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A young boy in an orange dhoti with long dreadlocks and a forehead tilak performs a pole-climbing feat, gripping a tall wooden pole with both hands while his legs lift high in the air. Behind him stand a golden shrine-style arch framing a deity murti dressed in gold and red silk, and a seated guru figure in orange robes with a mala. To the right, shirtless men with white body markings and white dhotis, including a long-haired foreigner with white paint on his arms, watch the performance. A digital clock reads 08:34 PM, and framed photographs of devotees and temple scenes hang on the wall.

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A shirtless boy in red shorts climbs a tall wooden pole, gripping it with both hands and bare feet while his body is wrapped around it, inside a pale pink hall. Behind him stand gold-framed shrines holding deity murti, including a seated figure in gold-and-red garments and smaller figures in niches. Two young men flank the pole at right; one is bare-chested with white body markings and wears a white dhoti, and the other is bare-chested with white facial and body markings and a white dhoti. Framed photographs of saffron-robed sannyasis and devotees line the walls, and a red digital clock shows 08:34:59.2017-08-26 +1 copiesAugust 26 20172017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copiesAugust 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copiesAugust 26 20172017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26A photograph of a performer in an orange-red cloth hanging upside down from a tall wooden pole, gripping it with both hands and legs. Long dreadlocked hair falls toward the floor. Behind the pole, an ornate gold-framed shrine holds a seated deity murti in gold and green drapery. On the right, a bare-chested man with white painted markings wears a white dhoti, and beside him stands a bare-chested man with long hair and a white dhoti, plus a figure in white near the edge. Framed photographs of saffron-clad sannyasis line the wall, and a red digital clock shows 08:34 PM. Several people sit in the lower left.2017-08-26 +1 copiesAugust 26 20172017-08-26A performer in an orange loincloth hangs upside down from a wooden pole on a blue mat, held by a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with white sacred ash marks on his arms. Behind them, a seated figure in a gold-and-yellow silk sari sits on a gilded throne. A framed photo wall hangs above, and a red digital clock reads 08:34 PM. A large printed portrait of a bearded man in an orange turban and gold necklaces sits on a throne at right, labelled with no readable name. Several other men in orange and white stand or sit nearby, some bare-chested with rudraksha malas.2017-08-26A photograph of a performer in an orange loincloth upside down on a wooden pole, legs raised, on a blue crash mat in a temple hall. Behind him a golden throne holds a deity murti decorated with jewelled garlands and a gold-and-green cloth. A framed photo collage hangs on the wall and a red digital clock reads 08:34 PM. A bare-chested man in white dhoti stands at right beside a bare-chested man in orange with ash markings. A seated person in orange sits at left. Several people are visible.2017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copiesAugust 26 20172017-08-26