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A man in a yellow-gold silk kurta with a multicolored embroidered trim and an orange-and-blue checked head cloth bows forward, pressing his forehead against a wall of white and orange marigold garlands. A folded banknote is tucked against his forehead. Sunlit pale tiles and a green garment appear at the left edge. The garlanded surface suggests a deity murti or shrine being honoured with a devotee's bow.

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A man in a yellow kurta with pink and green embroidered trim and an orange-red checked turban presses his face against a dense garland of white and orange marigold-style flowers, a devotional gesture of reverence. He wears a folded paper or cloth slip on his forehead. Behind him a green-clad figure and a drum edge are partly visible in a warmly lit hall. The garlands appear to decorate a deity murti or ritual object. One physical person is visible. a person identity cannot be confirmed from appearance, so no candidate is asserted.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15A photograph of a performer seen from behind, wearing a pale yellow embroidered tunic with floral motifs in purple, pink and red thread and gold trim, and a striped orange-and-pink turban. He balances a brass pot with a spout on his head beneath a canopy hung with orange, yellow and white marigold-style garlands and small bells. His right arm is raised outward against a black backdrop.2009-06-15A man in a yellow embroidered shirt with floral thread work and a multicoloured striped headcloth drinks from a brass kalasha-style vessel held up to his mouth. Above him hangs a decorated structure with orange and white marigold garlands and small bells, and a gold sequined fringe at right. Two other men are partly visible at the edges, one in green clothing. Dark background. This appears to be a festival procession or ritual drinking act.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15December 29 20082008-12-29June 15 20092009-06-15A person in profile wearing an elaborate festival headdress: a magenta velvet cap bordered with white jasmine buds, multicoloured beadwork and a decorative crown-like front ornament. Long dark hair falls behind. Thick white jasmine garlands, orange and red marigold garlands and purple globe amaranth strands drape the neck and shoulders, over an orange and yellow garment with green trim. Behind, flower-decorated structures of marigolds and jasmine frame the scene, with another person in a white shirt at the right edge. Only the foreground person's appearance is described; the presence of a person is not established from the image.2005-12-25A man in an orange saffron wrap with a long white and red-flower garland of jasmine and roses around his neck looks upward and smiles, both arms raised, gripping a rope near a white painted structure. A white tilak band marks his forehead with a red dot. Behind him, a crowd of devotees in orange and white watches, some with raised hands. The setting appears to be an outdoor festival procession. Several people are visible in the background; the central figure appears to be a devotee participating in the pulling of a ratha or chariot.2009-01-02A photograph of a smiling man in an ornate gold crown with a radiating halo-like backdrop, wearing a saffron-orange garment with multiple strands of white and pink-red flower garlands and a long rudraksha mala with gold beads. He stands with palms pressed together in namaste above his head. Behind him, a decorated altar is covered with orange, yellow, white and red marigold and jasmine garlands, and a carved wooden deity figure is visible. Attendants in white clothing stand near him in a dimly lit hall with draped dark fabric overhead. a person: the saffron clothing, rudraksha mala, ornate gold crown and flower garlands match the appearance cues for the figure described on the page as the event's central guest.2004-01-01