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February 12 20062006-02-12December 30 20092009-12-30August 08 20092009-08-08A photograph of a ceremonial welcome inside a hall decorated with garlands of marigold and jasmine strung across the ceiling. An elderly man in white shirt and trousers, wearing glasses and a white moustache, places a multicoloured flower crown on the head of a smiling figure with long hair who is kneeling with palms pressed together in namaskar. The kneeling figure wears a gold-bordered orange-saffron shawl and a white jasmine garland. Behind them, a large banner shows a smiling man in a white turban and grey-black robe against an orange background. Several men in white clothes stand behind, some clapping, and a microphone stand is visible. Probable Swamiji is the kneeling figure wearing the saffron shawl, long hair and jasmine garland, receiving the flower crown in this welcome ceremony.2006-02-12October 08 20162016-10-08February 22 20072007-02-22April 01 20082008-04-01A shop interior with a counter and window, decorated with tinsel-and-floral torans and a yellow flower garland. On the counter sit a brass oil lamp, a banana, fruit and a basket of red flowers beside a computer monitor. A woman in a cream sari with gold border lifts her hand toward the lamp. Beside her stands a man in a red flower garland and saffron dhoti, and a woman in a white sari on the right. Several other people crowd near the window. Ceiling fan and fluorescent lights are visible.2007-02-22March 07 20162016-03-07December 26 20062006-12-26A photograph of a temple ritual with a crowd pressing close around a dark stone deity murti draped in white and red-pink flower garlands, with a golden-orange cloth on its shoulder. In the foreground a man in a dark red-maroon dhoti and shawl, a long red-orange head wrap, and a white flower garland stands with arms outstretched, smiling and gesturing. Beside him a shaved-headed man wears an orange-saffron dhoti, rudraksha beads and a white shirt, hands raised. Other devotees in white shirts and dhotis fill the background behind a metal railing, several holding up phones or cameras. A brass plate of flower petals and offerings sits at lower left, and a white jasmine garland hangs over a second figure at left. The setting is a covered temple space with a pale blue wall at right.2014-06-29 +1 copiesA temple shrine scene under a thatched canopy with palm trees behind. A bare-chested priest in red-maroon dhoti bows low before a dark stone shrine draped with multicoloured flower garlands in purple, white, yellow and red. Beside him stand three men in saffron-orange and red robes with orange turbans and rudraksha malas; one holds a gold-trimmed cloth. A man in white shirt and a young girl in a pink top and grey leggings watch. On the right, a seated man in orange robes with long swept-back hair and a white forehead mark holds a silver tray of yellow and orange flowers, with a rudraksha mala and bead necklace; a shaved-head man in orange stands behind him. A brass lamp stand and red cloth rest on the shrine.2015-01-13