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Night photograph of a crowd of devotees dressed in saffron-orange robes and matching orange caps, many with arms raised, gathered in front of a dark stage lit by a small spotlight. Two microphone stands stand in the foreground. In the centre, a bald man in orange robes faces away from the camera toward the gathering, with arms raised among the crowd. A dim illuminated deity murti or shrine is visible in the dark background.

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May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 23 20062006-05-23May 22 20062006-05-22A night-time photograph of a dense crowd of devotees with arms raised high in the air. Most wear orange: orange caps and orange shawls or wraps. One woman in the centre wears an orange cap and a blue top with an orange shawl, and others wear colourful bangles and wristbands. The background is dark, and no clear figure of a person is visible.2006-05-23Night photograph of a dense crowd of devotees in saffron-orange clothing and orange caps surrounding a decorated palanquin or ratha carrying an ornate deity murti draped in garlands and a colourful cloth, with peacock-feather fans waved above it and a trident visible at left. Several devotees raise hands in namaskar and reach toward the murti, and the procession appears to be moving forward through the crowd. Two triangular embroidered banners with a bird emblem hang from poles above the deity. The image is a photograph of an outdoor procession rather than a scanned or graphic page. Individual faces are mostly obscured, and no speaker is clearly identifiable.2006-05-22May 23 20062006-05-23Night procession photograph of a dense crowd of devotees dressed in orange saffron robes and orange caps, many with arms raised and hands clapping. On the left a large silver trident (trishul) is raised above the crowd. At upper right an ornate palanquin or deity float with a decorated canopy, garlands and golden ornaments is carried in the procession. A few devotees wear rudraksha or white beaded wrist threads, and one woman has long braided hair. The atmosphere is of a festive yatra or ratha procession.2006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22November 04 20132013-11-04Night-time outdoor gathering on a flat rooftop-like platform. Dozens of devotees sit in rows wearing saffron-orange shawls and clothing, many with orange caps; a few wear white or blue and one person in a dark hooded top sits at the right edge beside a wooden structure. A decorative umbrella with a colourful fringed canopy stands near the centre back, and a small lamp glows at the right. The crowd faces the centre. No figure is clearly identifiable as the teacher from the visible cues.2006-05-23September 15 20162016-09-15