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A photograph of a stage event with a green floor. In the foreground, a barefoot young man in orange robes and an orange head wrap walks away from the camera while balancing a metal vessel on his head. Behind him, an audience sits along the front edge in white and light-coloured clothing, some raising hands. Upstage, a golden-toned throne holds a seated figure in orange robes, flanked by golden lion-form seats and deity murtis draped in flower garlands, with an ornate golden umbrella above. A projection screen hangs on the right wall, and a notice panel reads in part as silence related text.

A procession moves down a carpeted hall lined with onlookers in white and green clothing. In the centre, a young man in orange dhoti and bare chest, with white tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha mala, carries a brass tray holding flowers and two lit brass lamps. Behind him, a figure in a red turban and orange garments wears a long floral garland and raises a hand in greeting. A man with a shaved head and a child in orange follow, and a drummer in orange sits to the right. A tall red and gold ceremonial banner on a pole leads the group. Several people in white dhoti and shirt stand along the edges.

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A bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti and saffron-bordered cloth walks forward through a hall carrying a brass tray of flowers and offerings, with a rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him, devotees in orange and white saris and dhotis stand and sit among rows of red-cushioned chairs, and orange-and-yellow umbrella-like canopies and decorations are visible in the background. A woman at left presses her palms together in prayer. The scene resembles a procession or puja offering in a ceremonial hall.

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November 18 2016

A young boy stands barefoot on a stone platform, bare-chested, with his right arm raised high and his left hand held at his side. He wears a bright orange dhoti tied with broad gold-coloured borders and a long strand of rudraksha beads with a pendant around his neck. Behind him, rows of red stone steps hold seated devotees in white and red clothing, many with bare upper bodies, arranged around black stone shivalinga-style forms. Golden oil lamps glow on the steps.

Outdoor photograph of a ceremony on red-tiered stone steps. In the foreground stands a young person with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron garment with gold borders and a rudraksha mala, with white markings on the arms, hand raised to the forehead. Behind on the steps, many seated people in white and red garments sit beside rows of dark metal kalasha-style pots with gold details. A red carpeted stage edge lies in front, with a wide stone platform beyond. Several seated people wear saffron and white, and a few wear bare-chested ritual dress.

Photograph of a line of young male performers in saffron-orange dhoti-style cloths and orange shawls, with rudraksha beaded necklaces and bangles, leaning forward and raising handheld ritual instruments: brass lamps, a silver ceremonial plate, bells and a metal cymbal-like disc. Several wear leopard-print headbands, and some have white body markings on their arms and chests. Behind them, seated devotees in orange clothes fill the hall beneath dark red drapery. In the foreground a striped cloth-covered table holds offerings.

A young man in saffron-orange turban and orange dhoti-style wrap holds a silver aarti tray with a lit lamp, the flame rising from a multi-branched silver oil lamp. He wears a rudraksha mala and a long orange-and-gold beaded necklace, with a bindi on his forehead and a rudraksha armband. Behind him, a deity murti stands framed by a large floral arch of red, yellow and white garlands. Another figure in a deep red garment and gold necklace is partly visible at right, and a man in white garland-draped clothing stands at left. The setting suggests a temple aarti during a ritual, with a gold kalasha-like base at the lower centre.

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