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A stage with pink and purple lighting and red drapes hosts a ritual scene with several decorated shrines. Behind a central group, a large deity murti with multiple arms is set in an ornate silver arch, flanked by an arch with a seated deity figure and an arch with a standing figure garlanded with orange flowers. Pink and purple umbrellas hang above the shrines. A woman in white with a brown bag stands at centre, while a man in white with a striped dhoti-style cloth and a rudraksha-style necklace holds an object near the stage edge. A figure in white with a dark shawl and orange-garlanded attendants stand on the stage. At lower left, a person in white holds up a phone or camera. Orange cloths drape the stage edge.

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A stage at a Kumbh camp event with a magenta backdrop, silver ornate arches and pink-canopied thrones holding deity murtis and seated figures. A bearded man in an ochre-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a dark blindfold over his eyes and a rudraksha mala, stands at centre while a younger man in white with a gold-bordered dhoti and a garland speaks into a microphone. Two women in white saris with gold borders stand nearby, one holding a flower garland, and a man in white dhoti on the left wears a garland. Saffron-orange cloths hang from the stage edge. The scene suggests a blindfold reading demonstration staged before onlookers. Four prominent people are visible.2015-09-10A stage at a Kumbh camp event with pink and maroon drapes and silver-framed thrones holding deity murtis garlanded with marigolds. On the right, a seated deity murti and a couple murti sit beneath an ornate silver arch. A bearded sadhu in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands centre-stage facing a young woman in white and a blindfolded young person in white with a dark mala, who holds a folded paper. A man in white dhoti and a red-and-gold-bordered shawl stands at right, and a man in white sits at left operating a tablet. Saffron flags line the foreground. Four physically present people are visible on stage, with the blindfolded demonstration central.2015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10Photo 11695429A stage at an outdoor camp event with a pink and maroon backdrop and purple lighting. Several figures stand on the stage in white dhotis and cloths with gold borders, and one woman in a red sari with a black blindfold is being led by a woman in a white sari holding a phone-like object. A man in a white dhoti with gold border and a long mala stands at right gesturing. Behind them are ornate silver-framed canopied thrones with umbrellas, holding deity murti decorated with garlands. Orange and saffron cloth streamers hang in the foreground. Audience members are visible at the bottom edge.2015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10 +2 copiesSeptember 10 20152015-09-10September 10 20152015-09-10A stage ceremony in front of a large backdrop printed with a stone temple gateway and deity images garlanded in marigolds and red and purple flowers. A bald man in white dhoti and shawl stands at left holding a tray, while a woman in an orange sari drapes a purple cloth over a brown armchair-style seat. An older bald man in an orange shirt and brown vest with white dhoti stands with hands folded in namaskar at right, and a man in white with a yellow shawl stands further right. A large yellow umbrella hangs above the altar. Ornate golden thrones with garlands sit at the sides, with seated attendees in yellow and white saris and a seated man in white with red shawl at left.2010-11-21A stage at a religious gathering with ornate silver-framed alcoves holding deity murtis and decorated with umbrellas and garlands. Centre stage, a bearded man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl holds a microphone beside a blindfolded boy in white dhoti with rudraksha mala, while a man in white dhoti with gold border holds another microphone. Women in white saris stand to the left, and orange and yellow cloth streamers hang in the foreground. The stage backdrop is maroon. Six people are visible on stage plus audience hands at the bottom edge.2015-09-10A stage at a temple-style event is lit in purple and pink. At the centre, a seated figure in red clothing sits on a pink-draped throne before a large silver arch holding deity murtis, with a standing deity figure beside them. Flanking silver arches shelter seated murtis in blue, teal and red garments, each topped by a decorative parasol. Below the stage, several people in saffron and orange robes, including ones draped in long orange cloths, sit or stand near metal railings, with a few seated devotees and a figure in white in the foreground. The arrangement suggests a puja or darshan setting.2015-09-10