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September 11 2012

2012-09-11 +1 copies

A photograph of an indoor hall with cream walls, ceiling lights and a dark red curtain backdrop. On the right, a man with swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and white vertical forehead markings wears a saffron-orange and gold shawl over a bare upper body and a multicolour flower garland. He extends his right hand in a blessing gesture toward a man in a white shirt and white dhoti who bows with palms pressed together. To the left, a man in glasses and a white shirt with a rudraksha mala stands with hands folded, and another man in white stands beside them. Behind them, several people in white and red attire stand near a gold-decorated stage area, and a few women in saris are visible at the far right edge.

July 03 2013

A photograph of a satsang hall with a ceiling canopy and colourful pillar drapes. A smiling man with a tilak on his forehead, wearing a rust-orange dhoti and shawl and a long orange beaded mala with large gold beads, rests his right hand on the head of a boy in a white shirt and rudraksha mala, who holds his palms together in namaskar. Behind them devotees in white and orange clothing stand with folded hands, a woman in white watches, and a man in a red shawl smiles. At right a person in white dhoti holds a tray. Framed deity images hang on the walls. The man's appearance with a long swept hair, ornate gold mala and orange robe is consistent with a person, shown giving blessings to a child.

Indoor ceremony in a hall decorated with golden arches, hanging paper lanterns and tassels, and golden deity figures. Around him, shaved-headed boys in saffron robes and white tilak press hands together, while a man in white shirt on the left folds his hands in prayer and a woman in red-brown sari stands to the right. A box of sweets and fruit sits at lower right.

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.

September 27 2013

September 27 2013

A photograph of a temple-hall blessing. A figure with swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, an orange saffron wrap and a rudraksha mala with a white jasmine garland stands on the right, extending his right hand to press it onto the head of a seated devotee in a white shirt. He holds a folded paper in his left hand. Several devotees in white and cream clothing stand or sit around him, with hands folded or outstretched. Fruit. Swamiji (probable) cues: swept-back hair, saffron wrap, rudraksha mala and garland; the page identifies the event as involving him.

A photograph of an indoor event in a decorated hall with gold and orange drapes. A man in an orange-saffron robe with a red and gold flower garland, a tilak on his forehead and long swept-back hair stands at the centre, holding a printed pamphlet and reading it. Two men in white shirts stand to the left, one with palms pressed together in greeting. Several men in white and a bald man in orange stand behind. Behind them, a large portrait of a smiling bald man in orange hangs on a gold-framed backdrop. Several people, all visible, are present.

April 06 2013

2013-04-06 +1 copies

Indoor photo of a satsang-style gathering in a hall with green walls, red and yellow draped banners and a golden ornate altar in the background. A smiling man with long swept-back hair, a red bindi and a sandalwood-coloured saffron-orange robe wears a long layered garland of red flowers and gold beads and holds a folded paper in one hand while reaching out to a man in a white shirt. Around them devotees, a child in a green top, boys and men in casual clothes watch and reach forward, and a shaven-headed monk in orange with a rudraksha mala stands at the right edge.