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Evening ritual under a large open tent with corrugated roof and strings of coloured lights. A bearded man in a saffron-red robe with gold armlets sits on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion, under a multicoloured umbrella with green, yellow and red panels. He raises a hand holding green leaves while a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with an orange border and a pink head cloth pours water from a white vessel over him. Seated devotees in white, with flower and oil-lamp offerings in the foreground, watch. A framed painted image of a deity hangs at upper right. A microphone stands before the throne. Several people are visible in the crowd; a woman in white sits at the right edge.

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May 02 20172017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02Night ceremony under a corrugated metal roof during a Shiva Deeksha initiation. A seated figure with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a red-orange cloth, gold armlets and layered beaded necklaces, sits on an ornate gold throne beneath a multicoloured fringed canopy and raises one hand in blessing, holding a green leaf. Before him a priest in a white dhoti with an orange and teal border and a pink head cloth pours water from a metal vessel. Other white-clad devotees sit in rows with offering plates in the foreground, and string lights and a poster of a figure in red and gold are visible at the top right. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, ornate gold jewellery and red-orange robe on a throne, seated in the position of the initiator.2017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02Evening outdoor ritual under a corrugated metal roof with strung lights. A seated figure on an ornate gilded throne beneath a multicoloured parasol-style canopy receives a ritual pot from a standing priest. The seated man has long dark hair, a full beard, a dark red-maroon dhoti, gold necklaces and bangles, and a red cloth draped on his lap, while holding a green leaf or grass sprig. The standing priest is bare-chested with a pink head cloth and a white dhoti with an orange and teal border, holding a white pot with a long-stemmed green sprig. A standing attendant in a white dhoti stands at left and a crowd of devotees sits in the background with flower arrangements in the foreground.2017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02