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A photograph of a doorway decorated with white jasmine and red-and-green flower garlands, leading into a home shrine room. Inside, a lit brass oil lamp stands on a table before framed deity pictures and a small ornate shrine with a gold-coloured canopy; flowers and offerings are arranged on the altar. On the left edge, a man in an orange-saffron wrap with a flower garland looks toward the doorway, and a video camera on a tripod is visible at the right edge. The walls are white and the floor is tiled.

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January 21 20102010-01-21A photograph of a man in a saffron-orange robe with long swept-back dark hair and a red bindi, wearing a long white and red flower garland, smiling and walking through an interior doorway. A woman in a white sari with a rudraksha mala and glasses follows beside him, and a man in white dhoti and yellow shawl holds up a video camera. Behind is a wooden wall shelf with small figurines and a framed photo, under a wall lamp. Another saffron-robed person stands at the left edge by the doorway.2010-01-10A photograph of a shaved-headed man in an orange saffron robe and a long white-and-red flower garland kneels before a framed portrait garlanded with marigold-and-white flowers, gesturing toward it with one hand while a brass oil lamp and a brass plate with offerings sit on a white-draped table to the left. Behind him a group of men and boys in white shirts, white dhotis and a red shawl stand watching, one boy holding a red-and-white item, and a man in white holds a small brass bowl. Wall posters of robed sadhus hang on the cream walls, a cameraman in white films at the right, and a striped runner rug covers the floor. A ritual puja setting in an ashram room.2010-02-15A photograph of a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes with a white and red flower garland entering a house through a doorway. He is smiling and walking forward in a white-walled hallway with a tiled floor. Behind him, a woman in a white sari with a red border and a red blouse, along with other people in orange and white clothing, follow through a doorway decorated with a yellow and orange flower garland and hanging ornaments. A small red bindi is visible on his forehead.2010-01-10January 23 20102010-01-23A photograph of an interior doorway in a cream-walled room with a tiled floor. A smiling figure in a full orange-saffron robe with a white and red flower garland stands in the doorway, with a line of other people in orange robes following behind along the hallway. A garland hangs over the doorway and a framed portrait with a white flower garland sits on the wall at right. Swamiji (probable): the central figure has long dark hair, a saffron robe and a flower garland, and is the most prominent person in the scene. He is the central figure in the doorway. A shelf holds small decorative items.2010-01-10A photograph of a doorway decorated with a festoon of yellow, orange and dark green flower garlands and small hanging ornaments. A smiling man with long swept-back hair and orange robes, wearing a white and red flower garland, walks forward through the open wooden door. Behind him stands a second person in orange clothing, and a painted glass door panel with floral and leaf designs is on the left.2010-01-10A photograph of a devotee in an orange sleeveless top with a white and red flower garland draped over her shoulders, facing a home shrine and holding a brass lamp in one hand. The shrine holds silver-toned deity murtis garlanded with white and pink flowers, framed pictures of deities, and a small photo of a person in orange with a saffron head covering, placed on a wooden table with flower offerings, small lamps and brass vessels. Two other people stand behind her on the right, one in white with hands folded in namaskar and a bead mala, the other in orange, and a partially visible person in the foreground wears a dark bead mala. A white wall and window frame the room.2010-01-19A photograph of a home interior decorated with multicoloured tinsel streamers strung along the walls and doorway. A man in a white shirt on the left presses his palms together in greeting while looking toward the hallway. In the centre, a figure in an orange saffron robe with long dark hair and a white jasmine garland with a red flower stands in a doorway, facing away. Another person in orange robes is partly visible at the right edge. Wall shelves hold small framed pictures and a deity image is mounted above the doorway. Rose petals and flower garlands lie on the tiled floor in the foreground.2010-01-20A photograph inside a room decorated with framed portraits on a white wall, draped with yellow and maroon marigold garlands. Framed pictures include a saint in orange robes, a seated figure in white, and a bearded elder, with small offerings and a brass lantern on a shelf below. On the right, a man with shaved head in an orange turban, orange robe and a red and white flower garland stands facing the wall, with a woman in white and a woman in a pink-patterned kurta beside him. Another man in an orange vest stands at the right edge. Several people in white are visible in the background through the doorway.2006-11-24A photograph taken through a doorway into a small home room with white walls. A woman in the right foreground wears a white jasmine garland over her shoulders, a dark red-maroon sari with a gold trim border, gold earrings, and her hair pulled back in a bun, facing left. Beside her a older man with grey hair wears a white shirt and white dhoti and stands before a small altar. The altar holds framed photographs and a deity picture with garlands, a plate with offerings, and an orange cloth draped on the table. A second woman in a white sari with a gold border stands at the right edge. Two people are visible in the scene.2014-06-26A photograph of a figure in a long orange-saffron robe standing in a doorway framed by a garland of white flowers with yellow and red blooms. The figure has long dark hair and stands with hands folded at the waist in a pink-walled room. On the right, a framed portrait with a garland sits on a white-draped altar beside brass lamps and a small brass pot, with a television set mounted on the wall. A multi-frame photo collage hangs on the left wall. The portrait shows a figure in orange and gold clothing wearing a beaded necklace, with a pendant visible. The figure in the doorway has distinctive long swept-back hair and saffron clothing, a compatible presentation, though the appearance is not conclusive.2010-01-10