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Indoor hall with orange floor covering and rows of red chairs. Four men walk in procession toward the front. The foreground man on the right wears a long saffron-orange robe and a large multicolour flower garland of marigolds and white blossoms, with his arms outstretched. Behind him, a bearded man in an orange robe and ornate gold necklace holds a silver staff. Two men in white dhotis with yellow shawls follow, one holding a brass tray with offerings. A white projection screen and colourful tasselled decorations hang overhead.

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Indoor photo of a procession inside a tent-roofed hall with orange and white drapes, a projection screen reading Optoma at left, and a ceiling of hanging fans and colourful tassel decorations. Five men in saffron-orange robes walk on an orange carpet. The man at left holds a tall golden staff and looks upward; the man second from right wears a long white and red garland and smiles with hands raised in greeting; the man at far right holds a silver trident-tipped staff. A man in white dhoti with a yellow shawl carries a golden tray, and another person in white stands behind. Rudraksha-style malas are visible on several robed men.2009-12-23Indoor hall with pink walls, rows of red-cushioned chairs on the left and a projector screen labelled Optoma overhead. Along the centre, orange cloth runners with blue-and-white borders lead toward a stage. A man in orange robes and a multicoloured flower garland walks forward smiling, with a second man in orange clothing behind him holding a long silver staff and a third person in orange with a golden-yellow sash partly visible at left. The left man wears a rudraksha-style necklace and carries a staff. Decorative tasselled banners in red, blue and yellow hang from the ceiling and a white fabric canopy covers the hall.2009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23Indoor photo in a plain cream room with ceiling fans and a striped multicolour floor mat. A bearded man in a rust-brown robe with a long brown beaded mala smiles broadly at a bare-chested priest in white dhoti and shawl with a red-and-green border, whose hair is tied in a knot. Behind them, a man in an orange shawl and white dhoti stands near a red velvet-covered wooden seat, and other men in orange and white stand along the wall, with a few seated figures at the left edge. The bearded man has a long swept-back hairstyle and a bearded face, and the seated red velvet chair is empty.2017-02-03Photograph inside a bright peach-walled hall with a white curtain above. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand in front. The man on the left wears a plain orange kurta with a maroon border, holds a tall ornate gold staff topped with a pointed gold finial, and looks down at it. The man beside him, in a saffron robe with a white-and-red marigold garland and a long strand of gold beaded necklace, raises one hand in greeting and smiles. A bearded man in orange with a gold chain stands behind to the right, and a woman in white and a gold necklace stands further back. A saffron flag hangs in the background.2009-12-29A photograph inside a tiled-roof hall with a white wall, hanging red flower garlands and draped cloth decorations. In the centre, a smiling man with long dark hair wears a green flower garland over saffron-orange robes and a red bindi, walking barefoot on a yellow floor beside an older bald man in a saffron-orange robe and rudraksha beads. Behind them a bare-chested man in a maroon cloth, a man in a white dhoti and a man in orange robes follow, with a crowd of women in saris, including one in a purple sari, and men in white and orange. A man in orange robes with rudraksha beads stands in the left foreground, and a man in a yellow robe with a sacred thread and rudraksha mala appears at the right edge. The scene suggests a procession or ritual walk in a temple-like hall.2010-11-22January 01 20062006-01-01Two men stand on a red carpet in front of white draping and black speaker cabinets. The man in front wears an orange sleeveless top with an orange wrap, a white and red flower garland, a long rudraksha mala and a gold pendant; he has long swept-back hair and a red forehead mark. Beside him, a man in orange robes with a gold bead necklace and long hair looks off to the side. A man in white sits at the left edge and another in white stands at the right edge. The scene appears to be a gathering with a stage area. Swamiji (probable) cues: long hair, orange clothing, rudraksha mala and gold ornaments on the man in front.2009-07-07December 24 20082008-12-24A photograph in an indoor hall with a red and dark-red draped stage, orange carpet and a projection screen. In the centre a figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands with head bowed while an elder with long silver hair in a knot, bare-chested, wearing a red shawl and white dhoti, garlands them with a large white and yellow flower garland. Another saffron-robed sannyasi with a long dark beard stands at left, and young people in white and orange clothing and a woman with a white-painted forehead stand at right. A framed picture of a deity murti sits on an easel at lower right, and devotees in orange robes stand in the background behind a table with flowers.2009-12-30A photograph of an outdoor procession on a concrete path beside a white-walled building with barred windows. Several men in saffron and orange robes walk toward the camera. A central figure in an orange-saffron garment wears a white and red flower garland and a shawl with gold border, smiling with hands together. Behind him, a man in orange holds a rudraksha mala and wears a dark orange turban, and another man in orange walks with a shawl. Two men in white dhotis and shawls walk at left, one holding a tall ceremonial staff. A bearded man in orange and a younger man in white dhoti follow at right. Red and white vertical markings are painted on the wall at right.2008-01-01December 25 20082008-12-25