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Night outdoor ritual at an ashram. Two deity murtis stand on a golden palanquin-style base, decorated with red and white garlands and yellow marigolds, lit by oil lamps. A man in orange robes holds a brass plate of yellow flowers toward the figure in a red shawl. The red-shawled figure, with long dark hair and a white headband, stands under an orange umbrella, with a bald attendant in pink-saffron dhoti holding a second umbrella and a chair nearby. Red and multicoloured canopies and a street lamp frame the scene, with a woman in a sari in the background. Appearance-based candidate: a person, the red-shawled figure with long hair under the orange umbrella, receiving the offering.

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Night photograph of a ritual at a copper-coloured ceremonial vessel topped with green leaves and marigold garlands. A red and gold ceremonial umbrella hangs above. A woman in an orange sari with gold trim and a long dark braid stands at the centre, holding a brass tray of yellow flowers and a white cloth. A man in orange garments with a bare upper body and gold armlets holds a second brass plate toward her, while another person in orange stands behind him. Yellow and orange marigold garlands decorate the scene. Orange-clad figures perform a flag-hoisting or temple ritual.2011-11-29January 13 20152015-01-13Night-time ritual outdoors where a woman in a saffron-orange shawl and matching head wrap holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame toward a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti and red waist cloth beside her. Behind them stands a figure in a decorated ceremonial headdress and ornate garments near a lit torch, under a black ceremonial umbrella. Several men in saffron robes and rudraksha malas, including one in white ritual dress, stand around the lamp, and a flaming torch rises at right. Smoke drifts above the scene.2013-02-11November 29 20112011-11-29October 14 20122012-10-14Night outdoor photo on bare dry ground. A man with long swept-back dark hair, bare-chested, wearing a rust-orange dhoti with gold borders, a saffron-orange shawl draped over his shoulder and a long ornate orange garland with gold bead-like ornaments, smiles and gestures with his right hand while walking. Behind him two shaved-headed sannyasi-attired men in orange, one with palms joined in namaskar, the other holding a small gold ceremonial pot and wearing an orange cloth with red border under an orange-red umbrella on a pole. Several more people in orange and one woman in a white sari stand in the dark background. a person is the man with long hair and orange garlands, shown as a walking figure in the procession beside sannyasis.2013-04-03February 02 20102010-02-02Night procession on a paved ground beside a golden-lit ratha-style float with an illuminated carved arch of cross motifs and fairy lights. At front, a man in a white dhoti with gold border carries a silver tray of flowers. Beside him, a bare-chested man in orange cloth holds a golden kalasha-like bundle with garlands. Another orange-clad man on the right holds a tall golden umbrella canopy with multicolour fringed fabric, while more orange-robed men with rudraksha malas and white tilaka follow, some carrying drums. Devotee procession with ritual objects.2017-11-15An outdoor procession on a pale concrete courtyard with tropical trees behind. Two attendants hold large purple umbrellas with gold floral patterns and fringed edges. At center, a young barechested man in an orange dhoti with a rudraksha mala carries a golden tray of offerings, and a flower-garlanded cutout portrait of a seated figure in red robes and a red turban is carried on a pole by orange-clad devotees. Several other devotees in orange robes walk alongside.2017-01-13September 05 20172017-09-05February 05 20132013-02-05November 06 20162016-11-06