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November 29 2011

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December 31 20092009-12-31A photograph inside a covered, tent-like passage hung with yellow paper streamers and decorated pillars with red and yellow floral motifs. A long-haired figure in a saffron-orange robe stands centre, extending a hand toward devotees, while a man in white with a yellow shawl holds an orange tray with offerings. Devotees line metal barriers on both sides, many with palms pressed together in namaskar, including women in white and striped shirts. Swamiji (probable): the saffron-robed figure has long swept-back hair and orange clothing, and is positioned as the central honoured presence receiving devotees. Several people line the railing, and the scene reads as a darshan line.2009-12-03Indoor temple hall with a corrugated roof and hanging yellow-green leaf strings. A man in an orange-saffron robe with a long rudraksha-style bead garland walks down a red carpet between metal railings toward a deity murti shrine. Devotees line both sides, many with palms pressed together in namaskar; a woman in a red sari with bangles stands at right, and a woman in white and a girl in pink stand at left. Overhead ceiling fans and a fluorescent light hang above.2011-11-29October 07 20112011-10-07A photograph inside a covered walkway decorated with paper streamers and painted pillars. At centre, a smiling figure with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe and a long multi-coloured flower garland, walking barefoot along a metal-railed path. A bearded man on the left wears an orange robe, a gold necklace and an orange shawl. Beside the centre figure, another person in orange walks. Behind them, women in white saris with yellow and red shawls and men in white dhotis and kurtas follow. An ornate canopy or deity shrine glows at the far end of the hall.2009-12-23January 01 20122012-01-01March 03 20112011-03-03A procession moves down a covered hall with a metal railing and a mat-covered floor. A central figure in saffron-orange robes and a white flower garland walks forward, smiling, with a long-haired companion in orange beside him. Behind them, devotees in white dhotis and yellow shawls carry ornate umbrella-like canopies (chhatras) in red, orange and teal with white bird motifs. Tall decorative pillars wrapped in patterned fabric line the hall, and framed portraits hang on the left wall.2009-11-19December 31 20092009-12-31November 11 20112011-11-11A photograph of a long covered walkway with a red carpet, lined on the left by a metal railing and devotees with palms pressed together in namaste. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron dhoti, a bare upper body with a shawl draped over the shoulder and a garland of beads or flowers, walks forward smiling with hands folded in greeting. Several women in white, cream and saffron-toned clothes stand along the rail, some in sarees, with hands raised in prayer. Yellow paper streamers hang from the ceiling frame. A figure in the foreground on the right is partly visible in light striped cloth. The scene suggests a darshan or greeting procession. a person appears as the walking man in orange with long hair, mala and gold-toned armlets.2011-11-29March 03 20112011-03-03