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October 27 20152015-10-27A sunlit outdoor scene at a small corrugated-roof shrine with wooden pillars and orange-red walls. Sunlight bursts through the trees above, creating a bright lens flare. Many people sit on a concrete floor scattered with flower petals, offerings and small packets. Several men wear white kurtas and pale shirts; one woman in a red sari sits at left, and a bald man in white sits near the front. Two large yellow banners on the shrine front show printed portraits of a bearded saint in orange and Hindu deity imagery, but these are printed images, not people present. A man in a white kurta stands near the right, and a small white air conditioner unit sits beside the building.2015-10-27July 01 20082008-07-01October 27 20152015-10-27Photo of a crowded street outside a small red-roofed shrine, the Shri Bade Hanuman Ji Mandir, with a Hindi sign on its facade and a white banner on the left reading in Hindi. Many devotees and passersby, mostly men in white kurtas and shirts and women in saris, move through the entrance while a uniformed police officer in khaki stands at the left edge. A tree overhangs the scene and smoke or haze hangs in the warm light.2015-10-27July 27 20142014-07-27December 18 20162016-12-18Early morning sunlight streams through trees onto a corrugated-roof shrine building in Allahabad, with a bright sun flare across the frame. Around forty seated devotees in white, cream and checked shirts sit on a stone platform, many holding small items and looking down at their hands. Yellow banners on the shrine wall carry Hindi text and portraits, including a bearded man in a saffron-toned frame and smaller framed photographs. A standing man in white kurta stands near the banners, and the ground holds scattered flower petals and small oil lamps.2015-10-27A group of devotees sits on a stone platform and floor in front of a small red-pillared open shrine with hanging bells beside a whitewashed temple wall painted with red and yellow trim. Many participants wear orange shawls and orange-saffron clothing, while others wear white kurtas and pastel dress. A woman in an orange robe with a bare foot sits at the right edge beside a large inscribed panel of Sanskrit text on the wall. Tall green trees shade the courtyard, and a small ritual shrine with a bell stands in the background.2008-07-01A seated congregation fills an orange-walled tent on green mats, many with hands pressed in anjali. Men in white dhotis, some bare-chested with sacred threads, sit in rows; a woman in a pink sari and a woman in an orange shawl sit on chairs at the right. At the far right a white-draped table holds a golden star-shaped object and offerings, and a tall white pole stands in the centre. Banners and a small orange flag hang on the walls, and a decorative lamp with tassels is visible at top right. This appears to be a satsang gathering; no clearly identifiable a person is seated in the frame.2013-02-08Photograph of a crowded riverside ghat with stone steps where many devotees sit and stand in an outdoor ritual gathering. Many people wear saffron/orange shawls and orange robes, while others wear white kurtas and white dhotis; some hold their hands together in anjali. A red-pillared canopy stands at upper left. Several people sit on the steps near brass plates and offering trays with flowers and small lamps. Onlookers in street clothes stand along the edge. a person candidate not clearly identifiable from appearance.2008-07-03A man with swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, a rudraksha-style beaded mala and a gold pendant, holds a lit oil lamp aloft with his right arm outstretched in an aarti gesture. Beside him stands a shaved-headed priest in orange robes. Behind them, a large crowd of devotees sits on the ground, many in white clothes with yellow borders, several with hands folded in prayer. Stone temple walls with carved pink and grey stonework frame the courtyard, and palm trees appear at the top left. A photographer in a red shirt watches from the left. Swamiji (probable) is the lamp-bearer, identified by distinctive visible cues of swept-back hair, saffron clothing and a beaded mala, performing aarti.2010-12-29