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January 14 20182018-01-14A photograph of a puja ceremony seated on the ground. In the centre, a shaven-headed man in orange robes with rudraksha malas and beaded armlets sits before a flower-covered platform decorated with yellow and white garlands, red roses and small metal deity figures. He holds an incense stick above a brass tray holding oil lamps, brass bowls, a small kettle and a lit wick. Bananas, red and yellow flowers and leaves lie on a striped cloth in the foreground. Behind him, another orange-clad sannyasi sits with folded hands. On the right, a woman in orange robes with a beaded necklace and a white ornament in her hair sits with a bowl. Smoke rises from the incense on the flower platform.2018-01-14January 10 20172017-01-10 +1 copiesA homa being performed at a brick-lined fire pit decorated with yellow and red flower petals. A shaven-headed man in saffron robes and a multi-strand rudraksha-style bead necklace with a gold pendant feeds the flames with a ladle-like vessel, smoke rising around him. Beside him, a younger man in white clothing with a yellow shawl sits on the floor among brass pots, a kalasha-style vessel, bowls and trays. Behind, brass lamps stand near a pink and green cloth with garlands, and a brass plate holds offerings. The setting is a tiled ritual space with a pale floor.2009-09-22April 19 20152015-04-19A photograph of a ritual scene in which a bare-chested man with long dreadlocks and a full beard, wearing a thick garland of yellow and white flowers with red blossoms, sits and reaches toward a silver tray of white powder held by a woman in a cream sari with gold border. Behind him, women in orange and red saris, one wearing a rudraksha mala and gold necklaces, look on. A silver lion-shaped figure and a leopard-print cloth lie in the foreground, with a silver ceremonial pole at right. A child is visible at lower right. Several people are visible, including partially visible figures at the edges.2018-02-13A seated figure in an orange-red turban and matching rust-orange garment sits on a red throne with a gold lion-head armrest, wearing a thick red and white flower garland with green limes, gold bangles and a gold waist sash. The figure smiles and extends a hand to a bowl of bananas and fruit on a silver tray held by a bald, bearded man in peach-coloured clothing who kneels before the throne. A woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha mala stands behind, and a woman with hair tied back kneels at the right edge. Garlands of marigolds and roses drape the background, with a brass lamp at right. Readable copyright and source text overlays the lower right. Appearance-based cues on the seated figure are a turban, garlanded throne and ornamental gold, consistent with a person receiving offerings from a devotee.2014-12-05 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual at an indoor satsang setting. A man in an orange turban, orange dhoti and a long garland of white jasmine and red and orange flowers sits on a wooden seat, reaching toward a small potted plant set among rocks on green mat. Next to him a man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala hands over a yellow banana, while a woman in a cream sari with a rudraksha garland kneels beside him. A tray of bananas, rudraksha beads and gold bangles sits in front. Other devotees in cream and red garments stand in the background. Appearance-based candidate for Swamiji (probable), seated in orange robes and turban with flower garland.2015-04-19April 29 20162016-04-29October 23 20152015-10-23January 12 20152015-01-12February 08 20152015-02-08 +1 copies