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November 25 2004

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A young man with long, loose dark hair and an orange-saffron robe holds a coconut shell with a lit flame in his right hand, offering puja beside a large blue diesel generator with a silver exhaust pipe and a red-tipped pink flower placed on its metal base. Behind him stand other people in orange and white robes, one with a shaved head and tilak-marked forehead, and another man in white looks on through a barred window. The wall is whitewashed and the doorway opens onto green foliage.2004-11-25November 25 20042004-11-25A photograph inside a small whitewashed room where a blue diesel generator stands beside a wall with a metal exhaust pipe. A man in a long-sleeved checked shirt on the left presses his palms together in namaskar. In the foreground on the right, a long-haired man in a saffron-orange shawl and dhoti holds a brass bell in one hand and a brass lamp with a lit flame in the other, performing a puja before the generator. A red flower lies on the generator housing. Behind him, other devotees in white dhotis and saffron clothing stand with hands folded near a window with red frames and banana leaves outside. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), shown in the foreground performing the puja with a long, swept-back hair, saffron shawl and brass bell and lamp.2004-11-25November 25 20042004-11-25A photograph in a small whitewashed room beside a blue diesel generator set with exhaust pipe and a red fuel hose. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes, a bare-chested figure with ritual adornments, holds a brass oil lamp burning with flame in one hand and a brass handbell in the other, performing a puja to the generator; a pink hibiscus flower lies on the blue generator housing. Several onlookers stand nearby, one man in a checked shirt and others in white clothes with palms pressed together in namaste, and a figure in white near the doorway. Barred windows and banana leaves appear outside.2004-11-25November 25 20042004-11-25November 25 20042004-11-25Indoor photo in a small room with pale yellow walls and a barred window. In the foreground, a man in white seen from behind holds a flame lamp toward a small shrine decorated with red flowers and a deity murti. A man with long dark hair, wearing a white flower garland and an orange cloth draped over his bare upper body, smiles while looking down at the lamp. To the right, a shaved-headed man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and gold wristwatch stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. The scene suggests an aarti being performed.2011-05-23January 12 20072007-01-12November 25 20042004-11-25A photograph taken indoors in a plain whitewashed room with barred windows and a framed picture on the wall. A man in a saffron-orange wrap and an orange head wrap stands at left, long dark hair falling over his shoulders, gesturing with his right hand. Beside him stands a second man in a white shirt and white dhoti at right, partly cropped. Behind them on the floor are stone sculptures, including a standing deity murti, and rough stone blocks. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), a saffron-clad figure with long hair and a head wrap, visible in person.2007-08-19A photograph of a kitchen-room ritual. A person in an orange saffron robe and orange turban kneels at the front right, holding a bell in one hand and extending the other palm over a brass lamp and offerings. Beside them a woman in a teal green sari with gold border bends forward with hands together. A man in white clothes stands at the far right holding a camera. On the white-draped table at left sit a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, a garland of white and orange flowers, and a brass vessel. Concrete block walls, a barred window and a red gas cylinder fill the background, and incense smoke rises near the floor.2003-04-23