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A night-time outdoor evening gathering at an ashram, with a crowd of devotees moving along a sandy path beneath strings of coloured lights. Many women wear white and bright saris, and several people wear orange flower garlands. A woman in a white dress holds hands with a woman in white with an orange garland, while others clasp their palms in greeting or hold small items. A man on the right in a white kurta and gold-bordered dhoti stands near the frame edge, and a bald man in white stands in the background among others. A red building and a large golden star decoration appear at the top right. A watermarked photograph; no clear a person candidate is visible.

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December 23 20162016-12-23Night procession at an ashram courtyard lit by strings of coloured fairy lights along a red-painted building. A large crowd of devotees in white and cream clothing walks forward, many women in cream saris with gold borders and one woman in a sari with orange-brown border. Two women in white saris hold hands in the foreground. Ceremonial poles or staffs with golden tops are raised above the crowd, and a red tractor sits at the right edge. A shirtless man with a saffron-orange wrap stands among the crowd near the centre-left. Several people hold lamps or lights. The scene is festive and dense with people, though no clearly identifiable central figure is visible.2015-07-31Evening outdoor gathering of devotees in white ritual clothes at a red-walled ashram compound with strings of small lights on bamboo. Many people raise hands and clap, some with arms outstretched, in a dense crowd. A woman in front on the left wears a white sari with red-orange border, a red bindi and a rudraksha mala, smiling. Next to her a woman in white with red-brown beads and a young woman in a white sari with red bindi clap together. A young child in a dark top and pink skirt is held up by a woman in a white sari with an orange-red beaded necklace in the center. Men in white kurtas and women in white saris are scattered throughout, and a man at right wears a white kurta with a maroon shoulder bag. No single figure can be confidently identified as a person from the visible cues, so the figure is treated as unidentified.2015-07-31July 31 20152015-07-31Night-time outdoor gathering in front of a red multi-storey building with air-conditioning units and a lit wall lamp. Dense crowd of devotees, mostly in white clothes with rudraksha malas and red-and-orange shawls, many smiling and some with palms joined. Several people stand at the front and back. A row of metal pots and striped cloth covered tables sits at left. A bald man in a white dhoti with a gold border stands near the centre-right.2017-08-07Night-time outdoor dance celebration on a stone-paved open ground lit by string lights along a distant walkway. A large crowd presses around a line of women in colourful saris: one in an orange sari with a dark-beaded necklace, one in a pink and gold sari, and others in yellow-and-green, white-and-gold and maroon saris, holding hands and moving in a circle. Men in white dhotis and white shirts stand and kneel at the edges, some with hands raised in prayer. The scene looks like a festive gathering or procession rather than a formal puja.2016-12-23August 07 20172017-08-07Night-time photograph of a large crowd gathered outdoors on a paved courtyard between tall reddish-brown buildings, with a streetlamp glowing above. Many people wear saffron-orange garments, and several young women and girls have rudraksha malas and beaded necklaces. Men in white dhoti-style clothing and white shirts with red-and-saffron shawls stand among them. A bare-headed man in white with a saffron-and-white shawl stands near the centre. Striped rugs lie on the ground, and a cameraman with a camera stands at the left edge filming the gathering.2017-08-07December 17 20102010-12-17Night-time photograph of a large crowd of devotees gathered outdoors in front of a reddish-brown building with a small air conditioner unit and a wheelie bin. Many people wear white ritual clothing with orange or red-bordered shawls and rudraksha malas, while others wear orange saffron-coloured garments. A woman in the centre wears a white sari with a red shawl and mala. Foreheads show white and red markings, and a few people hold their hands together. No clearly identifiable ornate-robed figure with long hair or crown is distinctly visible in the crowd, so the a person candidate is uncertain. A purple logo appears in the upper left corner.2017-08-07Night-time photograph of a large crowd of devotees gathered outdoors in front of a red-painted building. Most wear orange or saffron clothing, many with white and red sashes and rudraksha malas, and several have white tilak markings on their foreheads. Many in the crowd wear white or cream garments. Women in orange saris and men in white dhotis stand closely together, some with hands folded in namaste. Parked cars and a lit gazebo structure appear in the background under a dark sky. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance alone.2017-08-07Night procession on a dirt road at an outdoor ashram event, with a large crowd of devotees dressed mostly in white dhotis and white saris, with some women in orange and red saris. Strings of green, red and purple fairy lights line both sides of the path. Bright lights glow in the distance at the far end, where the crowd gathers. Many people walk or stand in the road, some looking toward the lights. Trees and a low wall frame the right side. No individual can be identified as a person in this image; the scene shows devotees in a festive Mahashivaratri-style procession.2016-03-07