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Night-time photo at an outdoor ritual with string lights overhead. A central figure with long dark hair wrapped under a red and gold crown or headpiece wears a white jasmine garland, layered gold necklaces and gold armlets, and smiles while holding a folded paper. Beside him, a silver trident rises on the left, and a yellow pole stands behind him. Around him are devotees with white tilak marks and bare upper bodies, a woman in a rust-coloured garment at left, and people in white at right. Flower petals and a bundle of white and purple flowers lie in the foreground. a person (crown, gold ornaments, long hair and white garland cues) in the centre, shown in person.

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Night procession scene under strings of coloured lights. A bearded man with long swept-back dark hair wears a gold crown with a red headband, a white and green flower garland, layered gold necklaces, a gold armband, and an orange-brown dhoti over bare shoulders; he smiles broadly. a person by appearance cues (crown, long hair, ornate gold ornaments and garland), seen in person. Around him, devotees including a woman in red with gold bangles hold a silver trident and a gold pole. A man in a white shirt with a crossbody bag stands in front, holding a tray with a green leaf offering. Background shows a poster-decorated stall and other people in white and saffron clothing.2016-12-09A nighttime procession photographed among a crowd. At the centre, a bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair wears a gold crown and a thick gold necklace over a white and green flower garland, and holds a basket of fruit. Several people around him wear white vibhuti forehead markings. A silver trident stands at left beside a gold pole, and a flower garland lies in the lower left. String lights and a tent canopy appear overhead. Swamiji (probable) is visible in appearance cues including the swept-back hair, gold crown and ornate gold necklace, but the identification is uncertain.2016-12-09December 09 20162016-12-09December 09 20162016-12-09December 09 20162016-12-09December 09 20162016-12-09December 09 20162016-12-09December 09 20162016-12-09December 09 20162016-12-09Night procession photograph. A central bearded man with long dark hair, wearing a gold-embroidered red headband with a silver crown, a white garland, heavy gold necklaces, gold armbands and a leopard-print cloth, stands with palms pressed together in namaste and eyes closed. Behind him a man in white and gold dhoti holds a tall silver staff, and a woman in a green sari with a trident-topped silver staff stands at the right. Several onlookers in saris and casual clothes stand in the background, some with hands folded. Appearance-based label: a person is not asserted here as the central figure is identified only by presentation cues of ornate gold regalia, crown and garlands, so identity remains unsure.2016-12-09A bare-shouldered man with closed eyes and a broad smile holds his hands together in namaste at a festive procession at night. He wears an ornate gold crown, a red and gold head cloth, a white jasmine-style flower garland, and heavy gold necklaces with bead ornaments and armlets. Behind him, a decorated canopy with coloured lights and gold ceremonial staffs or kalasha-topped poles frame the scene, while other attendants in white and red stand nearby. Two more people are visible at the edges, one in white, one in a red turban and yellow-brown shirt.2016-12-09Photograph of a man in a night-time procession, his hands pressed together in anjali mudra with eyes lowered. He wears a dark red and maroon turban-style headwrap with an ornate gold crown band, a white jasmine garland, and heavy gold ceremonial necklaces, plus gold armbands and bangles. Behind him, other devotees in orange and white clothing also stand with folded hands, with a rudraksha mala visible on one. Coloured lights, hanging decorations and blue umbrellas fill the background.2016-12-09