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A photograph of young men in saffron-orange sleeveless tunics and matching dhoti-style cloth, with rudraksha malas around their necks, walking along a dirt path. Several have faces and scalps smeared with purple and pink colour. The man in the centre wears a dark grey t-shirt and black trousers and plays a pair of small hand cymbals (kartal). Coconut palms, a thatched open shed and a low pink-earth embankment stand behind them.

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Outdoor scene on a dirt path beside palm trees and a corrugated-roof shed. A shaven-headed man in maroon-red robes with white tilak and white arm markings stands at left, a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, touching purple and pink colour powder onto the forehead of a young boy in an orange sleeveless robe who is squinting with eyes shut. Behind them another orange-robed young man stands with a red-orange robe and beads, and a drum with wooden lacing rests in the foreground. The setting suggests a festive colour-powder celebration among ashram-style devotees.2014-09-18A street procession in a village-like dirt lane during a festival, with participants smeared in pink, green and orange colour powder. In the centre, a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange robe, a long orange garland of beads and a rudraksha mala, and holds a long wooden staff; he is a person candidate with long hair, saffron clothing and ornate beads. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in an orange robe and rudraksha mala walks with a red-and-orange shawl, and a bare-chested man with red-stained body and orange wrap walks on the left. Behind them stands a painted deity image on a decorated float or shrine in pale blue and white, and onlookers in saris and children in colourful clothes line the route, one woman in a grey sari with red bindi and gold bangles. Brick wall and palm trees form the background.2010-10-17A street procession on a dirt road lined with palm trees. Two painted Ganesha murtis sit on a wooden cart pulled by a tractor at right. Several young men in saffron-orange clothes and rudraksha malas walk alongside, one playing a brass cymbal and another a hand drum, while a boy in a grey shirt and a red-shirted player blow long brass horns. A bare-armed figure in a black shirt holds the cymbals. Some faces and arms are smeared with purple and colored powder. Women in colourful saris stand in the background near the road.2014-09-18September 18 20142014-09-18September 18 20142014-09-18October 31 20162016-10-31September 02 20172017-09-02A photograph of a group of young male disciples walking along a dirt path through a tropical garden with palm and leafy trees. They wear saffron-orange unstitched robes with magenta-pink borders and sashes, and several have white forehead markings. Some wear rudraksha malas and bracelets; the lead boy carries a small container and another carries an orange bag. Behind them an older man in a white dhoti and shirt walks carrying a green cloth bag. Concrete slabs and greenery line the path.2014-09-02September 18 20142014-09-18June 19 20142014-06-19September 18 20142014-09-18August 14 20142014-08-14