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August 09 20072007-08-09A photograph inside a plain hall with a corrugated roof and whitewashed walls. In the centre, a man with long, matted grey-streaked hair, a yellow-orange cloth and a tilak on his forehead holds an ornate gold ceremonial object and reads from it. Beside him on the left, a bearded man in an orange shawl, a silver-bead necklace and a red-banded headcloth stands with hands folded. On the right, a man with long hair in an orange robe and a gold necklace looks down. A man in a white shirt and light trousers stands behind them, and a figure in orange kneels at the bottom right. Bundled branches are visible against the far wall.2007-08-09August 09 20072007-08-09Photograph inside a thatched, open-sided shed where a group stands among stone and bronze sculptures on a concrete floor. At left, a man with long dark hair wears an orange robe with a rudraksha mala and smiles as he looks down at the sculptures. Beside him, a figure in orange and a yellow garment stands near a wooden post, and a man in an orange turban and orange robe gestures with one hand. Behind them, bearded men in orange robes and orange turbans stand with men in white shirts and dhotis. At right, a bearded man in a white robe with an orange shawl and a mala stands with hands folded, while another man in white with an orange scarf stands further right. Carved stone figures and fragments lie on the floor in the foreground, with a bronze figure at lower left.2007-08-09August 09 20072007-08-09August 09 20072007-08-09July 21 20102010-07-21Photograph of a ritual scene at an outdoor tent with devotees. In the foreground a kneeling man in a maroon-red dhoti with a rudraksha mala and bangles bows over a pile of coconuts wrapped in blue and green cloth, with marigold petals and offerings laid out. To the left a bare-chested priest with white sandalwood marks on his arms and a grey beard, in orange cloth, leans forward with hands joined. Behind them a line of men and women in orange robes and white kurtas stand with palms pressed together, including a bearded sadhu in saffron robes and a woman in a white sari with a red border. A brass plate of flowers is held at the left edge. The scene appears to be a devotional offering.2015-01-13A photograph of a group of saffron-robed sannyasis and devotees in an indoor room with recessed ceiling lights. In the centre, an elderly man with long white hair and beard wears a saffron robe and orange shawl, his hands extended in greeting toward a woman at right. She wears a rust-red head wrap, a red-brown garment, pearl necklaces and bangles, and holds a golden lion-headed object wrapped in orange cloth. Beside them a bald man in a brown-red garment and rudraksha mala stands, and to the right another man in orange adjusts cloth. Men at left wear orange robes and beards. Possibly a satsang gathering in Haridwar.2014-03-20A photograph of a satsang hall where a figure in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back dark hair and a heavy ornate gold necklace of beads stands at centre, extending a hand in blessing toward a bald elderly man in white clothes with a tilak mark on his forehead. A kneeling man in white dress with a brown shawl bows with palms pressed together, and an older man with glasses in white clothes and a mala stands at left with folded hands. Beside the blessing figure, a man in an orange robe holds a silver tray with offerings. A white-shirted man stands behind, and a projection screen and orange and yellow banner hang on the wall. Visible people: several, roughly six to twenty. Swamiji (probable): the central blessing figure wears saffron robes, long dark hair and ornate gold bead necklaces, a distinctive presentation.2011-02-27Indoor photograph of a religious ceremony in a pink-walled room with a framed deity print on the wall and a brass oil lamp at right. A man with long, swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, a dark rudraksha mala and an orange saffron wrap stands at left with hands folded. Beside him, a bald man in orange robes reaches out to clasp the hands of a bare-chested priest wearing a red shawl with gold border and white dhoti, who stands before brass vessels and a bell. A bearded man in orange robes sits at right, and a yellow-saree-clad woman is partly visible at far left. Several figures in the room are visible, and the scene appears to be a formal blessing or ordination exchange.2007-08-09A photograph of a ritual scene in a hall with a glossy floor, a projector screen and a blue-grey curtain at the back. A central figure with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, a saffron-orange garment and multiple gold-toned beaded necklaces walks forward, carrying a folded orange cloth in his hands and a white tray. Around him, men in white dhotis with red-bordered shawls sit or stand on orange mats; one palms together in greeting. Brass and copper plates with offerings lie on the floor. At right, a gilded golden throne with a red cushion stands on a draped orange table beside cameras on tripods. Men in white and yellow ritual dress attend.2011-01-23