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A photograph of a young bare-chested man in an orange dhoti with gold borders stands in the foreground, right arm raised in a fist, with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala draped over his shoulder. Behind him, rows of red stone steps are filled with seated participants in white, orange and red clothing, many with raised hands, at what appears to be a large outdoor assembly. The setting is bright and sunlit, with blurred gold lamps visible on the steps. No deity murti or readable signage is clearly visible. The man is a devotee or participant rather than a clearly identifiable a person figure.

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A young boy stands barefoot on a stone platform, bare-chested, with his right arm raised high and his left hand held at his side. He wears a bright orange dhoti tied with broad gold-coloured borders and a long strand of rudraksha beads with a pendant around his neck. Behind him, rows of red stone steps hold seated devotees in white and red clothing, many with bare upper bodies, arranged around black stone shivalinga-style forms. Golden oil lamps glow on the steps.2016-12-19A photograph of a young person standing in the foreground on a paved edge, facing away from the camera, with one arm raised and the other hand open at the side. The figure is bare-chested and wears an orange-saffron dhoti-style wrap with broad gold borders, and a long rudraksha-style bead mala hangs down the back. The long dark hair is loose. Behind, tiered stone seating is filled with seated people in white dhotis, pink, yellow and green saris, and orange and red garments, with many small dark lamps or pots set along the steps. The scene reads as an outdoor gathering in warm daylight.2016-12-19December 16 20162016-12-16Outdoor ritual on tiered red-stone steps. In the foreground a young shaven-headed or short-haired figure with a white forehead mark and a bare upper body wears a saffron-orange dhoti and a long rudraksha mala, raising both hands in a mudra-like gesture. Behind, seated devotees in saffron and white clothes fill the steps, and a woman in a white sari stands at the left edge. The scene suggests a public puja or ceremonial practice at an open-air venue.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18A young man in the foreground stands in profile with palms pressed together in namaste, facing left. He has long dark hair, white tilak-like markings on his bare chest and arms, dark rudraksha-style beads, and an orange cloth wrapped at the waist with a gold border. Behind him, rows of red stone steps are filled with seated people in white and coloured clothing, and many small dark lamps or stone lingams with gold-tinted lights sit along the steps. The setting appears to be an outdoor ritual gathering. The man's appearance does not clearly match a known identity, so he is described by role only as a devotee.2016-12-16Outdoor photograph of a ritual performance on a red-carpeted stage at a stone ghat with tiered red steps. In the foreground a bare-chested sannyasi in saffron-orange dhoti stands barefoot on the stage, one arm raised, with rudraksha beads and a long braid visible. Behind him, a figure in white dhoti with gold border walks across the platform. Seated along the steps are robed men and women in orange, white and purple, many wearing rudraksha malas, with a large group of onlookers watching from the stairs.2016-12-18December 19 20162016-12-19A young man stands in the foreground wearing an orange dhoti with gold-bordered sash and a bare chest marked with white sacred ash lines, holding his hands together in a mudra-like gesture while looking down. Long dark hair is tied back and a braided cord hangs from his shoulder. Behind him, rows of red stone steps are filled with small black shivalinga-style shrines edged in gold, and many seated devotees in white, pink, blue and red clothes are in prayer or meditation postures. This appears to be an outdoor ritual gathering with rudraksha-style ritual activity.2016-12-15A young barefoot devotee in an orange dhoti-style wrap with a gold border stands on a red-carpeted stage with hands folded in prayer, wearing a rudraksha mala and a white tilak on the forehead. Behind him, a tiered red stone ghat is filled with seated people in white, orange and pink clothing, and several bare-chested men in white dhotis stand and sit among them. The scene suggests a ritual gathering at a riverside steps setting.2016-12-18December 05 20162016-12-05A young boy in a bare-chested ritual stance stands in the foreground, raising his right fist, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti-style cloth wrapped at the waist and a rudraksha mala across his chest. His face and shoulders bear white ash or tilak markings, and a sacred thread is visible. Behind him, tiered red stone steps are filled with seated participants, many in white clothes, and rows of small black lingam-shaped shrines or dark vessels with gold-tipped decorations fill the steps, with a bright yellow flag-like pole beside him. The background is softly blurred.2016-12-17