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A photograph of a crowd gathered in a narrow white-walled passage. At centre, a man wears an orange-red turban decorated with white flowers, a red-orange garment, a white floral garland and a long gold-bead necklace, and holds a green coconut-shaped vessel with a lit flame. Around him, men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing orange shawls and rudraksha malas, look on. A man in the foreground in a white shirt holds the lit flame. Several more people stand behind in the background.2008-07-27A photograph of a crowd in a narrow white-walled passage receiving a central figure in a red-orange turban and saffron-red garment. He wears long swept-back hair, a white and red floral garland, a heavy gold necklace and a dark rudraksha-style mala, standing with a calm smile. A man in white shirt and white dhoti in the foreground holds a lit flame or aarti lamp toward him. Around them, devotees in white shirts, a woman in a cream sari with gold bangles and folded hands, and a man in an orange shawl stand close. Some of the figures are partly visible at the edges.2008-07-27July 27 20082008-07-27A photograph inside a bright, white-walled room during a blessing ceremony. A person in an orange turban, orange shawl and white-and-red flower garland stands centre, holding a brass object while priests in orange robes tend a lit flame in a brass lamp and a tray of flowers. Devotees with palms pressed together stand around, including an older woman in an orange sari and a man in white dhoti and shirt at right holding folded hands and wearing a rudraksha-style mala. A cameraman films at upper right. Smoke rises from the lamp. Several onlookers, including a young boy in yellow shirt and shorts, watch from the crowd.2008-07-28Indoor photograph in a white-walled room with an arched doorway. A central figure in saffron-orange robes and a tall orange turban wears a white and red flower garland and holds a lit oil lamp over a tray of flower petals, as if performing aarti. Beside him, a man in orange holds a small kalasha-style pot with leaves on a tray, and a man kneeling at left in orange pours or offers from a vessel. A woman in orange sari with folded hands and men in white shirts and white dhotis stand nearby, one person in the background raising a camera. The central figure has long hair and a visible rudraksha-style mala, with distinctive saffron clothing and turban cues.2008-07-28July 27 20082008-07-27A photograph of a ceremonial moment under a covered veranda decorated with orange marigold garlands and banana leaves. A man in a white shirt on the left holds a small lit offering or camphor flame on a coconut-like dish up toward a tan stone pillar. A smiling long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe with a dark rudraksha mala stands at center, looking toward the flame. Behind them, a man in orange robes and a bald man in white dhoti and gold necklace stand, and another man in white dhoti holds a brass aarti tray at right. A white car is parked in the background. The a person cues are not established here, as the page does not place him at this event, so the central figure is described only by role as a devotee in saffron robes.2011-05-23Indoor photograph in a plain cream-walled room at the Kanchipuram ashram opening. A young person in an orange turban and orange garment, wearing a large red and white rose garland, smiles while holding their hands over a lit oil lamp. A bearded man with shoulder-length hair in white clothes and an orange shawl, with a red tilak on his forehead, holds the lamp's flame. A man in a white shirt on the right has his palms pressed together and face bowed toward the flame. Behind them, a man in a dark shirt and several women stand watching, and a framed picture hangs on the wall. A camera lens is visible at the top right corner. The oil lamp is a flame in a small brass dish.2006-11-24July 28 20082008-07-28Outdoors among green trees, a man in an orange turban and orange robe, with a yellow-orange marigold garland, smiles and stands at the centre of a crowd. Beside him a bald man in white dhoti and bare chest with a sacred thread stands near a silver tray holding a coconut and green leaves. A man in a white shirt wears an orange shawl with a printed motif, and another man in an orange shawl and dark kurta smiles at right. A man in white holds a camera overhead near a doorway with an iron gate. Several people in white and orange clothing press close around the central figure, some with hands raised toward him. A man in orange kurta stands at far right. Hands and heads in the foreground partially obscure the view.2011-05-24Photograph inside a temple shrine hung with orange and red flower garlands. A man in an orange-saffron turban and orange robe, with a red flower garland, holds up a tall brass aarti lamp with a lit flame, its stem wrapped in white flowers. Around him, several men in white shirts and dhotis crowd close, some with hands raised. On the right, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and sacred thread stands beside an ornate deity murti. In the foreground, a grey-haired woman in a yellow garment watches, and her hand is raised near the lamp. Brass oil lamps and marble walls are visible in the background.2009-11-30July 28 20082008-07-28