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Photograph inside a small pink-walled temple room with a ceiling fan and a fluorescent tube light. A man in orange robes with a red shawl stands at right, palms pressed together in prayer, looking upward, with a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace and a red tilak. Beside him a bearded man in orange robes stands at left, and another in orange stands further left. A young man in a pale peach kurta bends over a marble altar holding a brass plate with coins, sweets and flowers. The altar holds brass lamps, a bell and a small bowl. A tall red sari-like cloth embroidered with gold and sequins drapes a pillar at right. A child watches from behind the group. Peach-coloured and orange clothing dominate the scene.July 01 20082008-07-01Photo inside a pink-walled temple shrine decorated with marigold garlands. A tall pink and gold-embroidered cloth-wrapped Maha Meru stands on a copper base in the foreground. A man in a pink kurta and white dhoti on the right gestures while speaking to a long-haired man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala, who holds the mala in his hands. Beside him stands a bearded man in white kurta with an orange shawl, and another orange-robed devotee stands behind. On the left, an orange-clad man stands near a figure prostrating on the floor. Brass lamps, a kalasha-like offering tray with flowers, and a dark stone deity murti sit on the marble platform.2006-05-24A photograph inside a pink-walled shrine room. In the foreground a tall pillar is wrapped in red fabric with sequins and gold zari border. Centre, a bearded man with long curly hair wears an orange kurta and looks upward beside a dark stone deity murti on a marble pedestal decorated with flowers. To the right, a young man in orange robes wears a rudraksha mala and holds a folded cloth; a steel pot and a plastic bag sit on a ledge. Another orange-robed man stands behind, and a bald man in white kneels with hands folded. A hanging bell and a fan-shaped arched window are visible.Photograph inside a pink-walled temple shrine. A man in orange robes with a saffron shawl and dark swept-back hair reaches toward a tall red sequined cloth draped over a central pillar edged with gold trim. Beside him stand a bearded man with glasses in orange robes and another orange-clad man, and at the front left a man in a pale pink shirt tends a brass tray, lamp and bell. At the right, a seated man in white with hands in anjali sits near a stone shivalingam-like object adorned with flowers, and a brass bell hangs from the upper right. A marble-rimmed basin holds flower petals and garlands at the base, with a banana on the floor. Overhead a ceiling fan turns beneath pink walls.July 01 20082008-07-01Interior of a pink-walled Hindu shrine decorated with marigold garlands hanging from the ceiling and a bell suspended from a chain. A man with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala wears an orange robe and stands at the right with his hands folded at his chest, a person by appearance, though the face is not discernible for identification. Near the doorway, a line of devotees in orange and white clothes, including a woman in orange and a man in a white kurta, move toward the inner sanctum. A pink and gold silk-wrapped pillar stands at the left, and in the foreground a brass puja tray with oil lamp, kalasha, flowers and a small stone murti sits on a low table beside a striped mat.2006-05-24May 24 20062006-05-24A group of saffron-robed sannyasis stands in a whitewashed hall with a tin roof, several with palms pressed together in greeting. One bowing sannyasi in the centre has a shaved head and a draped orange shawl. At the left, a man in white dhoti with a yellow scarf stands near a table of brass items. In the foreground, rows of brass oil lamps and a brass plate with flowers and offerings sit on a red cloth. Behind them a dark board lists names, a red curtain hangs at right, and a carved stone pillar stands at the right edge.2009-10-15A temple courtyard with a corrugated metal roof and orange-painted walls. In the centre, a long-haired man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl with a beaded garland stands facing a draped orange cloth hanging on a pillar and a stone altar decorated with flowers, brass vessels and a kalasha. Behind him, a row of men in orange and white robes stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, some wearing rudraksha malas, while a man in a white dhoti and red shawl stands at left. A red carpet runs across the floor at left. The scene resembles a devotional gathering, with the central figure appearing as a probable Swamiji wearing saffron clothing, a garland and long swept-back hair.2010-10-18 +1 copiesA courtyard scene at an ashram where several saffron-robed sannyasis stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, while one man lies prostrate face-down on the concrete floor in front of them. Behind them, a man in white dhoti and a shawl stands at left beside a row of brass trophies, and a red curtain hangs on a red-painted pillar at right. On the floor in front, rows of small brass oil lamps are arranged on a red cloth, with a brass plate holding red flowers and offerings. A shaved-headed sannyasi in orange at center holds his hands folded. Several onlookers in ordinary clothes stand in the background near a wall with a dark signboard. Oil lamps and prostration suggest a ritual greeting or puja, with no visible deity murti shown.2009-10-15July 21 20102010-07-21