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Outdoor procession at an ashram gate with a crowd in white clothes. A bald man in saffron-orange robes with a flower garland and a bead necklace raises one arm high, while people around him press palms together. Two men at right hold long yellow ceremonial standards topped with metal finials, and a canopy with a red and gold border is visible. Several women wear white, pink and green saris, and a woman in pink holds a small bell. A decorated palanquin draped with orange and yellow marigold garlands sits at lower right. Behind them is a building with a printed banner and a blue van at left.

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Outdoor ritual scene at an ashram entrance under a corrugated metal roof strung with orange and multicoloured bunting. A bald man in a saffron-orange robe with a gold-coloured necklace and mala raises a lit oil lamp aloft with one arm. Around him, devotees in white with folded hands stand and watch; a woman in a pink sari and an older woman in a pale patterned sari also join in with folded hands. A man in white with a vertical white tilak on his forehead holds his hands together in prayer in the foreground. Behind the crowd a blue van and a videographer with a camera are visible, and a tall yellow ceremonial staff with a banner rises at the right edge. Marigold garlands hang at the right. a person candidate: the saffron-robed figure with the raised lamp shows a shaved head and orange robe but no hair or crown cues, so identity is uncertain.2010-12-22Outdoor temple-courtyard photograph of a ritual procession. A shaven-headed man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, with a gold-toned necklace, raises a small ritual vessel high with one arm while holding a bell-like object in the other hand. Around him, men in white dhotis and shirts and a woman in white sari stand with palms pressed together in prayer, and a woman in a pink sari with folded hands bows. Some onlookers, including children, watch from the crowd. On the right, a man holds a tall gold-tipped staff or standard, and marigold garlands hang at the frame edge. Behind them are a blue van, strings of orange and yellow lamps, a pale stone wall with a red sign, and a large white board with text. The scene reads as a devotional ceremony.2010-12-22December 22 20102010-12-22Outdoor procession with a crowd of devotees pressing forward on a dusty ground in front of a terracotta-coloured building. In the centre, a man in an orange saffron robe with a garland of yellow flowers and a rudraksha-style mala raises a ceremonial lamp above his head. Nearby, a woman in a pink sari and an older woman in lavender stand with hands folded in prayer. Men and boys in white kurtas and dhotis hold tall gold-topped ceremonial staffs and folded hands. In the foreground, a decorated wooden palanquin draped in orange cloth and marigold garlands. A red canopy with tassels and a hanging painted panel appear at right. A printed banner behind reads text in Kannada and English.2010-12-22Outdoor photo of a crowd of devotees in white clothes with rudraksha malas gathered on a dirt ground under a clear blue sky, many with palms pressed together in anjali. In the centre foreground, a figure in saffron-orange robes holds a brass horn to their mouth while standing behind a low table draped with a striped cloth. The table holds a metal plate with flower offerings, a small silver vessel and a brass tray. Behind the crowd are a white building, trees and a cameraman holding a video camera. Several people wear orange shawls.2008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23July 28 20082008-07-28December 23 20082008-12-23An outdoor procession at an ashram gate, with a man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl and a rudraksha-style bead mala raising a brass lamp-like vessel with flame toward the sky. Beside him an older woman in a pink sari with a vibhuti mark on her forehead holds a small brass bell with folded hands, and a woman in a white top with red shawl stands nearby with hands pressed in namaskar. Men in white shirts and white dhotis carry a tall gold-topped staff with a red tassel and a gold ceremonial umbrella pole, while others walk with folded hands. Marigold garlands hang at lower right, a blue van is parked to the left, and a sign reads Temple on a red wall. The scene looks like a festival or ritual procession with a crowd of roughly twenty to thirty people.2010-12-22A festival procession outside a temple building with a tiled roof. In the foreground at left, a long-haired man in an orange cloth wears a gold necklace and stands beside a crowd. At right, a man in orange robes stands on a flower-decorated wooden cart or ratha with a purple cushion. A woman in a white sari with orange border holds a puja plate of flowers beside it. Behind them, many devotees in white kurtas, white saris and orange shawls gather under two ornate orange-gold umbrella-like banners with red and blue motifs. Ashram-style red-and-white decorations hang at upper left.2008-12-23December 30 20062006-12-30An outdoor ritual gathering under a pink and white draped canopy with a crowd of devotees standing behind. In the foreground, a man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, with a long white and red flower garland, holds a lit flame or aarti lamp aloft while facing a sunken fire pit (homa or yagna kund) with flower petals and offerings. Beside and behind him, men and women in white dhotis and kurtas, several wearing orange shawls, stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. A small child in white stands at right. Concrete brick blocks, a mat and a coconut-palm trunk frame the scene.2006-12-26