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Night photograph of a ritual welcome beside a silver car door. A woman in a maroon blouse and leopard-print skirt stands at left, her arms raised. A person in a maroon sari-style wrap and long dark hair lifts a garlanded object with red and yellow flowers above her. At right, a shaven-headed man in orange robes with a white tilak and bare shoulders holds a coconut decorated with green leaves and flowers. Another bare-chested person in orange also appears at right. Dark background with a few lights.

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July 12 20142014-07-12November 17 20132013-11-17February 07 20172017-02-07A night-time photograph at a roadside beside a grey minivan. A central figure wearing a maroon and orange turban, a maroon wrap and a leopard-print skirt is adorned with white and red-yellow flower garlands, gold necklaces and gold armlets, with white bandages on the arms. A man with white tilak on his forehead stands at the left by the van window. At right, a woman in a maroon and orange sari holds a metal tray with a green coconut and flowers. The central figure has been described by the page as a person, but appearance cues are only partially distinctive, so the identity is uncertain.2013-11-17January 15 20152015-01-15September 06 20142014-09-06Photo 116877332014-07-04 +1 copiesJune 22 20142014-06-22 +1 copiesNight photograph of a religious procession near a silver car. A bare-chested figure with long dark hair, a red tilak and a white bandage-like cloth on the forehead stands with both hands raised to the head, wearing an orange-gold cloth and a gold bead necklace. Beside them a man in saffron robes with a shaved head, a red tilak and a dense rudraksha mala with a gold pendant holds his hands together. Another saffron-robed devotee stands behind with hands at the face, and a man at the right edge holds a brass aarti lamp with a flame. Other saffron-clad devotees stand in the background.2013-04-23 +2 copiesNovember 17 20132013-11-17April 29 20152015-04-29Night procession under a striped awning strung with coloured fairy lights and blue lights at the edge of a dark car. Several men in saffron and maroon robes with bare upper bodies and white tilak markings walk closely together. A central figure in a maroon-and-gold cloth with a rudraksha mala and white forehead marks reaches toward the car door, while a bald man in orange with spectacles holds a brass tray with white flowers and a garland. Men in white dhotis and a man in red shirt stand among the crowd, many with hands raised in greeting.2014-07-03