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Photograph inside a red-painted enclosed boat or cabin with an orange grid floor, where several men stand around a central opening looking down through the grating. A man in the centre wears an orange-brown wrap and holds a lit lamp or torch, with a gold necklace visible. Beside him a man in a bright orange robe holds the railing, and others wear orange, saffron and white clothing. Two glass-fronted boxes stand on either side and white electric fans are visible at right. People below appear through the floor grating. Several men wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, and one bald man stands at the right in orange.

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October 27 20152015-10-27A photograph inside a small enclosed shrine with red-painted walls and a red ceiling, with metal grilles and a glass-fronted case at the lower left. Four men stand at a red railing looking down toward the shrine's floor. The man at centre wears a red turban, a gold-coloured necklace and a large gold ornament, with his palms pressed together in prayer. Beside him stand two shaven-headed priests in rust and saffron cloths with beaded malas, and at the right a man with long dark hair and a beard wears an orange kurta with an orange shawl, his hands resting on the railing. A basket sits at the right edge. No reliable appearance-based identification of a person is made, so the central figure is described by role only.2015-10-27September 20 20152015-09-20A photograph of a covered temple hall with orange walls and a corrugated roof, where a welcoming ritual is taking place. On the left, three priests in saffron dhotis and shawls, one bare-chested with a sacred thread, face a group standing on a red carpet. In the centre, a man in an orange robe with hands pressed together stands among several devotees, and a man in a white shirt holds a camera. At right, a boy in a yellow silk garment stands near a tray of fruit, flowers and puja items. Behind them, a wall banner shows framed photographs, and an orange-cushioned seat sits on a raised platform. Visible people number about twenty.2010-07-21November 06 20102010-11-06October 22 20152015-10-22 +2 copiesDecember 31 20092009-12-31Photograph of a group of saffron-robed monastics ascending a white metal staircase beside a tall black cylindrical structure. Several figures wear orange and maroon-striped robes and have shaved heads with white markings on their arms and bodies. Red and white flower garlands are draped along the handrails. The foremost figures on the left and centre have hands joined in anjali, and others climb and stand on the upper platform with hands raised or held together in prayer, against a pale sky.2013-07-01October 10 20152015-10-10A photograph inside a temple hall with deity murtis decorated with flower garlands and gold jewellery. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala, raises one finger and speaks while standing before a tiered tray of fruit and sweets. Beside him a long-haired man in an orange garment and gold necklace smiles, and in the foreground a woman in a brown embroidered shawl and a man in a patterned shirt with glasses stand near a brass lamp and offerings. A woman in a red sari stands at the lower right. A large ornate golden throne-like chair and a tall deity murti in the background are covered with marigold garlands. Kalasha-style offerings and brass items are on the altar. Whether the long-haired man in orange is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance.2007-11-09Outdoors on a riverside ghat, a long-haired man with swept-back dark hair, bare-chested under an orange shawl, wears layered pearl and rudraksha necklaces and bangles, and sits on a patterned cloth as he gestures toward a kneeling man in white dhoti with yellow borders. Behind them a bald man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala sits with folded arms, while devotees in white garments with yellow borders and orange cloths stand with palms joined. Rose petals are scattered on the stone and a shaved-headed man bends over a small orange-covered object, with floral garlands and water beyond. a person is the long-haired man in the centre-left seated with pearl necklaces; the seated figure is identifiable by his distinctive hair and ornate ceremonial adornments.2013-02-13 +2 copiesInside a red-railed shrine enclosure, a man in a red-brown turban and ochre robe with gold necklace raises his hands above a cascade of pink and white flower petals falling from a garland. Beside him, a bearded man in orange kurta and orange shawl holds rose petals in both hands. Several shaven-headed priests in ochre and white garments stand behind the railing, one with a vertical tilak and another with rudraksha beads, some with hands folded in prayer. A wicker basket of petals sits on the right and a glass-walled case is at the left edge. The appearance of the turbaned central figure is consistent with the a person label from the page, with turban, ochre robe and gold necklace as the qualifying cues, though this is an appearance-based candidate only.2015-10-27