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Outdoor photo of a ceremonial procession under trees and palms. A long-haired man in an orange saffron garment with gold trim and a white and red flower garland stands at centre, wearing a gold ornamental necklace and a red tilak on his forehead, while holding a small gold object. Behind him, men in white kurtas with orange shawls raise woven kalasha-style pots decorated with leaves and gold tops above their heads. A man at right carries a silver bowl of flowers and fruit, and another figure in white holds a metal vessel.

November 11 2013

A street procession moves through a crowd of onlookers. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with a vermilion tilak carries a brass kalasha wrapped in a yellow marigold garland and green leaves. Behind him, a bearded man in orange robes and a gold chain walks with gold-rimmed glasses. Next, an elderly bald man in orange robes stands with palms pressed together. On the right, a young man in an orange turban and orange robes wears a dark rudraksha mala and smiles. Men in white shirts and dhotis fill the background, and marigold garlands appear at the edge.

Photo inside a whitewashed hall decorated with orange marigold garlands along the walls and a wall fan above. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti and gold chain bows over flower-decked ritual items at the lower left. Beside him stands a long-haired figure in an orange saffron robe and a long rudraksha mala, hands folded in namaskar with a red tilak on the forehead; appearance cues are distinctive, so this may be the a person, though the image is somewhat uncertain. Around them, devotees in white dhotis and kurtas stand with palms pressed together in prayer. Roughly seven people are visible.

Outdoor procession on a dirt path under a canopy with hanging colourful tassels and palm trees behind. A long-haired man in orange saffron robes wears a long multicolour garland of yellow and red flowers with green leaves, a gold necklace with a large pendant, and a red tilak on his forehead; he walks at the centre, smiling. Beside him on the right a man in a red shirt, orange shawl and rudraksha mala walks. A bearded man in orange robes and a man in white with an orange shawl holding a gold-wrapped staff walk behind, with silver ceremonial staffs with ornamental finials raised at the upper right and a red flag in the background. Several other people in white and orange follow, and a white animal is partly visible at lower left.

A photograph of a temple entrance with yellow and red garlands hanging on the walls. A man in the centre wears an orange-saffron shawl, a thick marigold and red-flower garland over his shoulders, and a smiling expression, while people around him in orange robes and white dhotis hold garlands and a ceremonial staff topped with red flowers. A man on the right in a white shirt holds a yellow garland. A man in a white dhoti stands at left. The centre figure has a distinctive appearance and is described by the page as a person; his cues include a saffron shawl and ceremonial garlands, so this is an appearance-based probable identification.

December 30 2007

A photograph of a ritual scene. A man with long dark swept-back hair wears a saffron-orange robe, a rudraksha mala with dark beads and a red-and-orange bindi, and sits-crouched beside a seated elderly bald man in orange robes and beaded necklaces on a red throne. The standing man places his hand on the head of a kneeling devotee in white garments who bows at his feet, where flowers, a brass plate and offerings lie. Behind them a priest with bare chest and sacred ash markings wears a maroon dhoti, and a man in white dhoti and gold chain stands at right. Blue wall, brass plates with offerings and a padapuja-style foot-worship setting.

Outdoor photograph in warm late-afternoon light of a long-haired man in an orange saffron garment with a sleeveless drape, wearing a long gold-beaded necklace with dark rudraksha-style beads and a forehead tilak. He smiles and looks down toward a silver tray of yellow marigold garlands and a coconut on a plate held by a person at lower left. At right, a hand holds up a white and red flower garland. Behind him a second man in orange robes stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Trees, shrubs and a palm are in the background. Ceremonial welcome or puja setting, with a person candidate present.

Outdoor procession at a Dasara celebration. A man with long swept-back dark hair wears a saffron-orange draped garment, a gold bead necklace and a gold armlet, and walks barefoot-style in orange sandals while looking ahead. Beside him stands a shaved-headed man in orange robes with a red-and-white flower garland and a rudraksha mala, and a red-and-yellow fringed parasol is held above the group. On the right, a man in white kurta and dhoti holds a brass tray of red and yellow flowers. Other people in white and yellow garments stand behind on a raised red platform.

January 01 2009

A photograph of a ritual scene in a temple-style hall. A central figure in saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha mala stands with arms extended toward a tray of offerings. Behind and around him, several men in white dhotis and white shawls stand or sit, some with shaved heads, and one older man in white holds a brass plate. A gold-framed deity image and floral decorations appear at the upper right, with a warm, dim interior and a hanging light at top left.