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A photograph inside a hall with cream tiled floor and red curtains. A young man on crutches, wearing a green sports t-shirt with a white logo and dark trousers, leans forward to hand a folded white paper to a man in an orange-red turban with a white forehead mark. The turbaned man wears a red-orange shawl with a gold border, a red-and-gold garment, and ornate silver-and-gold beaded armbands with blue and orange bands, smiling as he receives it. Beside them, a woman in a red sari with orange border and a long rudraksha-style bead necklace stands, and a man in white dhoti with gold border and dark beads stands nearby. Other devotees in white and orange garments stand behind, several with palms pressed together. A small shrine with a deity murti and a kalasha-like display is visible at the far right background.

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A man in an orange turban and saffron-red shawl, with gold-and-green beaded bands on a long cylindrical staff, stands at the front of an indoor hall and places his right hand on the head of a young man in a green shirt and dark track pants. That young man leans forward with hands pressed in prayer and rests on crutches. He holds a sheaf of papers. Around them, devotees stand with palms joined, including a bald man in orange robes and rudraksha beads to the left and white-clad men in the background. Red curtains, a backdrop with a painted deity scene and a projection screen with a portrait appear behind them.2013-08-13August 02 20152015-08-02A photograph inside a bright hall with pink walls and red curtained windows shows a person in a saffron-orange turban and orange-brown robe, with a large garland of straw and green, blue and orange ribbons draped over the shoulders, receiving devotees. Several people in white clothes stand around him: a woman in white with palms pressed together in namaste, a smiling boy in a white shirt with a red shawl, a young man in white holding a red cloth, and a child in white with a rudraksha mala who bends forward. A man in white with a rudraksha mala stands behind. A man in the background wears a white dhoti with gold border, and a watermarked camera operator's lens is visible in the lower right. Offerings of fruit and a small metal vessel appear at the bottom. a person: the saffron turban, ornate orange-gold robe and ceremonial garland mark the central figure as a.2013-08-13August 17 20132013-08-17Indoor event in a hall with white ceiling fans, red curtains and framed photos on the left wall. A man in an orange-gold turban with a jewelled ornament, wearing a dark red-maroon silk garment, a long rudraksha mala with gold-bead accents, a gold armlet and white sacred ash on his arm, receives a folded paper or card from a bearded man in a white shirt with a red-and-gold patterned shawl. Around them, several men in white shirts and dhotis stand close, some with hands folded in namaste and some with rudraksha malas. A young boy in white stands in the lower foreground, and a man with white ash on his forehead and a white dhoti stands at the far right. a person (in appearance: turban, rudraksha mala, ornate red garment) is shown receiving a paper from the devotee in the centre, with disciples attending.2013-11-21Indoor hall with red curtains and a ceiling of fluorescent lights. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange turban, a gold-trimmed brown-and-gold garment, multiple rudraksha malas and gold bangles hands a small object to a young girl in a maroon dress with rudraksha beads. Nearby, a young boy in an orange robe, a bald-headed man in an orange robe with rudraksha malas, and an older man in a white dhoti with a shawl stand by. At left, two men in white kurta with folded hands look on. A chain-link barrier and rows of seated devotees in the background. The turbaned central figure has distinctive saffron turban, malas and gold ornaments, so the appearance-based label is a person, shown in person as the one presenting the object to the girl.2013-07-30A photograph of an indoor hall with a tiled ceiling and red curtains. In the centre, a man with a brown-and-gold turban, red-and-white flower garlands, a gold necklace and a maroon-and-gold dhoti-style garment smiles as he receives namaste from a bearded man in a white shirt. A man in a green striped polo shirt also presses his palms together nearby. Behind them, a shaved-headed man in orange robes with rudraksha mala stands, and several women in saris and a man in white dhoti stand in the background, with a golden throne visible at the far end of the hall.2013-11-16 +1 copiesJuly 31 20152015-07-31July 24 20132013-07-24July 24 20132013-07-24July 30 20132013-07-30A photograph of a ritual in a small domestic-style room with pink and white walls. On the right, a seated figure in rust-orange robes wears long garlands of white and red flowers, with a silver trident (trishul) propped beside them; the figure has short hair and a calm expression. Several people in white dhotis and saffron cloths kneel or stand around the figure, and a man in white kneels in front washing or offering to the seated figure's feet from a brass vessel. A woman in a cream sari assists at the lower left, and a standing person in white holds a silver plate with a lamp. A cameraman in orange stands behind, and a row of women in cream and yellow saris watches from the back. A framed picture of a deity hangs at the upper right, and a table with fruit and a fan appear in the background. The scene reads as a padapuja or abhishekam-style honouring.2014-07-04 +1 copies