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Indoor photo in a plain room with white walls and a grey floor. In the foreground a person in white clothes bows forward with forehead touching a striped carpet, while a woman in orange robes seated on the floor touches their head and sits beside a plate of fruit with bananas, papaya and apples. Behind them a woman in an orange sari stands near a small television. Several men in white dhotis with yellow shawls stand or sit along the back wall, and a bearded man in white with a yellow shawl is among them. A white plastic chair stands in front and a framed picture hangs on the right. The scene reads as a devotee receiving blessings from ashram members.

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Indoor photo of a devotional gathering in a plain white-walled hall with a tiled floor and a patterned rug. A woman in white garments and a shawl carries a tray of fruit, mangoes and bananas, toward the seated group. A man in a white dhoti and shirt bows low with his forehead to the floor before a seated figure in saffron robes whose bare feet are visible. Another seated person in orange robes sits nearby, and a person in orange stands behind a table with a small electric fan and a television. Several people in white and yellow sit or stand along the back wall. A framed picture with a garland of yellow and pink flowers hangs on the right, showing a portrait of a saffron-clad figure. White plastic chairs are in the foreground.2010-02-08Indoor ritual scene in a plain white-walled hall with a framed portrait garlanded with marigolds on the right. A long-haired person in orange robes sits on a blue cushion on a green-bordered mat, holding a tray of fruit (bananas, papaya, pineapple, mangoes) and smiling as another orange-robed person beside them offers a plate. Another orange-robed figure stands behind a table holding a fruit tray and offerings, with small brass deity figures and a kalasha-like setup on the table. A man in white kneels on a striped rug with hands folded in greeting, while a woman in a white dress stands with palms joined and white-clad devotees stand behind. A small television sits in the background. Several people are visible in the foreground, including a bald head at the lower right, a white-robed man, and a yellow-shawled attendant. Ritual offering of fruit in a devotional setting.2010-02-08August 09 20072007-08-09A photograph inside a room with a gold-framed red velvet throne-like seat. A long-haired person in saffron/orange robes sits on the red cushioned seat, one hand raised in blessing toward a devotee who kneels on a patterned rug and bows with forehead pressed to the seated person's feet. Behind, a standing monk in orange robes with a red-edged shawl watches, and a tray of fruit sits on a white stand beside the throne. Several men in white shirts and yellow shawls stand nearby, one in an orange-trimmed white shawl smiling, with others gathered in the background. A gold-framed shrine-like backdrop with a sunburst motif sits at the right. The seated figure has long swept-back hair, an orange robe and a crown-like ornament is not visible, and this appearance-based label is probable Swamiji (probable) in the seated position of honour, with the devotee performing padapuja.2010-09-05January 10 20092009-01-10A kneeling man in a cream dhoti and bare chest, hands pressed together in prayer, bows his head while a smiling woman in orange robes places her palm on his head as a blessing. Around them, several people in orange robes sit or stand on a patterned rug in a plain room with white plastic chairs and a small television showing a red logo. A standing man in a white shirt and white dhoti watches, and a bearded man in white with a yellow shawl stands at left beside a person holding yellow flowers. In the lower right, a woman in orange with a notepad sits in the foreground. No one is identifiable as the a person with the cues required for a probable identification.2010-02-08A photograph in a bare hall with straw mats and blue-edged borders on a grey floor. A seated figure in an orange robe with long dark hair, orange cloth draped over the body, sits on a white-covered chair with a maroon rug at its feet. A devotee in white clothes with a yellow shawl kneels and bows with forehead to the rug. A standing woman in white with a yellow shawl watches, hands folded. Behind them, people in white and orange clothing stand near a video camera on a tripod. A white wall and a dark bag complete the setting.2008-09-30A seated figure in a saffron-orange robe with a gold necklace and long dark hair sits on a white-draped platform with hands joined in prayer, eyes closed. A man in a white dhoti and shirt bows low with his forehead to a blue mat in front. Two other people in orange robes kneel nearby with hands folded. Before them is a pada puja setup: brass and silver vessels, a tray of apples, oranges and bananas, bowls of prasad, and marigold petals scattered on the blue cloth. A carved wooden tray with fruit and small offerings sits on the left wall. Pale tiled walls surround the scene.2009-07-25September 30 20082008-09-30A photograph inside a open-sided hall with bamboo matting and a mosquito net at left. A woman in an orange saffron wrap sits on a cushioned seat with a cane resting beside her, smiling, with yellow flower garlands laid across her lap and a tray of rudraksha malas, sweets and small packets on a table in front. A man in white kneels on a red mat before her, bending forward with his hands at her feet, as in padapuja. Behind him a bald man in white with an orange shawl stands watching, and a woman in a cream sari with gold bangles stands with hands folded. Several people in the background, including children in pink and a woman in a light sari, wait in line holding small items.2007-01-02A photograph of a covered colonnaded hall where a man in a cream shirt and white dhoti bows deeply at the feet of a figure in a flowing saffron-orange robe with long dark swept-back hair, who stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Around them, several men in white dhotis and bare-chested devotees stand with folded hands, one wearing a white shirt and a thin orange shawl. White plastic chairs stand at the right and a pillar-lined wall stretches behind.2006-11-09August 09 20072007-08-09