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A photograph of an outdoor pavilion under a teal-green canopy with a bright yellow and pink patterned banner at the left edge. A woman in orange robes and a gold necklace carries a glass pot on her shoulder at left. In the centre, a person in a bright orange sari-style wrap with long dark hair walks barefoot with palms pressed together in namaste. Beside them, another person in orange robes with a gold necklace and a white marking on the forehead walks with hands folded. To the right, seated and standing devotees in grey, white and blue clothing, several with hands in anjali, stand before a striped mat and orange cushion. Chairs stand in rows under the canopy.

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Outdoor festival scene under a white and blue decorated tent on green matting. In the foreground, a man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala carries a silver tray with flowers and a small dish. Beside him, an orange-robed monastic with a saffron turban walks forward. Behind them, a row of saffron-clad sannyasis walks, one with a saffron shawl and a turban. On the right, a man in white and a woman in white with a blue lanyard stand with palms pressed together. Gold-painted pillars and orange draped fabric frame the tent, and banana leaves appear overhead.2008-12-30A photograph of a covered hall with steel railings where devotees line both sides, many with palms pressed together in anjali. At centre, a man with long dark hair and a forehead tilak walks forward in a saffron-orange robe with hands folded in prayer, followed closely by a second sannyasi in orange wearing a similar wrap. Devotees on the left wear yellow, white and pink saris and gold bangles; on the right, heads and folded hands are visible. Colourful patterned banners hang from the ceiling frame, and sunlight shows through a doorway at the back. Appearance-based candidate: a person, with long swept hair, saffron robe and tilak, walking in procession as a sannyasi receiving darshan-style salutations.2009-12-09October 07 20112011-10-07A photograph inside a long open-sided hall with a corrugated roof and exposed steel trusses, where a barefoot figure with long dark hair in an orange-saffron cloth walks down a central aisle lined with woven striped mats. Standing on either side, saffron-robed monks and women in orange saris with folded hands line the path, while a man in white clothes stands at the right near a small table with ritual items. A string of orange pennants hangs from the roof beams.2007-02-23A procession under a canopy with red pillars and an embroidered umbrella top moves across a paved courtyard. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears a red-orange sari-style drape, a gold pendant, a beaded mala and a red-orange bangle, walking barefoot with his hand near his waist. Immediately behind him, a bald young man in an orange-saffron dhoti and orange shawl carries a silver vessel with a green leaf sprig on a tray of purple flowers. Other white-clad devotees, some barefoot and holding a canopy pole, follow, while onlookers in white, cream and green stand along the sides with palms pressed together in greeting. The scene suggests a pada-puja style procession.2011-12-12August 25 20172017-08-25January 15 20092009-01-15A photograph of a covered outdoor pavilion with a teal and white striped canopy and yellow posts. Four women in saffron-orange robes walk down the centre aisle with hands pressed in anjali; the leftmost carries a brass vessel, possibly a kalasha, and a man in white clothing follows them. On the right, seated devotees on folding chairs and a striped mat place their palms together, including a man in an orange shirt and grey trousers and a woman in a pale blue top and light cardigan. A small orange cushion lies on the mat in the foreground. Tinted-glass walls and a parked car show through the open sides. The scene resembles a devotional gathering or homa, though no fire or deity is visible.2007-11-07November 17 20092009-11-17 +1 copiesJanuary 13 20152015-01-13A group of people walks in a single file across a hall with a matted floor and pale grey strip, toward the right side of the frame. A woman in the centre wears a black jacket over a white and silver sari, and a woman in front right holds her palms together in namaste while wearing an orange robe and rudraksha mala. Several men in saffron and orange robes with beaded necklaces walk behind, and two men in white dhoti and shirt walk at the front and right edge. Yellow curtains hang at the windows, wall fans are mounted on the walls, and white plastic chairs stand against the far wall. The scene is a photograph of a visit to a hall with a procession-like walk.2008-01-14January 13 20152015-01-13