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A photograph of a festival moment in an ashram courtyard. In the foreground, a figure with bare shoulders and gold armbands wears a plumed headdress and holds a brass plate of offerings, facing two smiling young men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and dreadlocked hair. A second young man in orange with a rudraksha mala holds a plate beside them. Garlands of white flowers and green leaves hang at the right edge. Behind them a crowd of devotees in orange stands before a white building with windows.

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April 04 20182018-04-04February 23 20162016-02-23January 01 20192019-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a smiling young man in orange robes with a gold ceremonial necklace and rudraksha beads, a white tilak and red bindi on his forehead, standing at left. Beside him, another smiling young man in orange wears a similar gold necklace and white forehead marking. At right, a bearded man with long dark hair, a pink-and-white flower garland, and a bare-shouldered orange cloth reaches toward the group. A gold railing and red curtain are behind them, and a green cup is held at lower left. The page does not indicate a person's presence, and no figure is identified as him.2017-02-27April 04 20182018-04-04A photograph of a staged ceremonial scene with saffron-robed attendants. A seated figure in the centre wears a leopard-print headwrap, a bead necklace and a pendant, with an orange cloth over the shoulder and a tilak on the forehead, smiling. On the right, a bearded man in orange robes with layered rudraksha malas holds a ceremonial staff. At left, a dreadlocked figure with bare back faces the centre.2018-01-06July 15 20162016-07-15 +1 copiesAugust 02 20162016-08-02A photograph of a crowded ritual gathering in an indoor hall with orange and saffron-clad participants. In the foreground a smiling shaved-headed man in a rust-red shawl and dark rudraksha mala holds a handful of yellow turmeric paste and applies it to the face of a woman with long dark hair who wears a beaded necklace and bears yellow paste on her shoulder. Another bare-shouldered man with white tripundra marks and beads stands beside them. Behind, many people in orange robes move through the blurred hall, with a large colourful backdrop at the top. The scene suggests a turmeric-based blessing ritual among devotees.2017-03-14Evening ceremony under a white canopy at an ashram event. A man in a saffron-orange kurta with a saffron shawl and dark-rimmed glasses stands at left, reaching toward a bowl of fruit held by a long-haired figure at right wearing a red-orange dhoti and a thick red and orange flower garland, with a bare upper body and a smile. Behind them, a bald man in brown-red robes with rudraksha beads and a wristband speaks into a microphone while holding a red booklet, and another man in a white dhoti with a yellow shawl sits near the front. A gold and yellow flower-decorated throne with a heart-shaped backdrop stands at left, with gold and pink balloons and a red cloth nearby. The long-haired figure at right is a person by appearance: long swept-back hair, saffron-red clothing and a garland, though the identification is appearance-based only.2016-01-03January 13 20152015-01-13Young male devotees in saffron-orange cloth gather in a large hall with pink walls and maroon curtains. In the foreground, three youths hold yellow food offerings in cupped hands, with rudraksha malas around their necks and white ash marks on their foreheads and chests. The youth at right wears an orange turban and a pendant, and smiles. Behind them, other devotees in orange and white dhotis stand and sit. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this frame.2018-01-08