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A photograph of a golden ornate throne on a raised platform, draped with a tiger-print cloth and sheltered by a red canopy with multicoloured fringe. A seated figure in a red garment wears a pink flower garland and a maroon head covering, hands raised in blessing, and a person is shown by his red-and-pink garments, flower garland and head covering. Behind the throne stand tall walls of marigold, yellow, white and purple flower garlands. Red stone steps hold many seated people in white ritual clothes, some with brass vessels, and a shirtless man in a cloth kneels near the lower steps by a flower offering. Several people in white and a few in colourful saris sit among rows of black stone lingams.

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A large outdoor gathering on stone stepped seating. In the foreground, a seated figure on an ornate gilded throne with red cushions and a tiger-skin cloth, wearing a pink-red wrap and a garland of orange and yellow flowers, with a pink-red turban; golden trident-topped staffs flank the throne. The figure has long-style hair and distinctive ceremonial garb, consistent with a person as the seated presiding figure. Behind, many seated participants in white, orange, green and red clothing sit on red steps lined with small brass oil lamps, with a floral-garlanded canopy visible at upper left.2016-12-17Outdoor ceremonial photo at a tiered red-stone amphitheatre where many people in white and orange clothing sit on steps. In the centre, a man in a red-brown turban and saffron-orange robe, with a long garland of white and pink flowers, gold necklaces, bangles and rudraksha beads, sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions under a canopy of striped red, yellow, blue and white fringed cloth. He raises one hand in greeting. Beside him stands a tall trident-topped staff. To the right, a large pillar wrapped in dense garlands of yellow, purple, green and white flowers. Several devotees in the foreground, some with shaved heads, face the throne. Swamiji (probable): the seated man wears a turban and saffron robe with garlands and a rudraksha mala, cues consistent with the page's reference to Swamiji, and is shown in an honoured seated role.2016-12-03December 04 20162016-12-04A photograph of an outdoor festival scene. A bearded man in a dark red turban with a crescent ornament and a rust-brown robe sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions, wearing layered gold necklaces, a rudraksha-style mala, a pink and white flower garland and gold armbands. Beside him stand silver trident and staff-like ceremonial rods. The throne sits under a canopy draped with red, yellow, blue and white tassels and covered in yellow and purple flower garlands. Seated devotees in orange, white and pink saris and robes fill the foreground, with a red tiered stone stand behind.2016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 30 20072007-12-30January 20 20142014-01-20A photograph of an outdoor ceremony on red-carpeted tiered steps lined with black stone stands. A man seated on an ornate gold throne with red cushions wears a maroon turban, a long rudraksha mala with a large gold pendant, a bead garland, and maroon-brown robes; he holds a silver trident-tipped staff. Above him hangs a fringed canopy in red, blue and yellow with a flower-garland curtain of yellow, orange and purple marigolds. Seated devotees in white and saffron, some with shaved heads, fill the steps; in the foreground a woman in magenta clothing and a blonde woman in white and red sit facing the throne.2016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03