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A man in a maroon and gold dhoti-style garment with a gold-bordered shawl walks barefoot down a red-carpeted walkway between metal railings under a canopy. He wears a beaded necklace and a red bindi on his forehead. Behind him stands an elaborate golden deity murti or shrine backdrop with red curtains. Several other people in orange and saffron robes stand along the railings to the right.

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May 14 20132013-05-14A man in a rust-brown dhoti and shawl with gold trim walks down a red-carpeted aisle in a covered hall toward a shrine. He wears a long gold-coloured garland with a large gold pendant, gold armlets and a red-and-white tilak. To his right, several younger men in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. Behind the carpet, a deity murti stands in a brightly lit altar framed by pink and red drapes, with a white-clad priest nearby and a small table with items on the left. Pink curtains hang along the hall.2013-07-02July 02 20132013-07-02A photograph inside a temple hall showing monastics in saffron and orange robes walking single-file along a red carpet lined with steel railings. The leading man, in front, wears an orange dhoti and shawl, a long garland of yellow flowers, a white sacred thread, a forehead tilak and bangles on his arms, with a head covering of long hair swept back. Behind him, a younger monk in orange with a rudraksha mala and white forehead band follows, and an older bald monk in orange with a white forehead band and beaded mala walks at right. Women in maroon saris stand near the windows at right. At the back, a deity murti in a golden shrine is adorned with garlands and draped in red and yellow cloth, with an attendant in orange nearby. Red curtains hang at left and a ceiling fan and tiled walls frame the scene.2013-05-26September 16 20112011-09-16September 20 20112011-09-20March 05 20132013-03-05February 22 20132013-02-22May 19 20132013-05-19September 16 20112011-09-16May 13 20132013-05-13A photo of a procession walking down a red-carpeted aisle under a covered pavilion decorated with a red, yellow and green fringed canopy and hanging paper stars. A man with long swept-back dark hair, a red-maroon dhoti and shawl with gold border, a long gold-and-beaded necklace, a large gold medallion and gold armbands walks centrally, with a shaved-headed attendant in white kurta and dhoti beside him, one hand on his arm. An orange-robed sannyasi with a rudraksha mala stands at left with hands joined, and white-clad devotees and women in saris line the metal railings at right.2011-12-18