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May 08 2012

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A photograph of a devotional offering in a covered hall with a corrugated metal roof. In the foreground a man in a white shirt holds a silver tray of red apples. Beside him a man in orange robes and an orange head wrap smiles and reaches toward the tray. A woman in a red and gold sari stands behind him. On the right, a figure in orange sannyasi-style cloth with a white flower garland bows low over another tray of apples. Other men in white shirts and orange-robed devotees, some with white and red tilak marks, stand nearby, and a man is photographing the scene from behind.2012-05-08A photograph of a ritual offering in an open hall. A man in an orange saffron shawl and white dhoti, with a sandalwood-marked forehead, holds a silver tray piled with red apples and money. Beside him, a woman in a red and gold sari with a red bindi and gold necklace looks on. A younger woman in an orange garment and white jasmine flowers in her hair bends forward toward the tray, hands near the offering. Men in white shirts and dhotis stand behind in the crowd. a person cues are not clearly established, so the saffron-clad man is described as a sannyasi or devotee.2012-05-08May 08 20122012-05-08Indoor photo in a temple-style hall with arched cream pillars and a painted deity panel on the right. A man in a rust-orange cloth, wearing a multicolour and white flower garland, smiles and holds a red apple toward an older bearded man on the left, who wears an orange shawl and a silver-beaded headpiece and holds an apple. Behind them, a man in an orange robe holds a tray of red apples, and a young man in a white shirt stands at the left edge. A saffron-clad figure with a head cloth appears at the far right. The scene suggests an offering exchange in a temple setting.2012-05-08 +1 copiesA photograph of a ceremonial gathering in a red-draped tent. In the foreground on the right, a man in an orange turban and orange shawl, with long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala, and a thick gold and flower garland, holds red apples and smiles. Behind him, a shaven-headed priest in an orange dhoti and gold chain offers an apple to a devotee, and a man in white dhoti with a gold chain holds a golden staff-like ornament. On the left, a woman in a multicoloured sari with a tilak on her forehead holds apples, and a white-shirted man reaches forward to take one. Several spectators with mobile phones and a camera on a tripod stand behind them. Strong cues suggest the turbaned man is a person, presented as the one distributing apples and blessing devotees.2016-04-26May 08 20122012-05-08 +1 copiesDecember 11 20112011-12-11January 13 20152015-01-13July 21 20102010-07-21May 08 20122012-05-08Indoor photo of a satsang-style gathering in a hall with red curtains, colourful striped pillars and a gold throne-like seat with a stand in the background. A man in a long-sleeved white shirt bows forward and offers a red apple to a central figure with long dark hair swept back, a white tilak, a pink-and-white flower garland and a rudraksha mala, wearing an orange-saffron wrap and smiling. Around them, several men in saffron dhotis with rudraksha malas stand watching, and other attendees in dark and pink shirts stand behind. Swamiji (probable): the central figure has the long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, garland and rudraksha mala cues, and is receiving the apple from the man in white.2013-02-27June 23 20142014-06-23 +1 copies