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A photograph inside a home or hall with a pale blue wall and framed picture at top right. A man with long dark curly hair, wearing an orange sleeveless robe with an orange shawl, lights a brass oil lamp (kuthuvilakku) with a yellow lighted stick. The brass lamp has a bird-shaped top and sits on white and pink flower petals and a white flower garland. To the right, a young person in orange robes with hands folded in namaste stands beside it. Behind them, a man in a white shirt and a man in a pink shirt watch, and two women on the left, one in a white sari with a gold border and the other in orange, stand with hands folded.

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January 11 20102010-01-11A photograph of an indoor room with a plain white wall at right and a framed picture on the upper right. In the centre, a man with long, swept-back dark hair and an orange garment draped over one shoulder holds a yellow taper to light a brass oil lamp with a swan-shaped top and a white flower garland on its stand. Beside him, a younger man in an orange robe with a maroon waistband stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind them, a man in a white shirt and a pink shirt with grey trousers presses his palms together, and a woman in a green blouse and orange sari stands at the left edge with hands joined. The scene suggests a lamp-lighting ritual.2010-01-11 +1 copiesJanuary 11 20102010-01-11 +1 copiesJanuary 11 20102010-01-11 +1 copiesJanuary 11 20102010-01-11Indoor photo in a college hall corridor. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti lights a brass lamp shaped like a swan, decorated with a white flower garland, using a yellow candle. Beside him a young man with long swept-back hair and a saffron robe with his hands folded in namaskar stands at the lamp, while a tall figure in a sleeveless orange robe with long dark hair walks past in the foreground. Behind them a woman in a red-orange sari with a gold border stands with hands joined, and several men in white and pink shirts watch. Framed pictures with flower garlands hang on the wall at top right. Probable Swamiji (probable) appears as the young man with long swept-back hair and saffron robe lighting the lamp, with the lamp and namaskar as visible cues.2010-01-11 +1 copiesJanuary 11 20102010-01-11 +1 copiesDecember 01 20092009-12-01 +1 copiesIndoor photo of a ritual aarti in a white-walled room with a doorway behind. A figure in an orange sleeveless top, orange dhoti and tall orange turban with a white and red flower garland faces away from the camera, holding a brass aarti lamp with a flame toward a woman. A young man in orange robes stands beside him, and a woman in cream sari with orange border holds a brass plate and a small rudraksha-style necklace. A woman in an orange-bordered cream sari bends forward with folded hands. A man in white shirt and white dhoti stands at left, and a photographer with a camera stands in the doorway behind. Petals lie on the floor, and a framed picture with flower garlands sits at lower right.2008-07-28A photograph inside a plain white-walled room during a home visit. In the centre, a woman with long dark hair, wearing a white flower garland and an orange sleeveless garment, stands before a framed devotional picture of a deity with white flower garlands and holds a lit flame toward a small shrine or offering spot. In the foreground right, a figure with long dark hair wears a saffron-yellow shawl with pink borders and is seen from behind. A man in white stands at left, and a boy with his palms pressed together stands at the doorway at right, looking toward a room with green leaves hanging above the door. Visible people number about four, with additional partial figures in the doorway area.2010-02-17Indoor photograph in a white-walled room with an arched doorway. A central figure in saffron-orange robes and a tall orange turban wears a white and red flower garland and holds a lit oil lamp over a tray of flower petals, as if performing aarti. Beside him, a man in orange holds a small kalasha-style pot with leaves on a tray, and a man kneeling at left in orange pours or offers from a vessel. A woman in orange sari with folded hands and men in white shirts and white dhotis stand nearby, one person in the background raising a camera. The central figure has long hair and a visible rudraksha-style mala, with distinctive saffron clothing and turban cues.2008-07-28July 27 20082008-07-27