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A photograph of a seated group at an outdoor temple-like setting with a dark stone wall behind them and a wooden bench. In the centre, a young man in an orange shawl and rudraksha mala sits cross-legged with a red tilak on his forehead. To the left, an older man with long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala and an orange wrap sits beside a wooden bench. At lower right, a bare-chested man in a blue shawl with an orange rosette points while seated. Behind them, several people in orange and saffron robes and garlands stand, and a man in white shirt and trousers at right raises a white cloth. A small copper pot sits on the ground. Strings of lights hang along the top edge.

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September 16 20152015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesOutdoor evening scene at a temple precinct lit by strings of green and orange fairy lights. Seated on a wooden bench on the left is an elderly man in orange robes with a white forehead marking and a rudraksha mala, barefoot. Beside him sits a man in a red-maroon robe with a red turban, long rudraksha mala and a gold ceremonial pendant, hands clasped in his lap; he has distinctive ceremonial cues, so this is a person seated in the centre of the group. Standing behind them are devotees in red and maroon garments with gold-bordered white dhotis, garlands and gold necklaces, and a uniformed attendant at the back right. On the right, a man in an orange shawl stands near a seated man in a blue shawl with gold embroidery, who gestures with an open hand toward the group. Several people in the background wear garlands.2015-09-16 +1 copiesPhoto of an outdoor evening scene near a temple with string lights overhead and a green plastic sheet on a tree trunk. A seated elderly man in an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala with bare sandal-paste tilak sits on a wooden bench at left. Beside him a bald man in a red-brown robe with a golden ornamental pendant and a red-maroon turban is seated and turned toward a standing bald man in red-brown robes, large gold-and-beaded garlands, and eyeglasses with white tripundra markings on his forehead, who gestures with his hands. Further back, a cameraman films and other men in red robes and garlands stand, with women in pink saris at right. Brick wall and steps are behind them.2015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesSeptember 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesA night-time photograph of a group of saffron-robed sannyasis and ritual attendants gathered on a stone-paved courtyard under strings of warm lights and draped garlands. A seated figure in an orange-saffron shawl and rudraksha mala sits on a wooden bench, flanked by men in orange and red clothes with white tilak on their foreheads and gold-bordered dhotis. Standing attendants wear marigold garlands; one man in a red turban and a gold pendant sits and bows his head with his hands joined. A man in a blue shawl kneels at the lower right, and a seated person in orange cloth is at the right edge. a person: a bearded, shaven-headed elder in orange on the bench, with a rudraksha mala, reads as the figure described in the page, though the appearance cues are only partly distinctive.2015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesSeptember 16 20152015-09-16Evening outdoor scene at a temple courtyard lit by string lights overhead. Two central figures sit on a wooden bench: an older bald-headed man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and bare feet, seated beside a younger man in a deep red turban with a gold-embroidered pattern, a red-and-gold robe, and a large gold pendant necklace. A standing group of men wears white dhotis with red-and-gold borders, orange shawls, garlands and forehead tilak, with hands folded in anjali. A woman in red and gold stands behind them. In the foreground a man in a blue shawl kneels, and to the right a bare-chested man in orange cloth bends toward the bench. a person may be the younger turbaned figure with the gold pendant, but the appearance cues are not distinctive enough to confirm; this is a satsang-style gathering with devotees.2015-09-16 +1 copiesOutdoor temple courtyard at night under strings of coloured lights. A seated man in a rust-red and gold dhoti with a heavy gold pendant and beaded mala sits on a wooden bench in the centre, hands folded. Beside him, an older man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and white forehead marks sits with hands clasped. Behind them, a row of standing men and women in rust-red and gold silk garments and garlands, many with shaved heads and tripundra marks, stand with palms pressed together. In the foreground, a seated devotee in an orange shawl and a person in red-gold cloth hold a small brass vessel and offerings near the bench.2015-09-16