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August 29 2014

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A man seated on an ornate gold-and-cream throne with a carved golden lion-head armrest and a tiger-striped cushion. He wears a red-maroon dhoti and matching shawl with gold borders, a long gold-bead necklace, gold armband and wrist beads, and a white forehead mark. His hands are clasped in his lap. Behind him hang brass oil lamps and a brass bell on chains. A man in a red turban sits behind him, and in the lower right a man in white ritual cloth with a red shawl and rudraksha mala tends silver trays holding flowers. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair, ceremonial gold necklace and saffron-red clothing on a throne.2014-08-29May 27 20132013-05-27A seated man in a rust-orange and gold-bordered robe with a rudraksha mala and gold bangles sits on an ornate gilded throne with a carved lion-face armrest and tiger-striped cushion. Behind him are gold-framed decorations and hanging brass bells and oil lamps against a black wall. Three women in white and red clothing kneel on the floor before brass thalis holding flowers, fruit and small oil lamps. A white wall air conditioner is visible on the right. a person: the seated man wears a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold ornaments on a gilded throne, the presiding figure of the scene.2013-09-03April 01 20132013-04-01May 30 20172017-05-30October 19 20132013-10-19A man with long dark hair tied back sits on an ornate gold throne carved with lion figures, draped in an orange and gold robe with a rudraksha mala and bangle armband. Brass hanging bells and oil lamps are suspended above him, and a golden lamp sits beside the throne. Before him on the floor are silver plates of flowers, fruit and offerings. Three people sit nearby: a man in white with hands folded in namaskar, a woman in white with a white shawl and rudraksha beads, and a bald man in a red shawl also with palms pressed together.2013-09-14August 20 20142014-08-20A seated man in a golden ornate throne with a carved lion-head armrest and a tiger-striped cloth draped over the seat, wearing orange-red robes, a yellow waist cloth, a white-flowered garland and a white vertical forehead mark. He sits in a dark shrine room lit by hanging brass oil lamps and a brass bell, with a white-clad priest in an orange shawl with white forehead marks seated at the lower left beside a tray of offerings. Brass lamps hang on chains around the throne and a row of small lamps lines the dark wall.2014-08-24A photograph inside a dark-walled shrine room shows a man seated on an ornate gold throne with a tiger-striped cushion, wearing an orange-saffron robe, a white and red flower garland, a gold necklace and a gold armband, his feet resting on a golden footstool. Before him a gold tray holds silver plates of flowers, petals and lit oil lamps. Around the tray, devotees in white and red shawls and sandalwood tilak sit with palms joined in prayer; an elderly man in white with a red shawl presses his hands together, a woman in yellow holds a plate, and brass bells and lamps hang above. A wall air conditioner is visible. The seated figure is an appearance-based probable candidate for a person, with flower garland, saffron robe and gold adornment on a throne, in the role of a seated teacher receiving pada puja offerings.2013-05-27A photograph of a padapuja-style ritual in a dark-walled room. A long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes, rudraksha and pearl malas, a white forehead mark and pearl bracelets sits on an ornate gold throne with a lion-carved base and a white-and-black striped cloth on the seat, his bare feet resting on a silver tray of flower petals and offerings. Seated to his right, a man in white dhoti and shawl with glasses and an orange lanyard keeps his hands folded. Two more attendants kneel at the foot of the throne: a figure in pink with a white forehead mark and a man in white with a white tilak and orange lanyard, tending brass and silver bowls, fruit, flowers and coconut. A brass oil lamp and bell hang nearby, and a studio light and draped curtain are visible at the right. The orange-robed figure is a probable Swamiji candidate by the cues of long swept-back hair, rudraksha and pearl malas, and pearl adornments, shown seated on the throne and receiving the puja.2013-03-16A photograph of a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a red-orange shawl seated on an ornate golden throne with orange cushions and a zebra-striped cloth. He wears a rudraksha mala and layered gold necklaces with white tilak marks on his forehead, and his feet rest on a tray of flowers. Opposite him, a bearded man in orange kurta sits with palms pressed together in namaste. Two women in orange saris with white tilak and beaded necklaces sit behind brass thalis of flowers, bowls and offerings. Hanging brass bells and a brass lamp are above, and orange and red drapes frame the right side.2013-04-01