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Photograph of a man seen from behind in a festival setting at night. He wears a long white and pink flower garland draped over his shoulder and down his back, with a rust-brown garment and long dark hair falling loose. Beside him stands a white deity murti with blue skin and gold ornaments, decorated with yellow marigold garlands. A red cushioned seat with gold-trimmed armrests and a golden canopy stand to the right, and petals are scattered on the floor. A second partially visible person sits at the edge of the frame. The man's face is not visible, so identity cannot be confirmed from the image.

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October 29 20162016-10-29October 29 20162016-10-29October 29 20162016-10-29September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesOctober 29 20162016-10-29A man with long dreadlocked black hair, seen from behind and in profile, stands before a gold-framed shrine with a red-draped golden throne in front of him. He is bare-chested with a rust-brown shawl wrapped over his shoulders and a white and multicoloured flower garland with purple and red blooms draped across his shoulder. Behind him a deity murti in a golden alcove is decorated with garlands in pink, yellow and green, and brass lamp stands line the right side. Coloured fairy lights glow in the shrine. Looking toward the right, he appears to be addressing or greeting the assembly, and a black microphone stand is visible at the lower left. Appearance-based cues: long dreadlocks, rudraksha-style styling absent, garland and shawl; a person candidate present on stage.2017-08-07October 30 20162016-10-30 +1 copiesDecember 20 20172017-12-20A photograph inside a gold-decorated temple sanctum during a ritual. A bearded man with long dark dreadlocks stands at centre, bare-shouldered, wearing a rust-red dhoti, rudraksha armlet and a long white-and-pink flower garland, with eyes lowered. In the foreground, the back of a man with curly dark hair wears an orange cloth and a sacred thread, and another person with dreadlocks is partly visible at left. Behind them, a gilded deity murti wears an orange and gold headdress and jewelled ornaments, with garlands and gold carved pillars surrounding it. The scene suggests a devotional darshan or coronation-style ceremony.2017-05-05October 29 20162016-10-29A photograph from a temple shrine at night. In the foreground, a man with very long dreadlocks, bare-chested and wearing a rust-orange dhoti-style wrap with a gold border, stands barefoot with his back to the camera, facing two deity murtis. Both murtis are heavily draped in garlands of green leaves, red, orange, yellow and white flowers, and pink blossoms. The larger murti wears a jewelled crown and ornate gold ornaments; the smaller one sits on a gold silk cloth. Before them stand a lit brass oil lamp and a silver vessel with a lingam emblem resting on a flower ring. The floor is covered with a red-and-white striped mat scattered with petals, and a gold-framed arch surrounds the shrine. Several visible people count: one standing devotee.2018-05-30A photograph inside a hall during a puja. A man with long, swept-back hair and a rust-red shawl over a saffron-brown dhoti stands at left, extending his arm toward an ornate gold throne with a red velvet seat and a tiger-skin cloth. A second, bare-chested attendant with adornments stands further left beside a gold palanquin-style seat. On the right, a large bronze-toned murti of a saint is draped in a dense arch of marigolds, roses and yellow flowers, wearing silver-embroidered ornaments and an orange silk garment. Brass lamps and flower trays with pink and white blossoms sit in the foreground. Photo text: 'Swamiji (probable)' appears only as a caption-based identification of the man at left, whose cues include long hair, a red-orange wrap, rudraksha-style styling and a ceremonial stance.2017-06-09