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Outdoor ceremony at an ashram inauguration with colourful festival canopies and banners overhead. In the left foreground a person with long dark hair, wearing a white flower garland and an orange cloth, stands with hands together and head bowed. A man in an orange robe with a gold-coloured neck ornament faces away from the camera. In the centre a man in an orange robe and rudraksha-style beads holds a brass kalasha pot with a green leaf, while a bald man in orange and a cameraman with a video camera stand nearby. A woman in white with an orange shawl gestures in the lower right. Other people in white shirts stand behind the canopies.

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Outdoor procession under a bright sky with red and orange parasols trimmed with tassels. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange robe, layered gold-and-bead necklaces and a gold-trimmed shawl, gesturing with one hand while speaking. Beside him, a younger person in orange robes and a gold pendant necklace holds a parasol pole. Other orange-robed attendants carry umbrellas and a round orange-and-blue decorative fan. Men in white shirts and dhotis and a man with glasses in a white shirt walk along, and a photographer with a camera stands in the background. Trees and a low building line the street.2008-12-23April 19 20082008-04-19December 29 20082008-12-29January 12 20092009-01-12December 24 20082008-12-24 +1 copiesApril 19 20082008-04-19December 23 20092009-12-23April 19 20082008-04-19December 23 20082008-12-23 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual scene with a standing man in an orange saffron robe and a long multicolour-and-white flower garland, hair worn long and swept back, centred in front of a white-draped low seat on a green mat. Behind him, several monks and attendants in orange robes stand and kneel near brass vessels and offerings on a mat. Ornate umbrellas with tassels and bird motifs, in red, orange and blue, shade the area under a metal-framed canopy. A cameraman in white with an orange shawl films, and a man in black stands nearby. Sand ground with kolam-style chalk patterns. Appearance-based a person: long swept-back hair, saffron robe and garland, standing as the central figure, with a white-draped seat beside him.2006-12-25December 23 20082008-12-23April 19 20082008-04-19