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February 05 2010

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A standing man in a full-length orange-saffron robe stands in a living room beside a red sofa with orange and red cushions. Two framed black-and-white temple sketches hang on the cream wall, one with a glowing lamp fixture above it. A dark wooden column and a low dark coffee table are visible at left, and a young boy in a grey shirt sits at the right edge. The man has long dark hair falling past his shoulders and wears a saffron wrap over a sleeveless robe; his identity is not established by appearance alone.

A photograph inside a small room with a green-tiled floor and cream walls covered in many gold-framed devotional prints and paintings of deities. In the centre, a woman in an orange sari with a white flower garland stands with her hands near her chest, facing the wall. Beside her, a figure with long dark hair wears a white kurta with an orange shawl and stands with his back to the camera. At left, a man in a pink shirt and white dhoti stands with palms pressed together beside a flaming oil lamp, and another person's hand holds a lamp near the edge of the frame. Brass lamps and small offerings sit on a low stand in the foreground.

A seated person with long, dark, wavy hair wears a loose orange-saffron garment and faces a white wall hung with several framed colour photographs of South Indian temple gopurams and a temple tank at dusk. A small printed caption card sits beside the rightmost photo. Wooden table with glasses and red-cushioned chairs in the foreground. The figure's appearance is consistent with the page's reference but not clearly distinctive enough to confirm, and only the back of the head is visible.

A seated group in a warmly lit living room with cream walls, beige curtains, and three framed landscape prints above a sofa. A man with long dark hair in an orange-saffron robe with a rudraksha mala sits on a brown sofa with a lilac cushion, leaning forward in conversation. Beside him a shaven-headed monk in orange robes sits on a low wooden table area. A man in white kurta and dhoti gestures with an open hand toward the sofa, a brass plate on the armrest. A woman in a yellow and orange patterned sari sits at the left edge. A man in a checked shirt and white trousers holds an open book at right. Oranges and flowers rest on a side table.

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A seated man in an orange-saffron robe with long dark hair sits on a white-covered sofa in a room with a large waterfall photograph on the wall. Red and white flower garlands lie across his lap, and he gestures with one hand while smiling. Beside him, a bald older man in the foreground is partly visible, and a man in white shirt and dhoti stands at right holding papers. A low wooden table holds a newspaper and a small framed booklet.

January 28 2010

A photograph of a sitting room with a white tiled wall, blue curtains and a large framed blue-and-red abstract painting. Four men in saffron-orange robes are present. Two elderly men recline on a dark blue sofa at left, one with a short-cropped head and glasses, the other wearing an orange head wrap. A younger man in orange sits on a tan leather couch, and a bearded man in orange and white stands at right near a gold pedestal. A white-draped low table holds stacks of books and brochures. The scene is an informal visit among sannyasis. a person is not clearly identifiable from appearance, so no candidate is named.

Indoor photo in a seating room with wood-panelled walls and a checkered cushioned bench. Two men in saffron-orange robes sit on the bench; the man on the left wears an orange turban and extends his right arm toward a large framed black-and-white photograph on the wall of several men in white dhotis and sadhu-style robes walking together. The seated man on the right wears an orange turban, a long rudraksha mala and orange robes, and looks toward the framed picture. Two standing men in orange robes stand at the right edge. On the low table in front are a silver container and two small metal cups, and a black book lies on the left. A depiction of a person candidate is not clearly identifiable from appearance alone, so the identity is unsure.

A photograph of an indoor shrine room with white walls. A person with long dark hair, wearing an orange sleeveless top, an orange dhoti-style wrap and a marigold garland, holds a lit oil lamp aloft in one hand while a small brass bell is in the other. Beside them, a second person in orange robes with a shawl stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Framed devotional paintings of deities hang on the wall, with yellow marigold garlands draped over the frames. On a dark stone altar are brass trays of fruit, a pink flower heap, a brass kalasha-style pot, a brass lamp and a framed portrait of a seated figure with a flower garland. The scene reads as puja and aarti.