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Outdoor ceremony with several devotees in saffron and rust-red robes and rudraksha malas. A smiling woman in a rust-red sari and beaded mala applies a sacred mark or vibhuti to the forehead of a blonde woman in a white and gold-bordered sari seen from behind. Nearby, a young man in orange cloth and mala holds a small green dish, another man in orange holds a bowl, and a kalasha-like brass vessel with a green leafy sprig and decorative ornaments is in the foreground. Spectators stand behind in white and orange garments. Some devotees have white tilak on their foreheads, and a sound system sits at the right edge.

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Outdoor ritual scene in a courtyard with palm trees and a small temple-style structure behind. A man in a white dhoti with gold border and white head cloth applies a mark to the forehead of a young devotee in orange robes and rudraksha malas, who has white tilak stripes on the face. Other devotees in orange and maroon robes, some with white body markings, hold brass and green bowls. Red and pink decorative umbrellas hang at left.2015-05-13 +1 copiesJuly 13 20132013-07-13 +1 copiesMay 13 20152015-05-13January 15 20162016-01-15A photograph of a line of devotees standing outdoors in front of a red-painted building and greenery, all with hands pressed together in anjali mudra. The central woman in front wears a cream and gold-bordered sari, a dark rudraksha mala around her neck, and a bindi with a white forehead mark. Women behind her wear orange and rust-red saris with white vibhuti on their foreheads. Several are wearing glasses. A stringed garland of yellow and red flowers hangs on a pillar at left, and a blue patterned cloth lies at right. No swami is visible in the frame.2016-08-12July 22 20132013-07-22A temple courtyard ritual with a shirtless man in white dhoti, glasses and a sleeping baby wrapped in a cream cloth, receiving a brass plate of offerings. A smiling monastic in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and tilak holds a green leaf bowl. Beside him a woman in maroon-brown robes with a long trident pendant and beaded malas holds a blue plate, and another woman in maroon sari with black dreadlocks and glasses holds a brass cup. A red pillar, palm leaves and a stone deity murti are behind them.2015-05-13A photograph of a seated satsang audience in saffron and white robes, many wearing rudraksha malas and forehead marks of vibhuti or tilak. Several smiling men in the foreground, one at left with a white forehead mark and rudraksha mala over orange cloth, one in the centre-left with an orange garment and rudraksha necklace, and a bald man in white wearing a red mark. Behind them rows of devotees sit on mats beneath golden pillars, with younger attendees in orange in the lower foreground. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance alone.2017-07-22May 13 20152015-05-13June 17 20172017-06-17Outdoor photograph of a ritual procession at a temple-like setting under bright sunlight. In the centre, a man with long dark hair, a red bindi and a rudraksha mala with gold beads stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Beside him on the left, a man in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders holds a long wooden staff. On the right, a person in orange-saffron cloth holds a brass handbell and a small brass vessel. Behind them, other devotees in orange and saffron robes and children stand on a brick step. a person cues are the long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and gold ornaments on the centre figure; the identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2013-04-25January 08 20182018-01-08