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Outdoor ritual gathering under a white canopy with hazy light. Several saffron-robed sadhus and priests stand in a semicircle. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti and pink-edged cloth kneels at center among a row of plates on the ground, each holding a coconut wrapped in red, green, purple and blue cloth, with flowers and offerings. Nearby stands a man with a long hair and shawl, wearing a red-and-orange turban-style head cloth, rudraksha mala and gold necklace, hands folded in anjali, with a white-clad devotee to the right in an orange shawl. A camera on a tripod is visible at right. People: about twenty visible.

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Outdoor ritual photograph under a white canopy in hazy light. An elderly bare-chested man with a white beard and white dhoti, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold necklace, stands at the centre pouring or offering over a row of green-wrapped coconuts arranged on plates of flowers and offerings on bare ground. Around him, saffron-robed sannyasis and men in orange shawls and turbans stand with hands folded in prayer, and a woman in orange sari and red-bead mala stands among them. A bald man in white dhoti with an orange shawl stands at the right edge. Several people stand behind a barrier, and a camera on a tripod is visible at the top right. The scene reads as a puja or abhishekam ceremony. The bare-chested central figure has distinctive adornments but his identity cannot be confirmed from appearance.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13A photograph of a ritual at an open-sided pavilion with a bare dirt floor. Several men in saffron and orange robes stand in a line, some with rudraksha malas and one with a red-and-orange turban. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti at left holds a brass plate with a lit lamp toward the group. In front, coconuts wrapped in red, purple and green cloth sit on plates of flowers and grains. A bald man in a white dhoti and orange shawl stands at right. a person figure stands near centre in a deep red-brown robe with a rudraksha mala and a red turban, hands folded, with a bearded man in orange beside him.2015-01-13 +1 copiesJanuary 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13Outdoor ritual gathering at a hazy riverside or camp setting. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with gold chain and a shaved head stands at left beside a man in a maroon wrap and yellow-striped cloth; an elderly bearded man in orange robes raises a hand. In the centre a man in a deep red turban, maroon-and-gold robe and multiple rudraksha malas stands with a long swept-back hairstyle; the appearance is a person candidate with distinctive turban, rudraksha and ceremonial gold cues, but this is uncertain. Around him stand many people in saffron and orange robes, white kurtas and orange shawls. In the foreground coconuts wrapped in coloured cloth in red, blue, green and purple sit on leaf plates with flower petals and grains. A camera on a tripod is at upper right.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13Outdoor ritual under a white tent in hazy light, with a row of coconuts wrapped in red, blue, green and purple cloth arranged on plates and heaped with flowers and grains in the foreground. A woman in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala holds a brass plate with a lit flame, and a figure in a maroon-and-brown robe with a red turban stands beside her. Around them, saffron-clad sadhus and men in white and orange shawls stand watching, and a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti at left has a yellow garland. a person is not clearly identifiable here; the flame-offering devotee in orange and the maroon-robed figure are described by role only.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13Outdoor ritual under a white tent: a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a long grey beard and rudraksha mala kneels near rows of coconuts wrapped in coloured cloths (blue, purple, green, maroon) set on plates of grain and flowers. Around him stand several men in saffron and orange shawls, one holding a plate of marigolds, another in a red turban and red-brown robe with a long rudraksha garland, and a man in white with an orange stole at right. A camera on a tripod is visible at top right. The figure in red-brown robe and red turban has long hair and distinctive rudraksha adornment, a probable Swamiji appearance, present in person.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13