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A photograph of a ceremonial moment in front of a dark maroon velvet curtain. A man with long hair tied back, wearing a brown robe with gold border and an orange shawl, leans forward and drapes a saffron-orange cloth over the head of a bearded man in a white robe with a white shawl, a gold bracelet and a garland of beads around his neck. A man in a striped blue shirt with an ID lanyard watches at the right, and a partly visible bald man in orange and rudraksha malas appears at the left edge. A small purple logo appears at the upper left. No readable event text is visible.

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October 20 20132013-10-20 +1 copiesOctober 20 20132013-10-20October 20 20132013-10-20October 20 20132013-10-20A photograph on a stage with a dark maroon velvet curtain behind. In the foreground, a man with a shaved head and a bare upper body, wearing a brown and gold-bordered dhoti-style wrap, raises an orange saffron shawl high above his head with both arms. Facing him is a smiling bearded man with long dark hair, wearing a white kurta and white shawl, a white and orange garland of flowers around his neck, and his hands pressed together in namaskar. The bearded man is receiving the orange shawl as an honour. Behind them, a few people in saffron and orange robes and a man in a light blue shirt with an ID lanyard are partly visible. Appearance-based identification of the bearded man is uncertain, so the a person field is unsure.2013-10-20October 20 20132013-10-20October 20 20132013-10-20 +1 copiesIndoor ritual photo. A long-haired man with a red tilak on his forehead, bare-chested and wearing an orange-red wrap over ornate gold bead necklaces and an orange-saffron shawl, places his hand on the shaved head of a man in a white kurta with an orange garland. The standing man holds a folded red-orange cloth against the recipient's head. Two women in orange-red saris sit in the background near a dark cabinet, one with hands raised near her face. a person is the man with long hair and gold beads, performing a blessing with the cloth.2013-03-25A photograph of two men embracing in a room with a deep purple velvet drape behind them. On the left, a bearded man with hair tied in a bun wears an orange-saffron robe and a red thread on his wrist, his arms wrapped around the other man. On the right, a smiling man with a white and orange shawl, a pink and yellow flower garland, and a rudraksha mala wears a headset microphone and has white ash markings on his forehead. Behind them stands a gilded ornate throne with a red velvet cushion, a white sofa sits at left, and a tiger-striped rug lies at lower right.2013-02-27May 19 20132013-05-19October 20 20132013-10-20 +1 copiesFebruary 14 20132013-02-14