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Outdoor photo at a Kumbha Mela-style event: a man in a plain white dhoti and white shirt stands at right pouring liquid from a coconut or vessel over a row of small gold-coloured deity murti on a table. The table has a white banner reading Unmaya Mission South California. Behind, a crowd of devotees in white and blue clothes, some with folded hands and one woman in a dark top, watches; a figure in an orange garment stands among them. Above, a multicoloured fringed canopy with red trim shelters the scene under trees, with orange flags nearby.

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Outdoor photo at a festival procession. A man in a white dhoti and shirt stands at a table draped in green cloth, holding a small object above a white bag of offerings while figures in golden dress and small gold deity statues sit on the table. To the right, a bare-chested priest with a multicolored beaded mala and white sacred-thread markings speaks into a microphone. Behind them, a man in an orange-saffron garment with a yellow-and-red turban stands among devotees in white clothes, a woman in white with sunglasses, and a man in a blue shirt on the left. Tall decorated canopy poles with red and multicolored tassels and a white canopy rise in the background, along with a white flag bearing a blue emblem. A white sign with orange-red lettering is visible, and a banner reads Chinmaya Mission.2006-09-10September 10 20062006-09-10September 10 20062006-09-10Outdoor ritual photo at a Kumbha Mela-style gathering under a red, white and yellow striped canopy. A man in a plain white shirt and white dhoti holds a coconut in both hands over brass and gold-toned deity murti figures arranged on a green-edged cloth table. Smoke rises from an incense or offering stick nearby. Behind him, a man in white with a yellow-bordered shawl stands alongside devotees in white and saffron clothes, and a woman in glasses and dark clothing watches. A man in a blue t-shirt stands at the left edge. The scene reads as a puja with coconut offering.2006-09-10September 10 20062006-09-10Outdoor ritual scene at a festival stall. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a multicoloured beaded necklace speaks into a microphone on a stand, holding a coconut or offering. Beside him a man in a white shirt holds an incense or offering vessel with smoke rising. Behind a green-draped table stand brass deity murtis and bronze figures. Devotees surround the stall: a woman in a teal sari, a man in a grey patterned kurta, and people in white caps. Orange and red flags and bunting decorate the background.2006-09-10Outdoor procession scene beside a row of golden deity murti statues on tiered bases, with flowers scattered on a glass-topped table in front. On the right, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange saffron robe and a gold beaded necklace, looking upward, with a sannyasi-style figure appearance; he is a probable Swamiji by appearance cues (long hair, saffron robe, ornate gold necklace). Beside him, men in white dhotis and saffron shawls stand, one holding a red, gold and blue embroidered ceremonial umbrella on a tall pole. Other people in white and light clothing stand in the background under blue sky and trees.2006-12-23Outdoor temple procession scene on a dirt ground under a clear blue sky and palm trees. A seated figure in orange robes with long dark hair sits on a white-draped platform beneath a multicoloured parasol, with a white-clad attendant standing nearby. A row of tables holds many golden deity murtis in arched shrines, some with garlands and flowers. Devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls sit on the ground at right in a large crowd, and several white-clothed men stand among them. The setting looks like a festival procession with aarti and darshan arrangements.2006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23Outdoor abhishekam ceremony at a tent with red and white fringed canopies and banana leaves. A bare-chested man in white dhoti kneels at a blue-lined basin, holding a small golden murti. Beside him a man in white clothes pours water from a golden kalasha, and another man in white reaches in. Around them stand men in saffron-orange robes, one with a gold necklace and a red-marked forehead, and onlookers, some filming with cameras. A woman in a white sari with rudraksha stands at left. Sugarcane stalks frame the scene.2007-09-09A photograph of an outdoor procession beside a row of gilded and painted deity murti figures displayed on a long table draped with a glass top and scattered yellow flower petals. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron robe and a gold-coloured garland of beads, stands at center-right, gesturing with his hands; he is a person candidate by long swept-back hair, saffron robe and beaded garland. Beside him, a man in an orange robe holds a large red and multicoloured fringed ceremonial umbrella, and several men in white dhotis and shirts stand behind and to the right. Behind the murtis on the left, a figure in white and blue robes and an ornate crown sits on a platform. The background shows trees, a blue sky, a small shrine and a stack of construction blocks.2006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23