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A photograph of a ceremonial welcome in a room with a pale blue wall decorated with orange, purple and white flower garlands. An elderly bearded man with long white hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti with a green-bordered shawl, places a flower garland around the neck of a smiling seated man dressed in orange with a rudraksha mala and gold chain, who wears a tall decorative crown-like headpiece with flowers. The seated man holds a silver staff. Standing nearby are a man in white shirt and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala, a young man in orange robes holding a microphone, a uniformed official, and other onlookers in white shirts. Several people are visible in the scene.

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An older bearded man with long swept-back grey hair, wearing an orange saffron dhoti and shawl draped over a bare upper body, places a white and gold floral crown with a red centrepiece on the head of a smiling young woman in orange robes. She wears a garland of white, yellow and pink flowers and a gold necklace. Beside her, a man in an orange robe holds a silver-wrapped flower stick, and a man in white shirt and dhoti stands at left. A man in khaki uniform, a seated man in white, and smiling onlookers stand behind a floral-garlanded blue wall. Ritual felicitation setting.2010-02-02A photograph of an indoor gathering where a bare-chested elder in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with long swept-back white hair and a white beard, places an ornate gold-and-white crown with red flowers on the head of a smiling young person in orange clothing with a gold necklace and a garland of white, yellow and pink flowers. A man in a white shirt on the left holds a microphone and a silver staff with white flowers, and a second young man in orange stands beside them holding a microphone. Onlookers in white shirts stand behind, and a blue wall is decorated with orange, purple and red floral garlands. The elder's distinctive long white hair, saffron garments and crowning of a devotee suggest a person presence, though the face is not used for identification. Visible people total about ten.2010-02-02A photograph of a indoor reception in a plain pale-blue room decorated with red, purple and white flower garlands strung along the wall. A seated man in orange robes, with a white flower crown and garlands of white and red flowers, laughs as an older bearded man with long white hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti with green border, embraces him. To the left, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a rudraksha-style bead necklace smiles. Behind them a younger man in orange robes holds a microphone, and a uniformed police officer and other men in white stand nearby. A white cloth covers a chair at right, and woven mats cover the floor.2010-02-02A photograph of a seated man in orange robes wearing a long flower garland with gold coin-style beads and a gold pendant, smiling as an attendant in orange robes offers him a tray with flowers and a betel leaf. Behind them a uniformed officer in khaki stands near several men in white shirts and a man in a checked shirt, under a blue wall decorated with orange, purple and white flower garlands. On the right, an older bearded man with a white-streaked shaved head and vibhuti marks, wearing an orange cloth with green border and bare chest, stands smiling beside a cane chair draped in white.2010-02-02A seated young man in orange robes with a garland of white, pink and yellow flowers and a gold chain receives a crown-like headdress of white flowers with a red and yellow centrepiece, placed on his head by an older bearded man in orange with a bare chest and a green-bordered orange cloth. A man in orange holds a microphone at left, a man in white stands behind the group, and a row of red, purple and white flower garlands decorates the blue wall. Several onlookers stand in the background, and a woven basket sits near the seated figure.2010-02-02February 02 20102010-02-02February 02 20102010-02-02February 02 20102010-02-02December 30 20092009-12-30December 23 20072007-12-23December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30