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Outdoor photo of a game being played on bare earth in front of rows of watching devotees. In the foreground a young man in a rust-red kurta and trousers faces a participant in bright orange kurta and trousers, who leans forward with hands out in a playful contest. Behind them a large crowd of mostly women and girls in orange and saffron robes, with some in red and yellow, stands and sits watching; several wear forehead tilaks and rudraksha malas. Stacked red shipping containers and banana plants stand in the background.

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Outdoor game at an ashram ground with shipping containers and banana plants behind. Two men in black athletic clothes grapple with a man in a loose orange kurta and orange trousers, pulling at his shirt while he braces forward. Behind them a large crowd stands and sits in orange, white and maroon garments, many wearing rudraksha or beaded necklaces, with women in saris and young children in orange watching closely.2017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14Outdoor photo of Krishna Janmashtami Games in an open sandy ground at an ashram, with red apartment buildings and palm trees behind. Two orange-clad men face off barefoot on the sand in a wrestling-style bout while a crowd of onlookers in orange, red and white clothing watches. Several young boys wear orange tunics and rudraksha malas. A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti stands at the centre-right, with an ornate red and gold canopy visible at the right edge. One man in white stands near the front, and a few adults stand in the background.2017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14Outdoor photograph of a crowd of devotees in orange robes gathered around a sandy open ground during a game. A shirtless man in an orange cloth bends low with his arms outstretched, mid-motion on the sand. Around him, standing men and boys in orange kurtas and dhotis watch and clap, with a few in maroon or white. A red multi-storey building, trees and a yellow-roofed structure appear in the background. Several people are visible, roughly two dozen in total.2017-08-14Outdoor evening scene on a sandy ground during a playful group wrestling or tug game. Several men in saffron-orange and maroon robes form a tangle at centre-left; one shirtless man in an orange-red dhoti is bent low, gripped by others. A long-haired man in an orange kurta and pale dhoti stands barefoot on the right, arms extended, watching. A bright floodlight glows behind trees and a red brick wall, and a crowd of onlookers in orange and red clothing stands around the edge. This resembles the Krishna Janmashtami games in Adikailash described on the page, though the image itself shows only the wrestling and onlookers.2017-08-14Outdoor photo of a rough game in sandy ground at dusk, with several men in orange robes grappling. A bare-chested man in an orange-red dhoti leans forward holding another man's arm, while a long-haired man in orange tunic and pants bends low and pulls at him. Behind them, a crowd of devotees in orange and red clothing, some in black or white, stands watching and clapping near a wet patch of ground. Pink multi-storey buildings and trees form the background, with a golden dome visible above the roofline. The setting suggests Krishna Janmashtami Games in Adikailash as described on the page; a man with long dark hair and an orange outfit is the most prominent figure, but no one is identified from appearance.2017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14