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Candid photo at a festive gathering. A bare-chested young man with rudraksha malas, white forehead markings and a brown dhoti smiles broadly while hugging a small child in an orange cloth and a peacock-feather headpiece. To the right, another child in orange robes and beaded bracelets raises an arm and laughs. On the left, a man in orange cloth and a rudraksha mala also smiles. A video camera on a tripod is in the background, and a pink and white backdrop and a golden pillar frame the scene. Orange-clad devotees fill the edges of the frame.

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Festive dancing at a Krishna Janmashtami celebration inside a decorated hall with pink draping and a gold-framed doorway. Several shaved-headed devotees in saffron-orange and rust-brown dhotis and shawls, many wearing rudraksha malas and bead bracelets, dance and smile together. A young child in orange clothing with a bead mala dances with arms raised at the right. A video camera on a tripod films the scene. Two white-clad people stand in the background.2017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14 +1 copiesA photograph of a group of young male and female devotees dancing and celebrating in an indoor hall during Krishna Janmashtami festivities. Several men are bare-chested, wearing rust-brown and orange dhotis or wraps, rudraksha malas and beaded bracelets, with white sacred ash marks on their foreheads and arms. Others wear bright orange turbans and orange shawls. One man in the center has his hands clasped in namaste while another smiles and dances. A woman in a white sari stands at the right edge, and a pink and red draped backdrop and a framed picture of a procession hang on the wall behind them.2017-08-14Indoor ashram ritual scene with several devotees in saffron-orange dhoti-style wraps and rudraksha malas. Two young men in the foreground, one with long dreadlocked hair, a red tilak on his forehead and a gold-bead necklace, hold handfuls of yellow powder or turmeric, while the young man on the right, with dreadlocks and white marks on his face, smiles as he works. A third person's head is in the lower foreground. Behind them more people in orange and rust-coloured robes move through a hall with pink walls and framed pictures. No speaker or seated figure is clearly visible.2017-03-14January 08 20182018-01-08A joyful celebration on a stage in front of a large backdrop showing a smiling man with hands raised near his face, framed by gold ornamental arches and pink and magenta panels. In the foreground a young man with long dreadlocks and bare chest wears an orange-saffron shawl and beaded necklaces, lifted or embraced by another man in saffron wrap and rudraksha malas. Around them stand other saffron-clad participants with orange turbans and wraps, and a young girl with a bindi and beaded necklace on the left. The energetic scene suggests dancing and celebration.2017-08-14January 07 20192019-01-07 +1 copiesThree smiling young devotees in saffron-orange robes pose close together outdoors. The girl in the front, with curly hair, forehead vibhuti and a kumkum bindi, holds up a peace sign and wears a gold-toned pendant necklace. Behind her, a young man in an orange turban and white vibhuti stripes has his arm around the man beside him. That man has a dark swept-up topknot, a moustache, white sandalwood markings and a red tilak, and wears rudraksha mala beads and a silver pendant. Several more orange-clad people stand blurred in the background.2019-01-01August 14 20172017-08-14Photograph of devotees in a bright hall during a ritual exchange. A young man in the centre wears orange cloth draped over his bare chest, long dreadlocks, a rudraksha mala and layered gold necklaces, and smiles while reaching toward a child with long hair seen from behind. To his right, another young man with dreadlocks and white and ochre face markings wears orange cloth and gold necklaces, holding gold-coloured offerings in both hands. On the left, a shaved-headed man with white markings on his arms and face holds out a small gold item.2017-03-14A young man with dreadlocked hair wrapped in a leopard-print headband, wearing glasses and an orange shawl over bare shoulders, embraces a child whose head rests on his chest. Rudraksha malas hang across his neck and chest. Beside him a dreadlocked young person with a red bindi and rudraksha beads, and a bearded bare-chested sadhu on the right, all wear rudraksha malas and stand in a hall with framed event photographs on the wall behind them. Visible people: five, with several partially cropped at the edges.2019-01-01