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A photograph of a doorway at a home, framed by wooden double doors and decorated with flower garlands and marigold strings. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron shawl and orange dhoti and a white-and-red flower garland, stands in the entrance smiling while placing his hand on the head of a man in a white shirt and white dhoti who holds a small child in blue. A younger man in orange robes stands at the left door, and women in white and purple saris are visible behind. The tiled floor has a decorative kolam design at the threshold.

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A doorway into a bright interior with polished wooden doors on either side. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a long white and multicolour flower garland walks forward, a devotee's hand extended toward him. Behind him, another monk in orange stands near a seated attendant. To the right, a man in white shirt and dhoti with a dark bead mala around his neck walks past, and a man in white dhoti and shawl holds a tray of offerings. Several people in white ritual dress stand in the background hallway.2010-01-21A photograph taken at a doorway of a plain white-walled room with a brown wooden door. A young man in a saffron-orange robe stands on a patterned rug at the threshold, wearing a red-and-orange flower garland and a gold-toned beaded mala around his neck, with his hands at his sides. Two women in white saris with gold borders stand on the left with palms pressed together in namaste, and two women in white saris stand on the right, also with hands joined. Behind the robed figure, another man in white and a person in orange are visible inside the room, which has a window with a grille. Five women and men are physically present in the scene.2010-01-22A photograph of a doorway decorated with marigold and white flower garlands on tall black metal gates. Two monastic figures in saffron-orange robes stand on the threshold; the figure at centre wears a long orange garland of white flowers and an orange garment, and the figure at left wears an orange robe and shawl. A man in a white shirt and white trousers bends forward to take the hand of a small child in dark clothes. Behind them a woman in a purple sari holds a brass plate, with other women and children in the background. The floor has a colourful rangoli design at the entrance.2010-01-19A photograph of a wooden doorway with carved floral panels opening into a bright room. A figure in a saffron-orange robe stands on a red mat at the threshold, wearing a long multicolour garland of yellow and magenta flowers and a gold chain necklace, with long swept-back dark hair. Behind him, a man in white shirt and white dhoti smiles and holds a phone, and a boy in a blue shirt reaches toward the robe. A woman in an orange sari holds a brass lamp at right, and another man in white stands in the background near a red wall box. a person, a sannyasi in saffron garments with flower garland and gold necklace, is welcomed at the entrance of a devotee's home.2010-01-09A photograph inside a home shrine room with a painted ganesha relief and garlanded wall decor. A long-haired man in a saffron-orange sleeveless robe with a draped orange wrap smiles and extends a white and red flower garland toward a bald older man in white who bends his head to receive it. Behind them a man in a yellow-trimmed white shawl stands near shelves of brass deities and yellow marigolds. On the right a woman in a white floral sari with a long braid and flower garland in her hair holds a baby, beside another woman in pink-dotted white clothing. A child in a green shirt is at lower centre and a red apple is visible at lower left.2010-02-15A man in a saffron-orange robe with a long white and yellow flower garland, with red and green accents, stands in a doorway decorated with mango leaves and marigold strings. He has long dark hair swept back and wears a red bindi on his forehead, and a small boy in a green shirt holds his hand beside him. Behind them, people in white and orange clothes move through a garlanded entrance into a room with a wooden cabinet on the right. The scene reads as a welcome at a house visit. a person: the saffron robe, long swept-back hair and flower garland match the page's description of the visit, but his appearance is only partially clear.2010-02-15July 27 20082008-07-27A photograph taken through an open doorway of a decorated room with orange walls, a wall clock and floral strings hung overhead. A man in an orange-red robe wears a long garland of white and red flowers and stands at the doorway, where a man in a white shirt kneels on a floor covered with flower petals. Beside them, women in white saris with gold borders stand with hands joined in greeting, one holding a child in orange clothing. Another woman in white is partly visible in the background. The robed man has a short-cropped head and is partly turned away from the camera.2009-08-03A photograph of a carved wooden front door opened into a home, with a red-draped table at left and a framed Ganesha painting on the cream wall at right. A tall figure in a saffron-orange robe with a long flowing mane and a multi-coloured flower garland stands in the doorway, a young boy in a blue shirt and green trousers hugging him around the waist. Behind them, a man in white shirt and dhoti stands, and a woman in an orange-and-cream saree holds a brass plate with a small green plant and a lamp. Flower petals scatter the wooden floor, and a red mat lies at the threshold. The scene reads as a welcome at a devotee's home.2010-01-09March 16 20142014-03-16July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28