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Photograph inside a bare whitewashed hall with a corrugated roof and skylights. On the left wall, bamboo staffs hang with orange-saffron cloth tied near their tops. Below them, a red-draped low table holds drums, brass plates with yellow and orange cloth, and ceremonial objects. In the centre, a man in white dhoti and shirt stands with his back to the camera, holding up a long object. On the right, several men in saffron and orange robes and orange-red shawls, one wearing an orange turban, stand watching, with one bare-chested man wearing a sacred thread and shoulder bag. Four people are visible.

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Interior of a bare, whitewashed hall with a corrugated roof and a skylight. Along the left wall, a row of bamboo poles hangs with orange and saffron cloth bundles and small bells. On the floor below, drums and cushioned mats are laid out with embroidered red, gold and orange textiles. Four people in orange and saffron clothing stand on the right: one in a saffron head wrap and orange dhoti seen from behind, others in orange garments and a rudraksha-style bead necklace. A man in white clothing with an orange shawl stands at the far side near two wooden stands holding framed images. Visible people number four, all standing.2007-08-09August 09 20072007-08-09December 29 20092009-12-29A covered storage and preparation hall with a corrugated metal roof and concrete floor. Orange cloth hangs from metal shelving on the left, and an orange-draped chair with a gold-trimmed footstool stands near the left wall. In the centre, a man in an orange robe walks forward while several people in orange and white clothing stand nearby. A few other people in white shirts and dhotis are visible further back. On the right, colourful ceremonial fabrics, orange cloths, a round wooden frame and a tall ceremonial staff are arranged along a shelf and wall. Rolled colourful mats lie on the floor at the lower left.2009-12-29A hall with pink brick walls, white draped ceiling and colourful pennant banners hangs overhead as a crowd of saffron-robed sannyasis and devotees stands around a ritual setup. Brass oil lamps and bells sit on red and gold mats in the foreground, with a small black tiered lamp stand beside them. A bare-chested man in a brown dhoti and a man in white ritual clothes with a yellow wrap stand among the group; a man in a green shawl with a long white beard and a man in white with a grey beard stand near the center. Several sannyasis in orange robes and devotees in white dhotis and orange wraps watch the proceedings, and a cameraperson with a video camera stands at the left edge.2009-12-30August 09 20072007-08-09June 23 20142014-06-23 +1 copiesAugust 09 20072007-08-09August 09 20072007-08-09May 05 20162016-05-05A covered hall with a corrugated roof and colourful painted cylindrical pillars hangs with banners. Several young devotees in white kurtas and orange saffron shawls stand and kneel on mats, the standing ones raising their arms in an energetic devotional gesture, some holding small instruments. A seated group in white clothes fills the middle of the floor, with a larger audience behind them. At the right, a seated figure on a white cushioned seat with a red-and-gold draped cloth appears beside a microphone stand; the page suggests a person, but the face and build are not clearly distinctive enough to confirm. Roughly thirty people are visible.2007-08-09Indoor scene in a concrete hall with a corrugated metal roof and glass-fronted display cabinets on the back wall. On the left, a person in orange robes photographs with a phone. A table holds brass lamps, ritual implements, a sword-like object, white yak-tail fly whisks and a broom. A man in an orange turban with long hair and a rudraksha mala stands at center in orange robes, gesturing toward the table. Beside him, a long-haired man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala looks on. At right, a bald man wears a light orange dhoti, and a bearded man in orange robes stands with an arm around him. Five people are visible in total, with no legible text.2007-12-30