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An outdoor evening gathering at a temple-like complex with flags on a rooftop and string lights in the trees. Several men in white dhotis and white kurtas wear orange or yellow shawls draped over their shoulders, some with hands folded in namaskar. Women in saris, including green, pink and purple tones, stand among the crowd of devotees. A bright light stand and a covered table with an oil lamp are in the foreground, with smoke or haze drifting through the air. No clearly identifiable a person is distinguishable by appearance, so identity remains unsure.

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April 19 20082008-04-19August 01 20082008-08-01Evening outdoor ritual at a ground lit with string lights in trees. A man in white dhoti and kurta wearing a yellow shawl raises a burning flame in a metal aarti lamp with one arm, holding a small bell in his other hand. Other men in white with yellow and orange shawls stand nearby, and a crowd of devotees, some in saris, watches from behind a table. Dark trees and a small white van appear in the background under a dusky sky.2008-04-19April 19 20082008-04-19Dusk outdoor gathering: a dense crowd of many hundreds of devotees fills the foreground, most dressed in white with saffron/orange shawls and sashes. Across the open ground, rows of white-clad figures stand before a raised stage and a decorated canopy under a dark, stormy sky, lit by floodlights and a string of small lights. Saffron flags on poles and a tall pole at right frame the scene; the crowd appears to be listening or facing the stage. No single person can be clearly identified as the a person from this distance.2008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01March 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copiesMarch 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copiesMarch 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copiesDense outdoor crowd of devotees, mostly in white shirts and white dhotis or sarees, gathered on open ground beneath trees at dusk. Several women wear saffron, yellow and pink saris, and some have white and orange flower garlands. A rocky hill rises at the upper right, with a striped awning and a dark loudspeaker stack beside a small table at the right. Many people face in one direction, with hands together and some reaching forward. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person, so no candidate is marked.2008-07-27A night photograph of a large crowd of devotees standing with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, many wearing white dhotis and white shirts with orange-red shawls draped over their shoulders. Several carry white cloth bundles on their backs, consistent with the coconut bundles of pada yatris. Some have sacred ash marks on their foreheads. Strings of multicoloured fairy lights glow in the background, and onlookers stand further back among the trees.2016-01-02March 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copies