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A photograph inside a large bamboo-pillared pandal decorated with hanging green leaves and banana plants. In the foreground a man in a short-sleeved olive-green shirt and glasses holds a garland of yellow, red and green flowers, while a bald man in white with an orange saffron shawl stands at left. Two men in white shirts stand at right near a decorated ceremonial structure draped with red, green and yellow flower garlands. A grey ceremonial object with yellow trim is visible at right, and a crowd of seated devotees in white fills the background. Several people are visible, and whether a figure is the principal swami cannot be confirmed from appearance.

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Photograph of an open-air yagna pandal with a corrugated metal and bamboo roof hung with green mango-leaf and banana bunches. Several devotees in white dhotis and shirts stand and sit around a fire pit, while a man in an orange shirt faces the altar. A person in an orange and red patterned garment sits at the altar area, and a red-draped table with flower garlands stands at right. Loudspeakers are visible, and a banner of purple and white decorations hangs in the background.2006-07-16April 14 20182018-04-14A photograph inside a pandal during a fire ritual. Several shaved-headed men in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls stand in a row, holding oil lamps and ritual implements toward a decorated altar. Behind them, a deity murti is adorned with thick garlands of yellow and orange marigolds, and banana plants, sugarcane stalks and coconuts decorate the platform. Hanging strings of leaves and a banner with printed text overhead. Seated devotees in white clothes watch at the right, and small lamps flicker on the floor in the foreground.2006-07-17Outdoor temple-procession scene in daylight beside a thatched-roof building. On a decorated wooden chariot draped with garlands of yellow and white flowers, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti stands atop, while another man in a white dhoti and gold-bordered shawl leans in to offer garlands and flowers. Below, a crowd of shaven-headed men in saffron/orange robes and white dhotis, some wearing rudraksha malas, press forward holding flowers and offerings. A uniformed police officer stands at left and a man in a white shirt and dark trousers watches at lower right.2011-01-16A photograph of a temple ritual in progress. A man with bare upper body and a white dhoti with gold border holds a flame lamp near a richly garlanded deity murti, its frame covered in red, yellow and white flower garlands and green leaves, under a red canopy with gold trim. A saffron-robed attendant and bearded men sit on the left, and a man in a purple shawl stands at the lower right. Bundles of marigold garlands lie in the foreground. Yellow umbrellas and a teal fabric backdrop are visible behind.2018-04-14July 16 20062006-07-16A golden ceremonial palanquin with an ornate gilded base and a canopy of orange and green tassels and marigold garlands stands outdoors under trees. Several men in white dhotis with gold borders, one with a shaved head and another with a gold-bordered cloth, arrange flower garlands and place their hands on the golden structure. A man in an orange shirt reaches in from the lower left to touch the palanquin.2016-04-18April 14 20182018-04-14 +1 copiesJuly 17 20062006-07-17Crowded temple-hall scene at a palanquin procession inside a decorated pavilion with striped pillars, hanging garlands and orange and green streamers. A bare-chested man in an orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads stands near a red-draped palanquin, while men in white dhotis and shirts and bare-chested priests in yellow veshti crowd around it. Women in saris stand at the right edge. A small golden deity murti sits at the left. The ritual appears to be a palanquin procession with devotees gathered around the decorated seat.2012-06-05 +1 copiesJuly 16 20062006-07-16A festival scene under a large open-sided tent hung with garlands of yellow marigolds and green leaves, with sugarcane stalks at the left edge. A bare-chested, white-bearded man in a white dhoti with a green-and-gold shawl and a heavy beaded necklace walks forward, flanked by several men in saffron-orange robes and orange turbans, one wearing a red turban. Seated people in pink, green and orange clothes sit on the floor at left, one holding a brass plate. A deity murti with a gold crown and garland stands at right and another decorated figure appears in the background. The scene reads as a ritual procession within a festival pandal.2015-01-13