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Outdoor photograph at a stone archway of a pink-washed building with the sign reading "Sri Ashram Ghat". A long-haired man in orange saffron robes with a large rudraksha mala stands before a grey Shivalinga on a white square base, with a small Nandi bull statue beside it and yellow flowers placed on top. He has a white cloth in his hand and a trident (trishul) held by an attendant nearby. Several people in orange robes stand around him, with two large red, yellow and blue ceremonial umbrellas (chhatras) overhead and two more held on the left. A man in a green shirt and white dhoti, another in grey, and photographers with cameras stand among the crowd, and a man with a camera stands on the wall above.

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Outdoor photo at a riverside shrine with wet stone steps and a pink-plastered wall. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with rudraksha malas and a gold necklace, bends over a grey stone shivalingam on a white square plinth beside a stone Nandi bull, offering water or flowers. Behind him a crowd of orange-robed sadhus holds ornate umbrella-like standards and a long trident-topped staff. A man in a white shirt with a camera and a cameraman with a video camera film the scene at left. Potted plant at right.2006-06-04June 04 20062006-06-04A photograph of a procession at a stone-walled temple courtyard, with a worn pink-plastered wall behind. In the centre, a figure in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala reaches out with one hand to touch a dark grey Shiva lingam set on a white stone platform, with a stone Nandi bull partly visible beside it. Around him stand devotees in orange robes and an attendant in white with a round striped fan-like emblem. On the left, orange-clad men hold tall poles with a yellow and red banner, and above a red and gold canopy is carried. Several people watch from a rooftop at the top of the frame. Visible cues include saffron clothing, rudraksha beads and a ceremonial procession.2006-06-04Outdoor photo of a ritual at a riverside stone shrine. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a large gold necklace walks toward a stone Shiva lingam with a small nandi bull on a white platform, carrying a staff. Around him, devotees in orange, a man in a green shirt and white dhoti with folded hands, and a white-clad man holding a fan-shaped ceremonial item stand near a red-and-gold umbrella and banner poles. Photographers with cameras stand at left and right, and a muddy river flows behind a pink-walled ghat with trees on the far bank. Probable Swamiji is the long-haired saffron-robed figure, whose cues include long swept hair, saffron clothing, a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklace.2006-06-04June 04 20062006-06-04June 04 20062006-06-04Outdoor scene at a stone shivalinga on a raised stone platform beside a small stone nandi bull, next to a red-brick wall. A bare-chested man with long swept-back hair and a saffron-orange wrap stands barefoot at the centre, gesturing toward the shivalinga; the outline is consistent with the page's a person claim, though his face is not used for identification. Around him, people in orange and saffron clothing hold ceremonial parasols and a decorated palanquin-style pole, one holding a colourful striped round fan. A man in a white kurta and white dhoti stands near the shivalinga, and a cameraman in an orange cap films on the left. Roughly ten people are visible.2006-06-04June 04 20062006-06-04June 04 20062006-06-04June 04 20062006-06-04A photograph of a procession of saffron-robed devotees walking along a wet stone path beside a pink-washed wall with an arched gateway inscribed with lettering reading "Sri Nithyananda Ashram Ghat". In the foreground, a man in a red shirt with a saffron shawl and backpack photographs while walking. Behind him, a person in a saffron wrap and white cap carries a large camera, and several saffron-clad men carry a ceremonial umbrella, a decorated staff and a colourful parasol. At the centre, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron robe, garlands and a rudraksha-style neck adornment, carrying a saffron umbrella. A dark stone Shivalinga and a white stone Nandi sit on a small platform by the wall, with a few red flowers placed before the linga. Several people stand on top of the wall above.2006-06-04A woman with long dark curly hair, wearing an orange saffron robe and a gold pendant necklace strung with rudraksha beads, bends forward at a stone Shivalinga and reaches to touch it with one hand while holding a long wooden staff in the other. Yellow and red flowers lie on the stone base. Behind her, a group of people in orange robes stand watching, including a man in orange with a rudraksha mala who presses his palms together. A trident is mounted on a pink weathered wall at left. The setting appears to be an outdoor riverside shrine under an overcast sky.2006-06-04