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A photograph of a smiling man seated on a festival float in front of a large painted lion and a turquoise deity figure with an ornate golden crown and a fierce mask. He wears a rust-orange dhoti and upper cloth, a long rudraksha mala with a red and white flower garland, rudraksha armbands, and a red tilak on his forehead. He holds two silver staffs, one in each hand. The lion and deity figures are decorated with yellow marigold garlands and colourful embroidered cloth. Swamiji (probable): long hair and rudraksha malas with an orange garment. Night-time setting with lights in the background.

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September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30A smiling man sits cross-legged on a blue platform during a night procession, bare-chested apart from a rust-orange dhoti-style cloth and a shawl draped over the shoulders. He wears long hair, a red bindi, a gold chain and many rudraksha malas across the chest and arms, and a thick garland of red, yellow, white and green flowers. He holds two silver staffs. Behind him stand large painted deity figures with a lion-like form, a turquoise-skinned figure and ornate colourful costumes, along with flower decorations on the platform.2017-09-30A smiling man in a rust-orange ochre robe sits on a blue platform in front of a large painted lion-headed or lion-form figure with a yellow mane and a tiger-striped mount, plus a painted deity figure with turquoise skin and ornate gold and jewelled garments behind him. He wears a red tilak on his forehead, a long ropes of rudraksha beads across his chest, and a garland of white flowers, red-and-yellow flowers and dotted blue-white strands around his neck, and he holds two long silver staffs. Orange-red and gold cloth borders the base. A dark buffalo-like figure lies at his side on the platform. Behind him a colourful painted mask face is visible at the upper right. The scene appears to be a nighttime festival display. a person: long dark hair with a saffron-orange robe, rudraksha malas and garlands match the page's a person reference, though the cues are partial.2017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30