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2003 -World Tour Oklahoma USA

A photograph inside a temple shrine room with dark marble walls and red curtains. On the left, a figure seen from behind wears an orange saffron robe and an orange turban, with dark hair visible at the back. On the right, a man in white ritual clothes with a green and maroon bordered dhoti and shawl holds a silver bowl engraved with om symbols, and wears a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him stands an altar with deity murtis, including a figure adorned with flower garlands and a bead necklace, plus a hanging brass lamp and brass vessels. A red and cream patterned rug lies on black marble floor with gold inlaid circular motifs. Two people are visible.

A photograph of two men standing indoors in a room with white walls, a white canopy frame and red drapes with gold trim. On the right, a man in an orange turban, orange robes and a long rudraksha mala with a gold pendant stands with palms pressed together in greeting. Beside him, a man in white dhoti and shawl with a red-bordered edge also smiles with folded hands. A small brass lamp and a wooden side table are visible in the background, and a dark wall-mounted niche is at the right. The page excerpt mentions a Chettinad wedding visit, but no wedding activity is visible.

2003 -World Tour Oklahoma USA

A smiling man in a saffron-orange turban and matching orange robes stands indoors beside a white-clad priest. The man wears a long brown rudraksha mala with a gold pendant at the chest and a red tilak on his forehead; his hair falls long behind the turban. To the left, a priest in a white dhoti with green-and-gold border and tilak holds a brass pot with yellow flowers and a tray with offerings. Behind them are a white door with glass panes and a striped floor mat.

A photograph inside a temple shrine. A man in an orange saffron robe stands bending forward, holding an oil lamp near a small altar, with a deity murti behind him wearing a garland. A woman in a white sari sits on the dark floor with her palms pressed together in prayer. A small flame glows on the altar, and a printed chart hangs on the wall above. The scene suggests a puja or aarti at the shrine.

Indoor ritual scene with a figure in long dark hair and orange robes and a rudraksha mala seated at a low wooden altar, performing a ceremony with brass lamps, bowls and a white cloth on the tray. Facing him, a man in white kurta with a yellow shawl and red tilak has his palms pressed together in reverence. Around them, devotees in white and orange garments with yellow shawls stand and kneel in a whitewashed hall, with a red curtain at right. Appearance-based label: a person seated in orange robes with long hair and rudraksha beads, performing the ceremony. Eight to ten people visible in total.

A photograph of a pada puja, the worship of sacred feet, at a Shirdi Sai Baba temple in Madurai. A figure in a long orange saffron robe with an orange turban and long dark hair kneels and takes the hand of a kneeling devotee in white dhoti and shawl with striped borders, a gold chain and a forehead tilak. The devotee holds a small silver vessel and a cloth. Standing people in white and a blue shirt look on, including a child held on an adult's arm. Appearance-based probable Swamiji (probable) in orange with long hair and saffron robe, in a ritual role receiving the devotee's offering.

A photo of a ritual in a gold-decorated hall. On the right, a bearded man with long dark hair, a red-brown robe, tilak and a gold necklace sits on a golden ornate throne with a leopard-print cushion, holding a yellow flower-like offering over a silver bowl set on a green leaf. Beside him stands a young attendant in an orange turban and orange cloth wrapped at the waist, with rudraksha beads, white markings on the arms, reaching toward the bowl. Golden deity statues stand in the background. The setting suggests a puja or abhishekam offering.

2017-09-19 +1 copies

November 19 2002

A kneeling man in a white shirt and white dhoti, with short grey-flecked hair and a stubbled beard, extends cupped hands toward a seated figure on a gold-trimmed red throne. The seated figure wears an orange-saffron shawl draped over bare shoulders, a long swept-back black hair style, a white horizontal tilak on the forehead and a dark rudraksha mala with a gold-toned necklace. The seated figure hands a small white object into the man's palms. Standing behind them are devotees in white, including a man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a saffron-trimmed chain, with hands folded. Gold-framed red cushions and a dark-brown wooden floor complete the setting. Probable Swamiji is seated on the throne, identified by the saffron shawl, swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and gold ornaments, receiving the devotee's kneeling offering.

2012-05-14 +1 copies

Indoor temple-style shrine room with white walls, a decorative ceiling medallion and a ceiling fan. Two men stand at a small blue-covered table holding a steel bowl. The man on the right has curly dark hair and wears a yellow shawl over white clothes, a red thread on his wrist, and is handing or offering something from the bowl on the table. The man on the left wears white clothes with cupped hands in a gesture of receiving. Behind them a small deity murti sits in a lit niche with oil lamps, and framed photographs hang on the wall. A tall golden kalasha-like stepped structure stands at right.