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A crowded festival scene inside a red-draped tent at a temple-style event, with a gilded deity palanquin or shrine visible in the background. In the foreground, a bald man in a grey long-sleeved tee with a rudraksha mala and a name badge stands with hands clasped. Beside him, a man with white hair and a white beard wears a white kurta with a pendant necklace. To the left, a man in a white dhoti and kurta and a man in a brown shirt also wear name badges. Others in white and orange-red ritual clothing, including a man with a saffron shawl, stand around the shrine. No one is recognisable as a specific individual from appearance alone, and no caption names anyone.

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December 06 20162016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06Photograph of a crowd standing in an ornate temple hall with red drapes and gilded shrine decorations behind them. In the foreground, a man in a light green kurta with a black beard presses his palms together in namaskar, wearing a beaded bracelet and a rudraksha-style necklace. Beside him, men in white dhotis and kurtas wear rudraksha malas, one with a red tilak on his forehead. On the left, a bearded man in a black top and rudraksha mala stands near a man in a blue shirt and white dhoti. A seated man in a white shirt with a red forehead mark plays a brass instrument at the lower left. Gold-framed shrines and a deity murti are visible in the background.2016-12-06Devotees stand in a crowded queue at a temple darshan barrier, facing a deity area with a red backdrop and ornate carved golden wooden lattice at left. In the foreground, a man with grey hair wears a white kurta with a dark rudraksha-style mala and an orange shawl. Beside him, a younger man in a white kurta and glasses, and another man in white with an orange shawl, face forward. A woman in a pink and gold sari stands behind, with others further back. Metal railings and a purple and gold decorated stand appear at right.2016-05-03April 07 20192019-04-07December 16 20172017-12-16December 01 20162016-12-01March 13 20132013-03-13A photograph of a standing group in an indoor hall with a wood-panelled wall and purple-lit backdrop. Several men and women stand with palms pressed together in anjali, in white dhoti-style clothing with gold borders and red or saffron shawls. A man in front wears a rudraksha mala and a wristwatch, and a younger man at right has long hair, a gold necklace and a gold forehead mark. A woman in an orange saffron sari stands at left, and a saffron flag is visible behind the group. Several others are visible in the background.2015-10-25Devotees gather inside a stone temple hall with carved pillars at a religious gathering. In the centre, a man with swept-back dark hair, gold necklaces and an orange-saffron shawl stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, smiling. Beside him, a shaved-headed sannyasi in saffron robes wears a rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead, while others in orange and white stand nearby. At left, an older bare-chested man with long white hair and beard faces away. Bright daylight comes through an open side.2012-09-12A photograph of seated devotees at a temple-style event. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala and a red tilak sits with eyes lowered, beside a man with a shaved head, a red tilak and a saffron-orange shawl over a white kurta, also wearing a rudraksha mala. Behind them, several men in white and dark clothing sit or stand, one with a moustache and another with a beard, and a person at the right edge holds a camera. The setting has wooden pillars and a dim hall. Neither foreground man shows the distinctive long hair, crown or ornate adornments required for a person identification, so their roles are described only as seated devotees.2010-09-02A photograph of a seated devotee at a large crowded satsang hall. A man with white hair and a full white beard wears a yellow-orange headband, a white kurta and a dark rudraksha mala with a second mala on his wrist. Around him, other attendees in white clothes and rudraksha malas sit close together, with a red-clad figure visible in the background. The audience is dense and mostly out of focus.2016-12-01