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A photograph of a smiling person seated on a decorated seat, heavily garlanded with layers of white, pink, purple and yellow flowers and strings of green fruit. The seated person wears an orange cloth and a red bindi, and speaks into a microphone on a stand. Standing behind are attendants in white dhotis and orange shawls, one with a long-handled peacock-feather fan, another holding a silver trident and a gold staff. A bearded man in white and orange stands at right, and devotees in white are seen at the lower edge, their heads partly in frame.

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December 23 20072007-12-23A seated man in a gold-and-red palanquin or throne-like setting is almost entirely covered by a thick garland of yellow marigolds, pink and white flowers, and red and purple blooms. He is smiling and has a red tilak on his forehead. Around him, several men in white kurtas with orange shawls stand and hold tall golden staffs topped with black peacock-feather fans, and one man in white reaches toward him. A red cushion is visible behind him, and an older woman in white with a beaded necklace sits at the lower right edge. a person is identified by the long, swept-back hair and the central seated position, with a garland and ornate ceremonial setting as the distinguishing cues; the figure is seated and smiling in a ceremonial procession.2007-12-23A man with long, swept-back dark hair sits on an ornate golden throne profusely decorated with white jasmine, red, yellow and orange marigold garlands, and a carved golden panel of a deity. He wears saffron-orange robes, a red garland and red-and-white mala-style garlands, a red tilak on his forehead, and holds a golden trident beside him. Golden lion-shaped armrests flank the seat, and a red cushion rests at his feet. Several people stand behind him in white and light clothing, including a woman in a white sari with a long braid, under a corrugated metal roof with a bare bulb visible. The scene appears to be a festival procession or throne ceremony.2006-12-30December 30 20062006-12-30December 19 20152015-12-19December 23 20072007-12-23July 26 20102010-07-26A photograph of a seated man at a microphone, heavily garlanded with a thick multicoloured flower garland of white, yellow, pink and purple blooms, with a long string of large round yellow fruits draped across his chest. He has long dark hair, a red bindi and raises one hand in greeting, smiling. Around him stand devotees in white clothes with saffron/orange shawls; a man with a full dark beard in white and saffron stands behind him, and a standing figure holds a long golden ceremonial staff. A peacock-feather fan appears at left and an elderly woman with folded hands sits at right.2007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23A bearded man in a brown-orange robe sits on a decorated seat under a canopy draped with white, green and maroon cloth and garlanded with pink lotus buds, red roses, white flowers and marigolds. He wears a tall gold crown, a red and white flower garland, a rudraksha mala with gold beads, and a red tilak on his forehead, and is smiling with eyes closed while his hands adjust the garland. To the left a shaved-headed priest with white tilak holds a silver trident, and a red flower garland lies in the foreground. The scene is a ceremonial celebration with floral decoration.2016-12-23July 17 20082008-07-17A crowded outdoor festival scene where a central figure with long dark hair, white ash smeared on the forehead and face, and a red vertical mark on the brow, smiles broadly while raising a hand in greeting. He wears a large garland of green leaves alternating with yellow and red flowers over a rust-red robe, and has rudraksha bracelets on his wrist. Around him, men in saffron and orange turbans and orange-yellow garments press close, one wearing rudraksha malas and another in an orange turban and white marks on the forehead. A bald man with glasses stands at upper right in a white shirt. Blurred crowds and colourful flags fill the background.2015-01-13