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Night-time crowd photograph at an outdoor ashram event with wooden fencing and a dim lamp. Many men in white shirts and dhotis press together, several with rudraksha malas around their necks. In the lower centre, a shaved-headed young man in white with a yellow-bordered cloth stands with his back to the camera while a man in white glasses and a white shirt, mala visible, smiles toward him. Other men on the left and right lean in, and a man in a pale blue shirt is at left. No robed central figure with distinctive ceremonial cues is visible in the frame, so the scene is best described as devotees and volunteers in a crowd.

September 13 2009

2009-09-13 +1 copies

Photograph of a devotional blessing inside a hall with a crowd seated in the background. In the foreground, a man in red-orange robes with a white flower garland places his hand on the head of an older man in a white shirt and white trousers who bows forward, wearing a dark beaded mala with a pendant. A woman in a white sari with a red bindi touches the forehead of another devotee nearby, and a figure in an orange shawl stands at left. Flower garlands hang at the right edge. The clothing colours are white, orange and red, with marigold and white jasmine garlands.

A crowded outdoor ceremony with many men in white shirts and dhotis, several with vibhuti or tilak on their foreheads. In the lower right, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a gold necklace and bangles bends over a white cloth on the ground, while a bearded older man in white kneels and leans forward with hands together. Surrounding devotees, some wearing glasses, watch closely, and bananas hang in bunches at the top right. The scene suggests a temple inauguration gathering, but no clear appearance-based cues meet the threshold to identify a specific person as a person.

Photograph of a man with dark hair and a grey moustache in a white shirt and gold bracelet, eyes closed, being blessed with a hand placed on his forehead by a figure in a red sleeveless top and orange shawl with long dark hair tied back. Another man in white stands behind them, and a few people are partly visible at the edges. In the background a dim hall has white garments on a rack and a framed portrait, with a seated figure at lower left. The orange-shawled figure is a candidate for a person by appearance cues of long swept hair and orange clothing, but the face and build are not clear enough to confirm, so this is marked as probable and uncertain.

A photograph of a man in a white shirt with his head bowed, being touched on the head by a woman in an orange sleeveless top with a red thread bracelet on her wrist. Behind them, several people stand watching, including a woman in white with a beaded necklace, a man in a white shirt, a bald older man and a man in an orange garment. A woman in a cream sari with a beaded mala is partly visible in the lower centre. The scene is dimly lit.

2009-09-13 +1 copies

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A blurred, crowded photograph of devotees pressing together in a tightly packed space. A man in the centre with short grey hair and an orange-red garment over his shoulders is partly turned away, his face mostly hidden by the people around him. A raised arm in a white sleeve appears at upper left, and a few other figures in white shirts, a checked shirt and colourful clothing fill the frame. The appearance of the central man is not clear enough to confirm who he is, so no identity is asserted.