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A photograph of a small, plain room with pale walls and a wooden side table holding a brass oil lamp, a small framed deity picture garlanded with flowers, brass vessels and other ritual items. A man with long swept-back dark hair, bare-chested under an orange saffron wrap edged with gold trim, stands at the table holding a brass bell in one hand and a lit lamp or incense-like object in the other, performing a puja. Behind him a man in white and a woman in a white sari with a dark beaded necklace watch with folded hands; a third person in orange clothing with palms pressed together stands at the right edge. Thin smoke rises near the wall. The distinctive long hair, orange wrap and ritual bell offer compatible cues for the page's identified figure, so the probable label applies to the bell-ringing man.

A photograph inside a plain whitewashed hall with a tin roof, lit by a window and a ventilation grille. In the foreground a man with long dark hair and an orange-red garment that bares one shoulder holds a brass bell and a lit oil lamp, looking upward toward the right. Behind him a woman in a white sari with a yellow border stands with palms pressed together in prayer, and another woman in white stands near a red curtain with hands folded. A small television, a patterned cloth-covered table, a metal box and a brass plate sit near the wall, and a red curtained window is at right. The scene reads as a ritual aarti with bell and lamp.

A man in saffron-orange robes performs aarti with a brass oil lamp flame in a small room with lavender walls and a barred window on the left. He holds a small brass bell in his other hand. Before him on a white-draped table stand fruit, flower offerings, brass lamps and a microphone. To the right, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" is garlanded with yellow and orange marigolds and red flowers. Scattered petals lie on the floor and a saffron banner hangs at the top right.

A photograph inside a small whitewashed room where a man in a sleeveless saffron-orange robe and a white-and-red flower garland lights an oil lamp with a long taper at a green-topped altar. Brass lamps with flames stand on the altar, along with a heap of bananas, marigold-like white flowers and a small framed picture. To the left, a second person in orange robes stands with hands folded in namaste beside a barred window. Garlands hang on a framed image in the upper right. The scene suggests a puja at a shrine.

Indoor photo of a ritual in a plain white-walled room with an arched doorway. A man in an orange turban and orange robe, with a long garland of white and red flowers and a rudraksha mala, holds a silver bell in one hand and a brass oil lamp with a lit flame in the other, offering arati. Two young people in red and cream traditional clothing stand with palms pressed together in namaste. Other devotees in orange and white stand nearby, and a red and pink flower decoration hangs on the wall. The image shows a lamp-waving ceremony.

A man in saffron-orange robes wearing a white garland of flowers stands before a plain grey wall beside a barred window, holding a lit brass oil lamp in one hand and a brass hand bell in the other. He has white sacred ash marks on his forehead and his hair is tied back. Smoke rises from the bell area as he performs a lamp ritual.

Two sannyasis in orange and red robes stand at a shrine room, facing an ornate wooden throne-like seat draped in a blue and gold cloth. A framed portrait on the throne shows a man in saffron robes with a beaded necklace, one hand raised in blessing, seated in a meditative pose. Garlands of marigolds and a brass oil lamp sit before the seat, with a small offering table of brass vessels and flowers in front. The man on the right, in a red sleeveless top over an orange wrap, holds a lit oil lamp for worship. Brass lamps stand beside the throne, and a white and gold cloth covers a box on the floor. The floor is decorated with a colourful rangoli design.

A photograph inside a home or hall with a pale blue wall and framed picture at top right. A man with long dark curly hair, wearing an orange sleeveless robe with an orange shawl, lights a brass oil lamp (kuthuvilakku) with a yellow lighted stick. The brass lamp has a bird-shaped top and sits on white and pink flower petals and a white flower garland. To the right, a young person in orange robes with hands folded in namaste stands beside it. Behind them, a man in a white shirt and a man in a pink shirt watch, and two women on the left, one in a white sari with a gold border and the other in orange, stand with hands folded.

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A photograph of a sannyasi in an orange-red sleeveless top and orange wrap-skirt with an orange shawl stands at left, holding a small lit lamp or aarti flame toward a framed devotional picture hung on a white wall. The framed image, edged in blue with a white arch, is garlanded with white jasmine strands and marigold and red flowers. Below it stands a low wooden table with a brass plate of fruit, red kumkum-decorated offerings, a cut sugarcane-like stalk, a bowl and small brass vessels, and a white cloth. A woman in an yellow-orange sari stands partly visible at the left edge. Red-painted floor and green-framed windows complete the room.

Indoor photo of a small whitewashed room with a red-brown floor. A standing devotee in an orange-red garment with a white flower garland performs an aarti, holding a lit brass oil lamp over a white-cloth table set with brass bowls, a kalasha-style vessel, flowers and offerings. Behind the table, a framed portrait with a garland shows a figure in orange robes with long dark hair and a red bead necklace, draped with a magenta cloth. Two women with folded hands stand to the side: one in a pale yellow sari, one in grey; a man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl stands at left with palms joined in namaskar. Orange and red flowers decorate the wall.

Indoor photograph in a plain white-walled room with an arched doorway and a kitchen area at left. A man in an orange turban, orange robe and a multicoloured flower garland with a rudraksha mala holds up a lit oil lamp with his right hand, pointing toward a wall. A woman in an orange sari bends to light a small lamp near the wall. Behind them a man in white dhoti and shirt holds a bell, while on the right an older woman in a blue sari and a man in white with folded hands watch, and a woman in blue carries a child. The man in orange has distinctive long hair and rudraksha cues, so he is a probable Swamiji candidate in an appearance-based label. Smoke rises near the wall.

A man in an orange saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and bare-chested, wearing a rudraksha mala, raises a silver aarti lamp with a flame in his right hand. He looks up toward the flame. Behind him, a pink hall with maroon curtains and framed posters on the walls, with several people seated on the floor and chairs in the background. The scene suggests an aarti ritual during a satsang gathering.