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October 29 20162016-10-29October 29 20162016-10-29June 08 20172017-06-08Night-time temple ritual photograph. A man with long dark hair and a bare chest, wearing a red-orange dhoti with heavy gold waist belt and gold necklace and armlets, lifts a long garland of yellow and white flowers with red ribbon-like bands above a brass tray. To the left, a foreground devotee in the foreground holds palms together in namaskar, and a seated person in white with a tilak and gold necklace kneels behind a bundle of leaves. Another figure in red-orange clothing stands in the background, and a partially visible man in the far left foreground is bare-shouldered.2017-09-21September 21 20172017-09-21July 18 20162016-07-18December 23 20162016-12-23A seated man with long dark hair wrapped in a high bun, wearing a rust-brown robe, a red-beaded mala and layered gold necklaces and armlets, sits on a red velvet throne cushioned with a zebra-striped cloth. Behind him stands a backdrop of marigold and rose garlands. A priest in a white dhoti with gold borders and a shawl bends forward toward him, offering something in a silver dish; the gold wall behind holds carved figures. Swamiji (probable): the seated man's long swept-back hair, rudraksha-style red mala, ornate gold necklaces and saffron-toned robe are cues for the Swamiji candidate, who is receiving an offering in a temple-style puja setting.2016-07-19April 06 20172017-04-06A seated man in a rust-brown dhoti-style garment and a shawl wrap sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne, wearing long white and red flower garlands, a heavy gold necklace, gold armbands and bangles, and dark rudraksha-style beads. His long dark hair falls past his shoulders and he wears a red tilak. He leans forward and applies a thread or ritual mark to the head of a kneeling man in white dhoti with a yellow marigold garland, who bows forward with his hair parted. A woman in an orange and pink sari stands behind, holding a small object, and a brass kalasha-style lamp stand rises at right beside the throne. Photo of a seated initiation-style ceremony in an open courtyard. The seated figure has distinctive long swept-back hair, rudraksha beads and ceremonial gold ornaments on a throne, qualifying appearance cues.2016-10-26A seated man in a rust-brown ceremonial robe and long swept-back dark hair sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions, wearing layered white and yellow-orange garlands, rudraksha beads and gold necklaces with gold armbands. He reaches forward to apply a mark to the forehead of a bare-chested young man in white dhoti with a yellow marigold garland, who bows before him. A golden trident stands in the background beside a gold kalasha-style finial, with a white car and flowering shrubs outside. Another person in white is partly visible at the right edge. a person is the seated figure, shown in a ritual darshan with a devotee receiving tilak; the setting is an open pavilion.2016-10-26A seated man with long dark hair, a trimmed beard and a red bindi is smiling broadly while covered in heavy garlands of white jasmine, red roses, yellow marigolds and round green-yellow beads. Behind him a gilded ornate throne with carved golden panels stands against a deep red curtain. A man in a white shirt and dhoti pours or offers liquid from a small vessel toward him, while a bare-backed priest in white dhoti with gold borders and a sacred thread stands at left with his arm banded in metal. A woman in a green sari with gold border stands at the right edge. Setting suggests a ceremonial abhishekam-style ritual on stage.2016-10-10