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A young boy in a bare-chested ritual stance stands in the foreground, raising his right fist, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti-style cloth wrapped at the waist and a rudraksha mala across his chest. His face and shoulders bear white ash or tilak markings, and a sacred thread is visible. Behind him, tiered red stone steps are filled with seated participants, many in white clothes, and rows of small black lingam-shaped shrines or dark vessels with gold-tipped decorations fill the steps, with a bright yellow flag-like pole beside him. The background is softly blurred.

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December 19 20162016-12-19A young boy stands barefoot on a stone platform, bare-chested, with his right arm raised high and his left hand held at his side. He wears a bright orange dhoti tied with broad gold-coloured borders and a long strand of rudraksha beads with a pendant around his neck. Behind him, rows of red stone steps hold seated devotees in white and red clothing, many with bare upper bodies, arranged around black stone shivalinga-style forms. Golden oil lamps glow on the steps.2016-12-19Outdoor ritual at a tiered stone amphitheatre with red-carpeted floor. In the foreground a bare-chested young male devotee stands with hands folded at his chest, wearing orange dhoti and rudraksha mala. To the right a second person in orange dhoti stands with back turned. Behind them, hundreds of seated audience members fill red-brick steps lined with rows of small brass oil lamps. Gold ceremonial seat or peetha is visible at left edge.2016-12-17A photograph of a young bare-chested man in an orange dhoti with gold borders stands in the foreground, right arm raised in a fist, with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala draped over his shoulder. Behind him, rows of red stone steps are filled with seated participants in white, orange and red clothing, many with raised hands, at what appears to be a large outdoor assembly. The setting is bright and sunlit, with blurred gold lamps visible on the steps. No deity murti or readable signage is clearly visible. The man is a devotee or participant rather than a clearly identifiable a person figure.2016-12-05Outdoor ritual gathering on tiered red stone steps filled with seated devotees, many wearing white, with saffron and orange clothing visible among them. In the foreground on a red-carpeted stage, a bare-chested young man in an orange dhoti with a rudraksha mala and a beaded necklace stands with hands joined at his waist. A smaller figure in orange also stands on the stage to the right. Rows of brass oil lamps line the steps, and a gold ornate base sits at the left edge. A purple logo appears in the upper left corner.2016-12-17December 17 20162016-12-17A young man stands in the foreground wearing an orange dhoti with gold-bordered sash and a bare chest marked with white sacred ash lines, holding his hands together in a mudra-like gesture while looking down. Long dark hair is tied back and a braided cord hangs from his shoulder. Behind him, rows of red stone steps are filled with small black shivalinga-style shrines edged in gold, and many seated devotees in white, pink, blue and red clothes are in prayer or meditation postures. This appears to be an outdoor ritual gathering with rudraksha-style ritual activity.2016-12-15A photograph of an outdoor amphitheatre-style event on a red-carpeted stage before tiered stone steps filled with seated audience members in white and coloured clothing. In the foreground, a young male Gurukul-style performer in orange dhoti and shawl, bare-chested with sacred thread and beaded necklaces, stands with palms pressed together in namaskar beside a brass ceremonial staff. A second performer in an orange sari-like garment stands at the right edge with arms raised. A gilded ornate throne or peetha sits at the left edge. Rows of black kalasha-style pots line the steps. Hindu devotional ritual setting.2016-12-17Outdoor ritual on a red-carpeted stage at a stepped amphitheatre with rows of black lingam-shaped stone shivalingas topped with brass or gold-tipped caps. In the foreground a young man with long dark hair, bare-chested, wears an orange dhoti with gold bands and a sash, with white painted markings on his arms and shoulders, one arm raised. Seated on the tiered steps behind him, devotees in white dhotis and bare torsos, and a woman in a blue top and red skirt, raise their hands in worship. The scene suggests an abhishekam-style puja with many lingams.2016-12-15A young barefoot devotee in an orange dhoti-style wrap with a gold border stands on a red-carpeted stage with hands folded in prayer, wearing a rudraksha mala and a white tilak on the forehead. Behind him, a tiered red stone ghat is filled with seated people in white, orange and pink clothing, and several bare-chested men in white dhotis stand and sit among them. The scene suggests a ritual gathering at a riverside steps setting.2016-12-18Outdoor ritual on a red carpeted stage before tiered steps lined with rows of brass oil lamps and seated participants in white, orange and red clothing. In the foreground a young bare-chested man in an orange dhoti stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, a tall brass staff beside him. A second person in an orange garment stands at right. At left a gold-coloured throne base with a red cushion stands empty. Many seated devotees fill the stone tiers behind, some in white, some bare-chested. No clear appearance-based cues for a person candidate are visible.2016-12-17December 12 20162016-12-12