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A crowded doorway scene in a pale turquoise-walled room with a wooden frame and ornate white grille windows. At the centre, a person in a maroon garment with a red and white flower garland is smiling and being pressed forward by a surging crowd. Around them, several men in white shirts and dhotis, some with shaved heads and gold-bordered cloth, reach toward the figure. Women in saris stand at the sides with hands folded. The image is a photograph of the crowd moment at the threshold.

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A photograph of a crowded doorway in a pale blue-painted room with brown wooden frame and ornate white grille windows. At the centre, a bare-chested man in a red-and-gold wrap and a thick red flower garland stands with raised arms, smiling, flanked by devotees pressing around him. Several men wear white shirts and dhotis, one with a thin orange-brown shoulder cloth; a woman in a light blue sari is at the right; a shaved-headed man with white tilak marks is in the lower foreground. A wall clock hangs at the left. The centred figure has distinctive garland and bare-chested adornments, but his appearance is only partly visible, so identity is uncertain. Several people are visible in the crowd.2014-07-01A dense crowd of devotees surrounds a central figure in a small room with cream walls and a window at right. The central figure wears a white and yellow-orange flower garland, has long dark hair, and smiles broadly while others reach out with raised palms and extended arms. Many devotees wear white, orange and red clothing, with bangles and gold jewellery visible. On the wall behind them hangs a framed board of photographs decorated with red and orange flower garlands, including a central image of a deity murti.2014-07-03July 03 20142014-07-03A photograph inside a pink-walled room decorated with white jasmine garlands and orange marigold flowers along the wall. A long-haired person in a saffron-orange robe and a white flower garland, with a beaded rudraksha-style necklace, is seated and being lifted and carried by a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis. Many hands reach toward them, some raised in the air, and a ceiling fan and framed pictures hang in the background.2014-07-02 +1 copiesA crowded photograph inside a small room with bright yellow walls. A central figure in a red-brown shawl over a white garment, with long swept-back hair and a white flower garland, stands with palms pressed together and smiles among devotees. Wall framed deity pictures are garlanded with white and red flowers, and a clock hangs above. On the right a shaved-headed sannyasi in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala stands beside a red wooden stand holding lamps. Devotees in white shirts and a woman in a beige sari with a braid also gather; a bald man in orange-saffron robes and mala is at lower centre.2014-07-04 +1 copiesJune 26 20142014-06-26June 27 20142014-06-27Indoor photo in a mint-green room with a small deity statue on a wall shelf and a green leaf garland hung in a doorway. A central figure with long swept-back dark hair, a red-brown robe, and a long wooden rudraksha mala smiles warmly and reaches toward a white-haired elderly woman with a white flower garland and a red-and-white garland, who wears a white sari. Around them, a shaved-headed man in an orange robe, a shaved-headed man in a red-brown robe with a mala, a man in a white shirt, and a woman in a blue top gather closely. A child stands in the background. Appearance-based label: a person, given the long hair, rudraksha mala and red-brown robe.2014-07-04 +1 copiesA crowded room with pale green walls and a wooden door, where devotees gather around a white-clad priest in a white dhoti and gold-bordered shawl who places his hand on the head of a saffron-clad man wearing glasses. Several monks in orange robes and rudraksha malas stand nearby. On the right, a bare-chested man with a shaved head and a white and multicoloured flower garland presses his palms together and smiles. A framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure hangs on the door at left, and a decorative hanging with bells is attached near the ceiling. Several women in saris and men in white shirts crowd the foreground.2014-06-24 +1 copiesA crowded indoor scene with devotees pressing forward in a hallway decorated with green leaf-and-flower garlands and orange cloth. A bare-chested man with long dark hair wears a white and yellow flower garland and a red-and-gold wrap, smiling and surrounded by people reaching toward him. In front, a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron robe with a white forehead mark stands among devotees in white shirts and dhotis. Several women in saris and people holding folded papers fill the frame, with a red-brick wall at the right edge.2014-07-03Indoor photo in a yellow-walled room with a ceiling fan and a wall clock showing a deity picture. A woman in a maroon sari with a yellow marigold garland and a red-and-orange flower garland smiles and gestures with her hand toward a man in a striped shirt with dark curly hair and glasses who is smiling and raising his palm. Around them stand several men: one in a striped shirt with folded hands, a bald man in a gold-bordered orange dhoti with an orange flower garland, and others partly visible. Shelves with decorative items and blue tinsel appear at left.2014-06-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a crowded indoor room where a devotee in a saffron-orange sari with a garland of white jasmine and red flowers, bangles and a red-and-orange headwrap, raises her hands to bless or touch the heads of seated devotees. A kneeling woman in a maroon top has her head bowed toward her, and a man in white shirt and dhoti with rudraksha beads kneels in front. Behind them, men in white shirts stand with palms pressed together, and a robed monk in saffron with a rudraksha mala looks on while holding a phone. A red curtain and a framed picture are visible on the wall, and a woman in a pink sari stands at the left edge.2014-07-02