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November 25 20092009-11-25November 25 20092009-11-25Outdoor ritual photo at a temple courtyard under a yellow and red canopy. A man in white kurta and dhoti with a black rudraksha-style mala holds a brass aarti plate with a lit oil lamp, while a woman in a teal sari with gold border bends forward to receive it. A young man in an orange robe with red and white flower garlands sits with hands folded in prayer on the left. Women in peach and pink sarees, and men in plaid shirts and white clothes stand with palms joined around them. Red rose petals and a silver deity figure or kalasha-like object sit on the ground in front, with a basket of petals and a blue plastic bag nearby. Temple structures with gopuram-style roofs and greenery appear behind.2009-11-25November 25 20092009-11-25Outdoor temple ceremony under a canopy at a shrine complex with colourful gopuram-style structures and green gardens behind. A woman in an orange saree with a red garland and flower-decorated hair kneels with folded hands in prayer. Beside her a woman in a peach salwar kameez and another in a teal saree stand with hands together. A man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala bends over a brass tray of offerings, while a basket of red rose petals sits on the ground. Several men in white and light shirts stand around, one wearing an orange shawl.2009-11-25July 15 20112011-07-15Padapuja ritual under a white tent with floral decorations. A seated figure in saffron robes and an orange turban, wearing a long gold-beaded necklace and a white dhoti-style garment, has feet being washed by a man in white shirt and white dhoti who pours from a small vessel over the feet onto a gold plate. Behind them a devotee in an orange robe bows toward a decorated gold-framed backdrop with red, purple and white garlands. A woman in a red and gold sari and a man in orange kneel or stand nearby holding brass trays with flowers and offerings, and a few other devotees in white stand behind. Marigold and rose petals lie on the plates.2011-07-15Photograph of a padapuja-style devotional scene. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes with a matching saffron turban and layered gold and rudraksha necklaces sits on a gold-trimmed throne decorated with garlands of red, pink, white and yellow flowers. A man in orange robes and gold chain stands behind him, and several devotees, including a woman in orange and a woman in a patterned gold sari, reach toward the seated figure's hands and feet.2011-07-15August 25 20172017-08-25Outdoor ritual satsang at an ashram with palm trees behind. A man seated on a red-cushioned golden throne wears a leopard-print headband, a dark maroon wrap, and a large white, yellow and pink garland, holding a tall silver ritual staff upright. A man in a red-orange turban and a white-clad man stand near him, and a bare-chested man kneels in front with palms joined. Behind them, many people in orange and saffron clothing sit on striped mats, some with hands folded, facing a red and gold temple structure draped with yellow flower garlands.2017-08-25 +1 copiesJuly 17 20082008-07-17December 13 20112011-12-13