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A photograph of devotees standing in anjali mudra with palms pressed together at chest level in a temple courtyard. On the left, a man in an orange kurta with a rudraksha mala stands in front. In the centre, a man in a pink polo shirt and white dhoti wears glasses. On the right, a man in a white shirt with orange trim and a rudraksha mala stands with hands folded. Behind them, a woman in a white sari with a red blouse and beaded necklaces stands beside a silver vessel with flowers. Red and white lotus-like wall paintings and a blue sign reading Silence please are visible on the wall, with a framed notice above. Several people are visible, roughly four.

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Three people stand with palms pressed together in namaskar at a whitewashed wall decorated with red painted lotus-scroll borders. On the left a woman with hair pulled back wears a white sari with a gold-striped border over a maroon blouse, with a beaded mala around her neck and hands folded near a polished silver kalasha-style vessel on a pedestal decorated with flowers. In the centre a man in an orange kurta with a rudraksha mala and in the right foreground a man in a pink polo shirt with glasses and a red wrist thread also pray with eyes lowered. A blue sign reads Silence please, and marigold garlands hang at the right edge.2010-07-14A photo of people arriving at an ashram entrance area with white walls and a wooden lattice gate. A monk in orange robes stands at right and touches the forehead of a man in a long white kurta with a marigold garland, who is the second visible from right. Beside him, another man in white kurta and grey trousers wears a garland and stands with hands clasped. A man in a white kurta with glasses and a garland stands at left with hands folded. A woman in orange robes is at far left edge. A blue sign reads Silence please. a person not clearly identifiable from appearance.2009-12-02Several men stand in a hall with wooden doors and a red digital clock showing 'eight' style numerals, palms pressed together in anjali mudra. In the foreground a bearded man with a rudraksha mala and red vertical forehead marks wears a white dhoti with gold border and folded hands; beside him a bearded man in a saffron-orange shawl with a rudraksha mala and gold necklace stands in anjali. Behind them a youth with a white tilak wears an orange garment, and on the left two boys in white dhotis with gold borders stand by. The right edge shows a figure in red. Appearance-based cues for a person are not sufficient, so no candidate is identified.2016-08-08July 21 20102010-07-21December 26 20092009-12-26A photograph inside a small whitewashed room with a tiled floor, showing a ritual scene. A man in an orange saffron garment with a garland of beads stands with palms pressed together in namaste beside a second man in white shirt and dhoti with orange shawl, also with hands folded. A long-haired man in an orange robe with a necklace of beads and gold ornaments stands in the centre with hands clasped. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti holds an offering near the doorway on the left, and a white-shirted older man stands at right with hands folded. In the foreground lower left, a bare-headed figure in orange sits with a silver plate of fruit, brass vessels and offerings on a pink cloth. Garlands hang on a metal shelf at right.2006-12-04A man in a sleeveless saffron-orange robe stands with palms pressed together in anjali mudra at a metal railing, eyes lowered, with a white tilak on his forehead and long dark hair swept back. Behind him stand a man in white ritual clothes with hands folded and a woman in a grey-blue sari. A wall sign with blue background lists rules in English and Kannada, and white and blue plastic chairs are stacked along the wall beside a blue curtained window and an orange lattice grille. The orange-robed man is a probable Swamiji by appearance cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and a tilak, with his role as a devotee praying at the railing.2009-12-17Four men sit cross-legged on a floor mat in front of a red-orange wall during a chanting session. The central figure wears an orange robe and eyes closed, hands folded in his lap, with white and red tilak marks on his forehead. To his left, a bald man in white dhoti and shawl with red borders and gold necklace sits with eyes closed. Behind them, a man in white dhoti and shawl with gold necklace and red bindi looks ahead. On the right, a man in white dhoti with red borders and gold beaded necklace holds a small lapel microphone, reciting. A brass bell rests on the mat in the foreground.2010-09-03August 29 20142014-08-29December 02 20092009-12-02July 19 20092009-07-19Outdoor scene under a large leafy tree with thick hanging aerial roots. In the foreground, a man in a lavender-purple dhoti-style wrap and long dark hair stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a red-orange beaded garland. Behind him, several men in white dhotis with red borders and vibhuti-marked foreheads stand in a line, some holding brass plates of flowers and offerings. A man in saffron-orange robes with a garland stands to the right, and a man in white with a red-bordered cloth holds his hands together nearby. The group stands on a dark polished stone platform near a small stone pedestal with a plate and wispy smoke rising behind them.2010-12-28