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Night photograph of an outdoor devotional gathering under a striped canopy of red, pink and green cloth draped over a bamboo frame, with banana leaves at right. A man in a reddish-orange silk shawl and dhoti, with rudraksha malas around his neck and sandalwood or ochre marks on his forehead, stands smiling and holds a green leaf and a small brass kalasha-style vessel. Several devotees in white, one in a teal sari and women with white jasmine garlands in their hair bend forward toward him, receiving the offering. a person cues: reddish-orange shawl, multiple rudraksha malas and ceremonial adornments in a ritual setting. Two people at left in white shirts and dhotis, plus several others in the background.

July 03 2014

2014-07-03 +1 copies

Night photo at an outdoor evening event under tent canopies strung with purple fairy lights and white lamps. A man in a maroon-brown dhoti and bare chest, with a white and red flower garland around his neck, bows his head while a bald priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a red mark on his forehead, touches his shoulder. A woman in an orange saree with a red border stands at right, holding a brass tray with a white-and-pink flower arrangement in a decorated pot. Several men in maroon and brown robes with white forehead marks stand behind, and a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis press their hands together in prayer at right. A camera lens is visible at the right edge. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is distinguishable by appearance cues alone.

July 03 2014

July 03 2014

A dense crowd fills a temple interior with stone pillars and hanging orange and rainbow fabric. At centre, a man with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange-red dhoti and shawl, a gold-bead garland, a gold chain, and bangles, and stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. Beside him on the left, a shaved-headed man in an orange robe wears a gold necklace. On the right, another shaved-headed man in orange wears a gold chain. In the foreground, a bare-chested man wears a rudraksha mala and a white cloth around his waist, and an elderly man with white hair stands in the left foreground. Many devotees in white and colourful shirts fill the background.

July 01 2014

Night procession scene. A smiling man in saffron-orange robe with a long dark rudraksha mala and a red bindi stands centre, one hand on his chest, beside a tall wooden pole carried by a bare-chested man in white dhoti. Around them, a woman in pink and a man in orange hooded top stand on the sides, and an older woman in white clothes holds her palms together in anjali. Flowers in yellow and pink appear in the foreground. Dark background with metal railings behind the crowd.

A photograph of a crowd gathered at an outdoor ritual setting under a tent canopy. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair, a red tilak and a white-smeared forehead wears a rust-red wrap, a dense rudraksha mala and a heavy gold ceremonial necklace, and reaches over a tray of bananas, coconuts, fruit and leaves. Several men in saffron-and-gold turbans and rust-red robes surround him, one in a white turban, and a young man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala stands beside him. Onlookers in the background include an older man in glasses and a man in a grey jacket. a person: the central figure shows long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and a gold ceremonial necklace, and is presenting offerings in a ritual setting.

February 11 2013

A photograph of a saffron-clad man with long dark hair, a jasmine garland, gold-bead mala and rudraksha malas, who is smiling and reaching to apply vibhuti or sacred ash to the forehead of a devotee. He holds a green plastic bag. Several devotees in white and orange clothing press palms together in namaste around him; one wears a white shirt, another a white dhoti, and one has tilak marks. Arched cream and yellow temple architecture forms the background, with a camera operator at upper right. Appearance-based label: a person, with long hair, saffron clothing and gold and rudraksha adornments; the scene shows blessing with vibhuti in a temple setting.

2012-05-21 +2 copies

Night photograph at an outdoor evening gathering under string lights, with a draped pink, white and green tent behind the crowd. In the foreground, a smiling man in a rust-red turban and sleeveless rust-red robe, with a gold necklace and rudraksha-style beads, holds white flower garlands and presses his palms together. A bald man in a white-and-gold dhoti with beaded garlands stands at left in the foreground, and a woman in orange robes with glasses stands beside him. Behind them, a uniformed police officer, a man in a white-and-gold dhoti with a garland, and a crowd of women in maroon and red saris wearing gold-bead garlands and sandalwood-marked foreheads are visible. The swami cues are not distinctive enough to confirm an identity, so the central figure is described by role only.