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A seated man with long dark hair and a red bindi wears a white dhoti-style garment with gold border and a heavy gold necklace, sitting on an ornate gold throne decorated with a dense garland of yellow, orange, red, purple and white flowers. A trident is mounted on the gold backrest above him. An elderly man in white shirt and white dhoti, wearing glasses, bends forward with palms pressed together and touches the seated man's arm in respect. A woman in a white sari with blue embroidered border bows low at the throne's side, and a man in white is partly visible at lower right. Yellow and white flower garlands cover the throne base and surrounding floor. Behind the throne, gold and purple decorative panels frame the scene.

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January 01 20122012-01-01A seated figure on an ornate gold throne draped in red and white cloth, decorated with rainbow-coloured garlands of marigold and rose. The seated person wears a white and gold-bordered dhoti-style garment, a long gold chain with a multicoloured cloth-and-bead garland, a red bindi, and a red-and-pink floral garland, and smiles while holding a small book. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti bows low before the throne, and a woman in a gold-bordered sari with glasses bends forward beside him. Large white and silver ornamental fans with red and green accents frame the stage.2009-01-01July 11 20062006-07-11Devotees in orange robes honour a seated figure on a golden throne decorated with flower garlands in red, yellow, purple and white. The central figure wears long dark swept-back hair, a gold necklace and mala-style beads, and a white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth, and is smiling with bare feet on the throne. An older devotee in white clothes bends forward to touch the figure's feet while a man in orange with a sash bows at the right. A golden trident and ornate golden canopy stand behind. The figure is the Swamiji (probable), seated on the throne with long hair and a gold necklace, as the sacred seat of a guru receiving devotees.2010-01-01A seated man in an orange robe and a white mala garland sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions in front of a decorated temple altar. Marigold and white jasmine garlands drape the altar and pillars, and a deity murti stands behind him. A kneeling man in white dhoti with bare upper body bows his head to the seated man's feet while a woman in a cream and gold sari with a shawl kneels with folded hands. A younger man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits to the left holding a plate of yellow flowers. The seated man is smiling, and the scene appears to be a devotional honouring, but the seated man's appearance gives only partial cues for identifying him.2009-12-26A padapuja ceremony on a decorated stage with a red carpet. A smiling person with long dark hair, wearing a white and gold-bordered dhoti with a gold necklace, sits on a flower-garlanded golden throne (peetha). Two devotees in white bow and wash the seated person's feet from a gold-rimmed basin in front. A devotee in an orange robe stands at left holding a silver tray with fruit and a trident-topped staff nearby. A bald man in orange with a rudraksha mala stands at right beside a person in white, and silver oil lamps and a yellow flower backdrop frame the scene. Four or more people are visible.2010-01-01January 01 20092009-01-01A man seated on an ornate carved wooden throne with white cushions, draped in white garlands and red-and-white flower strands, smiles broadly while resting one hand on a carved lion-form armrest. He wears a cream-gold embroidered kurta with a maroon shawl and a red tilak. Behind him hang white jasmine garlands and a colourful decorated backdrop. To the right, women in white saris with gold borders stand with hands folded in reverence. In the foreground a devotee in white clothes with an orange cloth kneels in prostration, head bowed, on a white sheet scattered with yellow and marigold petals.2008-11-12A seated figure on a gold-and-white throne receives honour on a stage decorated with white, yellow and red flower garlands. The central figure wears a white dhoti with gold border, a gold-coloured shawl, and a long gold-bead necklace, and smiles broadly while a white-haired man in white kurta bends forward to touch his feet. To the right, an older woman in a white sari with embroidered blue birds bows with hands folded. Garlands drape over the throne, and attendants in saffron-orange robes stand at both sides, one holding a gold ceremonial staff, another a rudraksha-style bead necklace. The seated figure's presentation shows long swept-back hair, a shawl and gold ornamentation, a probable match to a person, though the face is not visible enough to confirm the identity.2010-01-01A photograph of a ceremonial scene on a raised dais before an ornate gold throne-style seat with red cushions and a floral backdrop of white flowers and red-orange lotus-like designs. A man in white garments and a cream turban, wearing garlands of red and orange flowers and a gold chain, sits on the throne smiling and holding flowers in his hands. A person in white clothes with a red-bordered cloth is prostrating face-down before him on the red cushioned platform, and a long-haired man in white with a rudraksha mala stands at the left bowing over a tray. A woman in white with a gold border stands at the right edge. The setting suggests a darshan or honouring ceremony.2009-06-22July 07 20092009-07-07A photograph of a festive stage decorated with garlands of red, yellow, white and purple flowers around an ornate gold throne. A young man with long dark hair, a red bindi, gold necklaces and a white shawl with gold border sits on the red-cushioned throne, smiling, with bare feet on a red footstool. A woman in a white embroidered salwar kameez and a woman in a yellow saree with folded hands stand beside him, with a man in white kurta and rudraksha mala at right, all in namaskar greeting. An orange-robed attendant at left holds a small red object. A white tent canopy is overhead.2009-01-01