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November 09 20072007-11-09Night outdoor ritual photo. A man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, bare-chested with a rudraksha-style necklace, stands on the left holding a lit flame toward a deity murti on a golden peetha. The murti is draped in a leopard-print cloth, adorned with garlands of white and orange flowers and a jeweled crown. Above it hangs a large umbrella-like canopy of yellow, red, green and purple fabric with fringe. A man in white clothes with a pink-striped cloth stands beside the canopy holding its pole. On the right, shaved-headed devotees in white and saffron sit with hands folded in namaskar, and a couple of standing attendants in white stand behind. Stone snake-form pillars sit in the background. Shows a pratyaksha paada pooja and procession setting.2010-11-20A photograph of a Krishna Janmashtami style gathering indoors. A man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl and glasses leans forward, holding white offering in his cupped hands toward a seated figure. The seated figure wears a white turban with gold trim, a pale green embroidered silk garment, and long dark hair, and is seated behind a low table with yellow and pink flowers in a vase. Behind them, a bald priest in white with an orange shawl holds a terracotta pot containing white material. Several men in white and orange or yellow shawls stand behind, some with tilak marks on their foreheads. A portrait of the seated figure is not shown; the scene is a live ritual exchange.2010-09-02May 06 20162016-05-06October 14 20122012-10-14December 05 20142014-12-05A barefoot man in a saffron-orange robe and red undergarment stands on a pink-petal-strewn stone platform, holding a silver oil lamp (aarti) with a flame in one hand and a silver bell in the other. A long garland of white, red, purple and green flowers hangs to his waist, with rudraksha malas around his neck. To the left, a shaven-headed priest in orange robes and a gold ornate necklace watches. Behind them a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis, one wearing a 'Volunteer' lanyard badge and a rudraksha mala, looks on. A brass plate of rose petals and a small ritual tray with silver vessels sit to the right. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair, orange robe and flower garland performing the aarti, in a Bidadi temple ritual setting.2009-07-08 +1 copiesMarch 23 20082008-03-23A crowded indoor hall at an ashram event. A man in a long-sleeved white shirt with long swept-back hair and an orange sleeveless top with a white bead necklace sits on a white cushioned seat, reaching toward a woman in a grey-white sari who holds papers. Beside him a bald man in orange and a younger man in orange robes stand near a table with brass items, small boxes and a red cloth. Several men in striped and blue shirts and a woman with a braid in a yellow top stand around them, and a red curtain and a patterned banner hang in the background. a person: the seated man in orange with long swept-back hair and white bead necklace, seated as the focus of the blessing line.2008-03-27A woman in white clothes with a turquoise scarf stands before a golden ornate throne, handing a small item to a seated figure in orange robes with long dark hair. The seated figure sits on a cushioned golden seat decorated with carved gold lion figures and a red cushion. Gold trays with rose petals and offerings lie in front. Nearby, a man in a white shirt stands at left, a man in white dhoti bends in the middle, and other people in white and orange stand in a hall with red velvet drapes and a corrugated ceiling. a person: the seated figure wears saffron robes and long swept-back hair, consistent with the page's description of the event.2009-12-20November 19 20052005-11-19Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha Samrajyam