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December 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11A ritual scene at a table draped in red cloth and heaped with red and yellow marigold garlands. A man with long dark hair tied in a knot and a full beard, wearing a red-brown garment, holds a brass oil lamp and a flower-tipped ritual object over the offerings. Beside him, a younger man in glasses and a dark top with a bare upper body gestures with one hand. On the right, a seated man in a white dhoti and white shawl, bare-chested, sits with eyes lowered. Silver lamps stand on each side against a blue-lit backdrop of greenery and a sparkling wall, with a brass pot and palm-leaf grass in the centre. The page says Swamiji was present, but the bearded man's appearance does not clearly match the expected cues, so the identity remains unconfirmed; the figures are described by role only.2015-12-11A ritual puja scene at a flower-decorated table draped in red cloth with purple borders. Three men sit behind the offerings. The man on the left has a long grey beard, a red-and-white beaded mala and a red tilak on his forehead, and is bare-chested with an orange cloth at his waist. The man in the centre wears a white dhoti and shawl, a red tilak, and handles coconuts and a kalasha with mango leaves. The man on the right wears glasses and a white cloth. Two silver oil lamps flank a heap of orange and yellow marigolds and red flowers, with a coconut and kalasha offering at centre. The background is lit in blue.2015-12-11October 30 20162016-10-30A night-time ceremony outdoors under bluish stage lighting. A bearded man with long dark hair, wearing a red and white rudraksha-style beaded mala over his bare chest and an orange-and-pink wrap, holds a large red cushion-like object topped with red and yellow flowers high over his head on a silver tray, apparently a kalasha-type offering. Two men stand beside him: one in white dhoti with bare chest holds a small bell, the other in a white dhoti and shirt-less body stands behind. A brass oil lamp burns on a red-draped table to the right, with a decorated object beside it. a person: the bearded figure with long hair, crown-like hairstyle, rudraksha mala and saffron-orange wrap is presented as a person, performing the offering.2015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11September 19 20152015-09-19Close-up photo of a ritual in progress. A dark-skinned hand with a rudraksha bracelet holds a bundle of green mango leaves and grass with pink flowers, dipping them into a silver kalasha pot draped with a white cloth and decorated with a colourful patterned band and gold-and-purple jewelled ornaments. Behind, a person in a maroon-red robe wears a long rudraksha mala across the chest, and to the left a bare arm shows white horizontal tripundra marks and a rudraksha bracelet. The background is a blurred gold ornate surface. The image appears to show abhishekam or puja with a kalasha and mango-leaf sprinkling.2018-03-12April 15 20182018-04-15