base. A dark buffalo-like figure lies at his side on the platform. Behind him a colourful painted mask face is visible at the upper right. The scene appears to be a nighttime festival display. a person: long dark hair with a saffron-orange robe, rudraksha malas and garlands match the page's a person reference, though the cues are partial.2017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30