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A photograph inside a decorated room with a floral backdrop of red, yellow and purple flowers, white blossoms and green fern garlands, plus a golden curtain. A seated figure in orange robes wears a long white flower garland and gold beaded necklaces, and is looking down. Standing beside him is a younger man in an orange robe. A woman in a purple sari with gold border holds a small child in blue and a tray of fruit. A man in white shirt and dhoti stands with palms pressed together in namaste, and an older man in white holds fruit. Several people stand at the edge of the frame, including a woman in red with gold jewellery pressing her palms together, and a small TV sits in the background.

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A photograph inside a home decorated with a golden-brown drape, white and yellow flower garlands and red roses. A man in saffron-orange robes with a flower garland stands at the left, and a seated figure in orange robes with a white and red flower garland and a sandalwood-coloured bead necklace sits in a black wheelchair, smiling and gesturing with raised hands. Beside them, a woman in a purple sari with gold border holds a small child, while a man in white shirt and white dhoti and an older man in white shirt hold a yellow thread toward a seated woman in the foreground, who is receiving it with her hands joined. Other smiling onlookers, including a girl in a peach dress with sparkles, stand behind. Apples sit on a tray in the lower left corner.2010-01-19A decorated room with floral garlands of marigolds, orange and red flowers and a cloth backdrop. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a white flower garland and gold beaded necklaces sits at centre, smiling, with a brown-tiled wall and a framed picture above. A woman in a red-and-gold sari is being tied or garlanded with a yellow thread by a man in a white shirt. Around them, a young man in orange, a woman in a purple sari holding a child, and several smiling men and women stand watching. A small boy in white stands in front, and an open orange tray holds apples, sweets and coins. Approximately eight people are visible, with some partly cropped at the edges.2010-01-19July 07 20142014-07-07A photograph of a seated devotional reception in a room decorated with orange and marigold garlands. A man in a white shirt kneels on the floor offering fruit to a long-haired person seated on a white-draped bench. That seated figure wears a saffron-orange robe and a white and red flower garland and smiles while accepting the offering. Beside them, another person in an orange robe holds a plate of fruit. A small boy in a checked shirt stands at the left, and a woman in an orange and green sari stands nearby. Other attendants in white clothing move behind, and a backdrop shows a painted scene of a tree and deity imagery draped with flowers.2010-02-18A photograph inside a small room with pink walls and a white cloth partition. A seated figure in orange robes, wearing a multicolour flower garland and a gold-coloured necklace, sits barefoot on a patterned red mat with palms pressed together in greeting. Around him stand devotees: a woman in a green and purple saree with gold border on the left, several men in white shirts with hands folded in namaskar, a woman in a pink saree, and a woman in a green saree behind. Small children sit in the lower right foreground. The scene resembles a darshan visit at a home. No readable name is visible on the seated figure, and the appearance cues are insufficient to confirm identity.2010-01-19July 08 20142014-07-08 +2 copiesA photograph inside a decorated room with floral garlands, marigold strings and a curtain backdrop. A seated person in orange robes wearing a white flower garland raises one hand and smiles, surrounded by devotees. A man in a white shirt and an older man in white embrace a woman in a red and gold saree, while a woman in purple and other onlookers stand close. A child in white stands in front, and a silver bowl with petals sits beside open boxes of sweets, fruit and packets. The seated person in orange wears a white flower garland and bead necklace; this is an appearance-based candidate for a person, though the cues are not sufficiently distinctive to confirm.2010-01-19A photograph of a ceremony in a decorated hall. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes with a flower garland and a red-and-white floral garland sits on an ornate gold throne and smiles as he reaches toward a baby. A woman in a white and gold-bordered sari holds the infant wrapped in white cloth, with a small pink-and-white bundle, and a young woman stands beside her. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds purple wrapped sweets, and a saffron-robed man stands behind them. A tray of wrapped candies sits on the right, and the backdrop is hung with flower garlands. The seated man matches the a person description: long swept-back hair, saffron robes and ornate gold necklaces, seated on a throne in a ceremonial setting.2009-12-24A home pada puja visit in a residential room decorated with orange and white flower garlands and a small shrine at the right. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in a rust-red robe and rudraksha mala, with gold earrings and a beaded necklace, sits receiving a bundle of orange and red flowers wrapped in yellow paper. Beside him a woman in a purple sari with a white jasmine garland holds a fruit and smiles, while a man in a white shirt watches. A woman in a blue and gold silk sari holds a baby in red and a young boy in an orange cloth with a mala sits nearby. A cameraman in orange clothing films from the right. Several other devotees stand in the background.2014-07-07A domestic interior during a house-visit padapuja. A seated man with long hair in a bun, wearing a red-brown dhoti, orange shawl, a garland of white and yellow flowers and gold armlets, sits on an orange cushion at right, holding a silver staff topped with a ceremonial finial. Before him, a woman in orange and a man in a white striped shirt with a forehead mark hold a lit flame over a brass plate of flowers and rice. Devotees in saffron and red stand and kneel around the room, including a woman in a pink sari, a man in an orange robe, a boy in a white shirt and a man in orange holding a camera. A bowl of flowers rests on the floor. The scene is a photo of a puja inside a home.2014-07-08July 10 20142014-07-10 +1 copiesA photo of a darshan blessing at a small hall with a floral backdrop of white and yellow flowers and red roses. A man in an orange saffron robe, with long swept-back hair, a white flower garland and a gold-coloured necklace, sits in a chair and hands a fruit to a small child in a blue shirt held by a woman in a purple sari. Beside him an older woman in a red and gold sari stands with her hands clasped, and a man in a white shirt stands at left. At lower left a seated attendant in white with a yellow collar holds a wooden tray with apples, sweets, a rudraksha mala and small silver bowls. Orange-robed figure with long hair and garlands matches the appearance cues of a person, seated in a receiving role.2010-01-19