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Indoor event under a white tented ceiling decorated with colourful tassel hangings. A man with long wavy dark hair and a full dark beard, wearing a peach-coloured robe and shawl, stands at left with hands pressed together. In the centre, a bearded man in white with a red-and-gold bordered shawl smiles and touches the shoulder of a figure seen from behind in a sleeveless orange garment with long dark curly hair. At right, a bald monastic in orange robes with a white forehead mark stands beside another bearded man in orange. Seated devotees in white and yellow appear in the background.

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Photograph of a ceremonial exchange in a decorated hall with a pink draped ceiling and hanging colourful tassel decorations. A young man with long dark hair, wearing an orange sleeveless robe, a rudraksha mala and a white tilak, smiles and reaches toward an older bearded man in orange robes with a gold-embroidered red shawl. The older man holds a folded orange cloth bundle and a white rolled scroll on a tray. Other orange-robed sadhus stand behind them, and a cameraman in white kurta films the exchange. Appearance-based candidate for a person, shown in person in the orange-robed young man with rudraksha mala. Background shows seated audience and red-draped tables.2009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30A photograph inside a large hall with white draped ceiling and colourful tassel decorations. On the left, a smiling young man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe, a rudraksha mala and a red bindi, and reaches to receive a basket of yellow fruit. Across from him, a bearded man with hair tied up and a red and gold shawl over bare chest offers the basket across a white-covered table. Other saffron-robed men and white-clad attendees stand in the background, and a yellow umbrella rests on the table.2009-12-30Indoor ceremony in a hall with white fabric canopy and hanging colourful tassels. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead smiles while holding a red and gold brocade shawl. An elderly man with white hair in a peach-orange robe bows low over the shawl, kneeling near a table draped in white with water bottles. Other saffron-robed attendants stand at left and right, one wearing a gold chain, and seated devotees in white watch from the background.2009-12-30A photograph of a crowded indoor ceremonial hall with white canopy ceiling and colourful striped pillars wrapped in orange and multicoloured cloth. A man with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, an orange robe and multiple rudraksha malas stands at centre, smiling and holding a silver tray with offerings. Beside him stands a shaved-headed attendant in white dhoti with gold beaded necklace and a red tilak. To the left, a man in a sleeveless white garment with coloured borders and a bare-chested man with folded hands greet him, while a man in brown shirt with a badge stands at far left. Another attendant in orange robe at right holds a silver plate. Several other men in white and orange stand behind.2010-10-16December 30 20092009-12-30A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands at the left, smiling as he offers a folded red and gold silk cloth to a woman in a pale peach sari. Behind them a woman in saffron wears a head covering, and at the right a bald woman with glasses and a red bindi looks down in a red-and-gold garment. The setting is an indoor hall with a white fabric ceiling, decorative colourful tassel hangings and white-draped tables.2009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30Indoor event hall with a white curtain, orange-painted walls and a projector screen. A long-haired figure in orange robes with a pink-and-gold silk shawl and a red bindi stands smiling as an elderly white-bearded man in a red-and-gold shawl and white dhoti receives him, with a woman with a bun in the foreground. Beside them a bearded man in orange stands with hands folded. Behind, a table with red cloth and water bottles, shelves with deity murti and white-clad attendees.2009-12-30