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A large crowd of devotees in saffron, yellow and green clothing fills the foreground at an Atirudra Mahayaga event. Behind them, several robed priests in orange and saffron stand around a fire pit with a bright flame, performing a homa. A photographer in white clothing raises a large camera with a telephoto lens at right. A backdrop banner shows two portraits, and a garland of flowers is visible near a woman in an orange sari at right. One figure at centre-left stands bare-chested with a saffron wrap. A printed portrait on the banner shows a man with rudraksha beads and a garland, labelled as part of the Atirudra Mahayaga banner. The image is a photograph of a ritual gathering.

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January 13 20152015-01-13A large outdoor crowd gathers before a stage at an Atirudra Mahayaga ritual. A banner behind reads Atirudra Mahayaga with dates 11, 12 and 13 in Kannada script above. Priests in yellow and orange dhotis and shawls perform rituals, and a bare-chested priest stands near the center. A man in an orange robe with a garland and a man in a green garment raise arms and hold flower garlands. A photographer in white clothes on the right photographs the scene with a large camera. Many devotees in the foreground face the stage.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13A large crowd gathers at an outdoor stage during the Atirudra Mahayaga. A banner behind reads ATIRUDRA MAHAYAGA with a Kannada subtitle and dates 11, 12 and 13. Many men in yellow and saffron dhotis or shawls, some bare-chested, sit or stand close together. A figure in an orange robe sits centrally at the stage, with garlands hung nearby, and a man in a white turban and orange clothing stands behind him. A cameraman in white clothes raises a large camera on the right, filming the ritual. Many men in the crowd have their backs to the camera, and the scene is bright with sunlight.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13A large outdoor pandal under a corrugated metal roof during an Atirudra Mahayaga ceremony. A large banner behind the stage shows two framed portraits, a man with a tilak and orange garment with rudraksha beads on the left and a smiling woman in orange-red sari with a garland on the right, with the title ATIRUDRA MAHAYAGA. In the foreground, many people sit in dense rows, mostly men in yellow and orange ceremonial cloths and white shirts. On the stage, a figure in saffron/orange robes with a garland stands among priests in white and orange. A cameraman in white shirt films the stage at right, and a woman in green sari stands near the stage edge.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13A crowd of devotees in yellow and orange dhotis stands and sits in a hall before a large banner reading Atirudra Mahayaga with dates 11, 12 and 13 January 2015, flanked by two portraits of smiling saffron-robed figures wearing rudraksha malas and garlands. In the centre, a woman in an orange sari stands beside priests in orange and white turbans and dhotis, one wearing a white shawl, with a white canopy or palanquin structure at left. Two figures in green and white stand at right, and a man in a white shirt and a bare-chested boy in yellow cloth are nearby. Red and orange garlands hang on the barrier at right. The portrait figures are printed images, not physical people in the scene.2015-01-13