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July 27 2003

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A photograph inside a temple sanctum by a dark wooden door with brass studs. A man with long dark hair and an orange-saffron turban and orange wrap stands at left, his back partly turned. A bare-chested man with a white beaded necklace stands behind him. In the foreground, a bare-chested man in a pink-red cloth bends forward to make an offering at a brass lamp beside a deity murti garlanded with yellow and green flowers. A man in white stands at the left edge. The murti is dark with a white beaded necklace and the sanctum walls are pale marble.November 25 20062006-11-25A photograph inside a temple shrine area with a yellow-cream wall and a lotus-topped pillar with coloured bands. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes with a red waist cloth stands centre, bending over brass vessels and a flame on a metal stand. Beside him, two men in saffron-orange robes look on; one wears glasses and a beard and holds a small object, the other holds a phone or card. On the right, a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a sacred thread and a dark rudraksha-style necklace holds a brass bowl. At left, a photographer in a dark shirt with a camera and a red thread on the wrist is partly visible. A ritual puja setting, with the bare-chested priest officiating.2009-08-082003 World Tour - Bay Area USAFebruary 17 20082008-02-17July 27 20032003-07-27Photograph of a seated healing session in an indoor hall with red curtains and a white-draped table holding a silver tray and flowers. On the right, a figure in orange saffron robes with long swept-back dark hair and a red tilak on the forehead sits cross-legged, holding a wooden staff-like object across the lap, with eyes lowered. Beside him, a younger shaved-headed man in orange robes and a red cord across the chest leans forward, hand extended to a seated devotee. Around them, seated devotees in grey, beige and white clothing and older men with glasses watch; a standing attendant in yellow stands at the top right. A small fan is visible at the upper left.2008-03-262003 - Sacred collection UncategorizedPhotograph inside a temple doorway at night. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with green and red borders holds a silver tray with a lit oil lamp and offerings, extending it toward a shuttered doorway while a devotee with a sandalwood mark on his forehead watches. Beside him, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange shawl and dhoti with red borders, his hand raised to his face. A figure in an orange robe and orange headwrap stands close to the closed metal door and reaches toward the lamp flame. Another man in white stands at left, and a white kolam floral pattern decorates the dark floor. A blue cloth hangs above the door.2008-01-02A photograph of a ritual or satsang setting with several men gathered closely around a central figure. The central figure wears a cream-white turban, a saffron-orange robe draped over the shoulders, and multiple beaded rudraksha-style necklaces and bangles on the arms, and is handing a small white object down toward hands reaching up from the crowd. To the left, a man in a white shirt and a bare-chested man with a cloth over his shoulder reach forward with folded hands. A young man in white with a white tilak on the forehead and a beaded mala stands in the middle, and a man in a grey shirt presses his palms together. A red curtain and a white screen are visible in the background, and a camera operator is partly visible at the left edge.2012-04-04Evening puja in a temple hall with a carved stone pillar and wooden lattice windows. A man with swept-back long dark hair and red-orange ochre robes, wearing a red and pink flower garland, holds a lit camphor aarti lamp toward a deity murti. Behind him a priest in white dhoti and white shawl with a flower garland holds the flame, and a bald priest in orange robes and rudraksha mala holds a brass plate. The deity murti sits under a hooded serpent canopy, draped in pink and red flower garlands, on a teal and gold cloth-covered peetha. Brass lamp stands stand in the foreground. Smoke rises from the lamp.2013-03-07A photograph of a blessing exchange indoors. In the foreground, a bald man with glasses wearing a white kurta sits with his palms pressed together while bowing his head. A person with long, dark, swept-back hair in a sleeveless orange top leans forward, reaching out to touch his hands and holding a small white paper or card. Behind them, a man in an orange shawl with a red tilak on his forehead stands watching, with other onlookers in the background and a stack of rudraksha beads visible at the right edge.2008-03-28