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A seated man in saffron-orange robes wears a white and red flower garland and a rudraksha mala, smiling as a small child in a red-and-blue striped sweater and jeans reaches toward him. A bald man in orange silk sits to the left, also garlanded with white and red flowers and holding a flower bundle. Behind them, several shaved-headed sannyasis in orange-brown robes sit against a wall of printed Sanskrit text, with brass rods visible on the left.

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March 16 20142014-03-16March 16 20142014-03-16Two men sit side by side on floral and patterned cushions before a wall of printed Devanagari script on a temple-like interior. The man on the left has a shaved-scalp-free head of longer grey-black hair, a full beard, a red tilak on the forehead, a saffron-orange shawl over a rust-red robe, and a white and red flower garland. The man on the right, seated on a patterned carpet-covered seat, wears a rust-red robe, a rudraksha mala with ornamental gold beads and a red-and-white flower garland, and smiles while looking toward the left. A small plastic bag rests on the cushion near the left man's hand, and a partly visible person in orange sits at the far right edge. Silver rods and bells stand against the wall.2014-03-16March 16 20142014-03-16Indoor temple room with white marble floor and a wall of carved Sanskrit text in panels. A man in orange-saffron robes with a long beard sits on a cushion at left, wearing white and orange flower garlands, holding a folded orange shawl. Beside him a seated man in orange with a white flower garland and rudraksha mala smiles. Two shaved-headed sannyasis in orange sit and stand near a golden arched shrine with a deity murti behind them. A standing bearded man in orange robes at right gestures toward the group, and a young boy in white stands at the edge. Silver ceremonial staffs and a trident stand against the wall.2014-03-16March 16 20142014-03-16March 16 20142014-03-16March 16 20142014-03-16March 16 20142014-03-16A photograph in a temple hallway with dark wooden carved doors and white marble floor. In the centre-right, a bearded man in a red-orange robe with an orange shawl and a white flower garland, plus a rudraksha mala, walks through the doorway. Beside him stands a smiling man in red-orange robes wearing a white and magenta flower garland and a rudraksha mala. A young child in a red top bows or touches feet near the bearded man, and another person in red kneels in the lower foreground. Other saffron-robed sannyasis and attendants stand in the background, and a trident is visible on the wall at upper left. a person: the bearded man in the orange shawl with a rudraksha mala and garland, as a person being honoured in the procession; appearance is consistent but not distinctive enough to confirm.2014-03-16Inside a shrine room with white marble walls covered in carved Sanskrit text, a seated man with a shaved head and a red-orange robe, wearing a white flower garland and rudraksha beads, receives a gesture from a man in a maroon vest over a yellow kurta who bows low with folded hands. Two other seated monks in orange robes sit behind. On the left in the foreground, an older bearded man in an orange shawl and white flower garland sits with eyes closed and a red tilak on his forehead. A decorated shrine with a deity murti and a red canopy appears on the right, along with a silver staff leaning against the wall.2014-03-16March 16 20142014-03-16