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A photograph of an indoor ritual setting in which a long-haired man in an orange-saffron shawl and a heavy necklace of gold beads and rudraksha malas raises his right hand in blessing toward an older woman in white with a folded-hand namaskar. He wears a red bindi, gold armbands and bracelets, and holds a folded paper in his left hand. Behind them a young woman in a pale green floral top stands with hands joined, a shaved-headed man in white ritual clothing with a tilak is visible at right, and an orange lamp hangs in the background. Four people are visible.

Indoor photo of a devotee exchange at an ashram-style hall with striped festoon banners hanging above. An elderly woman in an orange sari with a brown blouse receives a fruit offering from a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a long swept-back hairstyle; the man, possibly Swamiji (probable) given the long hair, orange robes, and rudraksha mala, is smiling and holding a silver tray of bananas wrapped in plastic. Another orange-robed monk stands behind him, and a man in orange on the right holds the tray. Women in white and orange garments watch on the left, some with palms pressed together. The swamiji candidate's appearance is consistent with several cues, so the swamiji value is in_person.

July 03 2014

2014-07-03 +1 copies

June 26 2014

A crowded indoor hall with pink walls and a white ceiling with fans and hanging lights. At the centre, a man with long dark hair tied back and a gold-coloured earring wears a red-and-gold dhoti with a long red-and-orange rudraksha mala and bracelets, and he touches the forehead of an elderly white-haired woman in a blue sari who holds a red fruit or offering. At right, a bald priest with white forehead markings holds a red tray with apples and small offerings. A young woman in white with a red border stands at left with palms pressed together in namaste, and a priest in orange-red robes with white markings stands beside her. Several devotees and people in white and colourful saris watch from behind.

June 17 2013

A photograph of a devotional gathering in an orange-draped hall. A young man with long dark hair, bare-shouldered in an orange garment with a pink shawl, a white jasmine garland and a red-and-white flower mala, smiles while extending his hand to bless a gray-haired woman in a cream sari with orange border who presses her palms together. Other devotees, several women in saffron and red, crowd close. A bald man in white with an orange shawl stands at right beside a silver tray holding offerings and papers. The scene suggests darshan and blessing during satsang.

July 07 2014

2014-07-07 +1 copies

December 31 2013

Photograph inside a plain pink-walled hall with a white canopy and hanging coloured tassel decorations overhead. A man with long swept-back dark hair wears a saffron-orange shawl and orange sleeveless top with a long dark rudraksha mala, and smiles while reaching to touch the hands of a girl in a maroon top. Around him, a woman in a white and gold-bordered sari, a man in a white shirt with folded hands, a woman in white with a mala, and several children crowd close. At right, a shaved-headed attendant in orange robes and beaded mala holds a silver tray with flowers and gold-coloured items. a person is the man in saffron and rudraksha, shown presenting himself as a sannyasi receiving devotees.

April 03 2016

A photograph inside a bright hall with ceiling fans, tube lights and pink walls. In the right foreground a man with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklace, wearing a red and saffron-orange shawl over a bare chest, smiles while handing a red apple and fruit from a silver tray to a woman in a cream sari with a pink border. Probable Swamiji (long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala, saffron and red shawl, ornate gold necklace) is making the offering. Around them stand a man in white with glasses, an elderly man in white with a sandal mark, and other devotees in white shirts and saris.