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October 02 2014

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Indoor photo in a plain cream-walled room of a man in white shirt and dhoti receiving attention from a seated figure in orange saffron robes with a rudraksha mala, a beaded headband and a white tilak on the forehead. The seated figure holds a gold kalasha-style vessel and a coconut shell, offering or pouring from it toward the man, who has his palms joined. Behind them stand a bald man in orange robes with a heavy gold necklace and a second man in white with a rudraksha mala, plus a partial figure at left in striped shirt; a partially visible orange balloon appears at top left. Visible people: five. Possible ritual offering of water or prasad; no name is printed on the image.2012-05-18A photograph of a temple-style pavilion with a corrugated metal roof and exposed steel trusses. In the centre, a man with swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, a dark rudraksha mala and an orange saffron garment holds a long ornate golden ceremonial staff over a silver tray, appearing to give blessing or darshan. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in an orange garment holds a tray and stands near a priest in white dhoti with gold beaded necklaces. Devotees in striped shirts and a woman in a dark patterned sari with gold jewellery watch. a person is the central figure in orange with rudraksha mala and swept-back hair, appearing in person.2010-11-02June 03 20162016-06-03September 26 20132013-09-26A photograph of a ritual offering in progress. In the foreground, a bare-chested person with long dark hair and a swept-back style wears a saffron-orange shawl and gold bangles, reaching forward to scoop cooked yellow rice from a large brass bowl placed on a gold tray. Beside him, a shaved-headed priest in orange-red robes with white tripundra markings on his forehead holds his hands out to receive the offering, wearing a beaded rudraksha-style mala and an orange shawl. A third figure bows low behind the bowl in orange clothing. Other orange-robed people with white forehead markings and malas sit or stand in the background, in a bright hall with white fittings.2013-04-01 +1 copiesA photograph of an indoor hall with a white ceiling, red curtains and a small golden shrine in the background. A bare-chested man in a rust-red dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl and a long rudraksha mala stands at right, extending his hand to offer a small item from a blue bowl held by a young man in a grey t-shirt. Nearby, a man in an orange shirt, a man in a yellow shirt and several young men in white and dark clothing look on, smiling. The figure at right has long hair tied in a bun and a tilak on the forehead. Probable Swamiji (probable), shown as a giver of prasad, with the matching cues of a rudraksha mala, ornate gold-bordered rust-red shawl and long swept-back hair.2013-09-26February 25 20112011-02-25October 26 20102010-10-26July 13 20092009-07-13A photograph of a food-serving event in a yellow-walled hall. A long-haired man in orange ochre robes and a heavy gold bead necklace reaches into a large steel pot of cooked rice, with a shaved-head monk in orange robes and a rudraksha mala beside him. Behind them a young man in an orange-and-white shawl watches. In the foreground devotees and volunteers in white, one wearing a blue hairnet, crowd around the serving pots and a steel tray of prasad. Swamiji (probable): the long-haired man in orange robes, gold bead necklace and bare shoulder, serving food, matches the page's claim that Swamiji was present.2012-09-20July 13 20132013-07-13Annadhan in 20152015-01-01 +1 copies