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A smiling man with long swept-back dark hair and white ash markings on his forehead stands in a temple-like room, wearing a fresh green-and-yellow garland with red flowers and an orange-gold shawl over brown clothing. He holds a silver tray of red apples toward a person on the left, and a book with a photo cover is partly visible at the lower left. Behind him, shaved-headed young men in orange and brown robes with rudraksha malas and white forehead marks stand near a gilded decorated chair. On the right, a young man in orange robes and a pink-red shawl with a mala and a red tilak smiles beside an older man in a white shirt.

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October 19 20132013-10-19A seated man with long dark hair, wearing a rust-red shawl over his bare shoulders and multiple rudraksha malas, smiles while reaching toward a cardboard box of red fruit held by a young boy in orange robes. Three boys in saffron-orange robes stand nearby with white ash markings on their foreheads and bodies, one with palms pressed together in greeting. Behind them, an orange curtain with green trim and a framed red-and-gold deity print of Shiva and Ganesha is decorated with red flowers. Bottom-left, an elderly bald person's head is partly visible in the foreground.2014-07-04 +2 copiesOctober 19 20132013-10-19Photograph of a padapuja-style ceremony indoors. A seated figure wearing a rust-red garment with a white and golden flower garland with gold beads, gold armbands and red-and-gold bangles, leans forward smiling and reaches toward a silver tray of red apples. An older bald man with a tilak wears orange robes and glasses and kneels beside the tray, while a younger man in white leans in from the right to hold the fruit. Behind them stand women in orange and cream saris with rudraksha malas, one wearing a white sari with an orange shawl, along with a decorated tree with red and yellow flowers and a red-and-gold patterned cloth in the foreground. Visible people total about six.2014-08-17 +1 copiesMay 03 20162016-05-03 +1 copiesA photograph of a ceremonial gathering in a red-draped tent. In the foreground on the right, a man in an orange turban and orange shawl, with long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala, and a thick gold and flower garland, holds red apples and smiles. Behind him, a shaven-headed priest in an orange dhoti and gold chain offers an apple to a devotee, and a man in white dhoti with a gold chain holds a golden staff-like ornament. On the left, a woman in a multicoloured sari with a tilak on her forehead holds apples, and a white-shirted man reaches forward to take one. Several spectators with mobile phones and a camera on a tripod stand behind them. Strong cues suggest the turbaned man is a person, presented as the one distributing apples and blessing devotees.2016-04-26May 03 20162016-05-03 +2 copiesOutdoor ceremonial scene under a bright tent. A smiling woman in a maroon-red turban with a gold emblem and a maroon sari wears a long rudraksha-style gold and beaded garland and holds a silver tray of yellow and red fruit. Beside her, a bearded elderly man with a bare chest and rudraksha malas holds another offering tray. In the centre, a man in orange-saffron robes with a white tilak holds a tray of dry offerings. At right, a man in orange robes and an orange turban stands beside a younger man in a white dhoti. Behind them, devotees in white and orange stand under coloured drapes. Possible a person cues: long dark hair, orange robes and a rudraksha mala on the central robed man; identity uncertain from appearance alone.2015-01-13February 06 20132013-02-06 +1 copiesA photo of a ceremony in a temple setting. A man in orange robes with a gold-beaded necklace on the left reaches toward a seated figure in orange with a gold-trimmed shawl and a red-and-white flower garland; the seated figure wears an orange turban and smiles. On the right, a man with glasses and a rudraksha-style mala necklace in orange clothing holds two red apples over the seated figure's lap. Behind them, a backdrop of marigolds, roses and yellow fruit garlands, and a gold-patterned throne. Several people in the foreground, including a man in a white shirt and a woman, watch from the bottom edge. a person: the right-hand man in orange with the mala and glasses matches the presentation cues for this page.2011-07-15January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13