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Night outdoor ritual on a raised platform draped with a pink and green cloth. A bearded man with long swept-back hair, wearing an orange-red robe wrapped around the waist and shoulders, stands barefoot on the platform while a devotee kneels before him and offers a tray of flowers and ritual items. Around the platform, seated and standing devotees in orange and saffron clothing look on, some with garlands and white-and-yellow ritual marks, and one person holds a tablet. Bright lamps light the scene against a dark sky, and a wooden cart with a pale canopy sits in the foreground. The long hair, orange-red robe and devotional posture make the standing man a person, though his face is partly shadowed and the appearance is not fully certain.

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October 30 20162016-10-30Night outdoor gathering on a raised platform draped with a pink and green cloth. A bearded man with long swept-back dark hair sits cross-legged in an orange-red saffron robe, garlanded with red and white flower necklaces, smiling with hands raised in a teaching gesture. A red wooden box and a red flower garland lie nearby. Around him devotees sit with palms pressed together; a woman in white and another in orange sit at left, a woman with long dark hair is seen from behind at lower right, and a bare-chested young man with a beaded necklace stands in prayer at right. Bright white lights are strung overhead against a black sky. a person: the seated saffron-robed figure with long swept-back hair and garlands matches the visible cues.2016-10-30September 29 20122012-09-29October 30 20162016-10-30Night-time outdoor ritual procession at an open-air temple-style venue lit by string lights and streetlamps. In the centre, a bearded man in a rust-brown robe and a long pink-and-white flower garland walks forward while several people in saffron-orange dhotis with gold borders and beaded necklaces carry offerings. A bare-chested man in orange holds a microphone and a tall ceremonial umbrella, and another carries a wooden tray of pink flower petals, while one man holds a silver vessel. Several men with white and vertical tilak markings and ash on their bodies stand around them. On the right, a bald man in an orange shawl holds a booklet. Many onlookers in white dress stand in the background. Appearance-based candidate for the central robed figure is uncertain, so the a person value is unsure.2016-12-23October 30 20162016-10-30Night-time outdoor ritual on a raised platform. A bearded man with long dark hair, wearing a rust-red dhoti-style cloth, a red-and-white flower garland and multiple rudraksha malas, sits cross-legged with hands joined in prayer, a red tilak on his forehead. Beside him is a red-covered box and a brass kalasha pot with a lit oil lamp, and a flower garland lies at his feet. Several devotees sit in front, including women with long black hair in orange and white clothing, and others in white and orange stand behind with raised hands. A saffron-and-gold flag hangs at the right, and white electric lights glow in the dark background. The seated man appears to be a person by his long hair, rudraksha malas and flower garland, though the identification is uncertain.2016-10-30Night procession on a sandy open ground lit by golden illuminated temple structures and a golden statue in the background. A man in a maroon robe with a long pink-and-white flower garland, gold necklace and white forehead tilak walks under a large ornate multicoloured umbrella, holding a silver staff. Beside him a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a silver necklace walks, and a man in orange robe with rudraksha mala follows. To the right, a line of devotees in orange robes, some with rudraksha malas and body markings, and women in saris stand with hands together. A green vehicle is parked behind. The scene suggests a procession with ceremonial umbrella and staff.2017-02-09Night outdoor procession at a temple-style event. A bearded man in a rust-orange robe and orange turban-style headwear sits on a golden-framed palanquin or ratha, garlanded with yellow and pink flower garlands and a long rudraksha-style mala. Behind him a golden deity murti stands under a tall golden arch with floral garlands. Around him, shirtless and white-clad attendants in orange and gold shawls, rudraksha malas and sacred ash markings stand close; one older man in a white dhoti and orange shawl bends to hold a pair of sandals for him. A man in orange dhoti holds a fan-shaped chamara and a yellow kalasha-style staff stands beside, with a green umbrella at left and string lights in the background.2016-11-05October 30 20162016-10-30September 15 20152015-09-15Night-time photo of a procession on a raised float decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands and a blue-skinned deity murti. A smiling bearded man with long swept-back hair sits in front wrapped in a rust-orange shawl, with white jasmine flowers in his hair. Behind him two standing attendants in orange and saffron cloth handle the float, one raising garlands. On the right, a man with white-painted face and rudraksha-style beaded necklace in orange cloth sits beside a woman in an orange sari. Background is dark with blurred lights. Swamiji (probable): the smiling man with long swept-back hair, rust-orange shawl and jasmine adornment, seated on the float in a devotional procession.2016-10-30