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Outdoor scene on a dirt path beside palm trees and a corrugated-roof shed. A shaven-headed man in maroon-red robes with white tilak and white arm markings stands at left, a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, touching purple and pink colour powder onto the forehead of a young boy in an orange sleeveless robe who is squinting with eyes shut. Behind them another orange-robed young man stands with a red-orange robe and beads, and a drum with wooden lacing rests in the foreground. The setting suggests a festive colour-powder celebration among ashram-style devotees.

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A photograph of young men in saffron-orange sleeveless tunics and matching dhoti-style cloth, with rudraksha malas around their necks, walking along a dirt path. Several have faces and scalps smeared with purple and pink colour. The man in the centre wears a dark grey t-shirt and black trousers and plays a pair of small hand cymbals (kartal). Coconut palms, a thatched open shed and a low pink-earth embankment stand behind them.2014-09-18September 18 20142014-09-18May 13 20152015-05-13January 20 20142014-01-20 +1 copiesA street procession in a village-like dirt lane during a festival, with participants smeared in pink, green and orange colour powder. In the centre, a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange robe, a long orange garland of beads and a rudraksha mala, and holds a long wooden staff; he is a person candidate with long hair, saffron clothing and ornate beads. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in an orange robe and rudraksha mala walks with a red-and-orange shawl, and a bare-chested man with red-stained body and orange wrap walks on the left. Behind them stands a painted deity image on a decorated float or shrine in pale blue and white, and onlookers in saris and children in colourful clothes line the route, one woman in a grey sari with red bindi and gold bangles. Brick wall and palm trees form the background.2010-10-17Indoor group scene of young boys in saffron and maroon robes seated on mats in a hall. Two boys in front face each other, the boy on the right holding the chin of the boy on the left and applying white ash to his forehead. Both have white horizontal tilaka stripes on their foreheads, and the right boy wears a beaded rudraksha-style necklace and a yellow bangle. Behind them, more seated boys and adult devotees in saffron and maroon garments sit in rows, with a red curtain and a wicker basket visible. The scene suggests a ritual or sacred ceremony with vibhuti application among young disciples.2013-03-29July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 03 20172017-07-03 +1 copiesAugust 31 20142014-08-31A photograph of four smiling men in red-orange monastic robes with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings. On the left, a man with a red bindi and white painted arm stripes feeds a sweet or food to a young person in an orange shawl and white forehead band, who is laughing with mouth open. A bald man in the centre with beaded necklaces watches, and another man on the right smiles, all in saffron clothing with beaded malas. The room has plain walls and a window at right.2013-10-04 +1 copiesOutdoor photo at a temple-style ground beneath palm trees and a thatched shelter. A man in orange robes with long swept-back hair and white markings on his arms holds a silver vessel decorated with yellow flowers and white garlands, while a smiling young man in orange with a white flower garland and gold headband presses his palms together in greeting. Other orange-robed devotees and people in white dhotis and a woman in orange and white stand nearby. Decorated ceremonial umbrellas with blue and red emblems hang overhead. Whether the robed man with long hair is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2008-12-24 +1 copiesOutdoor scene at a temple courtyard with a covered walkway and palm trees. A man in an orange-saffron robe with a thick rudraksha mala and brown-red beads stands at right, applying white sacred ash (vibhuti) to the forehead of a bare-chested young man with a blue sacred thread and white dhoti, who holds his hands together in a respectful gesture. The standing man holds a green metal cup in his other hand. Behind them, several people in orange saffron clothing stand in a line, one holding a small plate, and a red stone structure with a kalasha-like finial sits at right.2015-05-13