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Outdoor photo at a riverside ritual site beside the Ganga at Gangotri. In the foreground, a man with long swept-back black hair, a red tilak on his forehead, and an orange saffron garment looks to the side. Behind him, a figure in orange robes and white dhoti raises an arm while another man in an orange cap stands nearby. At left, a decorated deity murti with colourful garlands and a gold-and-silver ornament, with a woman in white partly visible. At right, a small silver-framed deity murti sits on a pink-draped altar with orange-and-red garlands. A black speaker and blue-and-white striped poles stand in the background. Foreground man is a probable candidate for a person based on long hair, saffron clothing and tilak; appearance-based only.

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Photograph at night of a long-haired man in an orange saffron dhoti-style garment with ornate gold ball necklaces and bracelets, holding a lit oil lamp on a stand before gilded deity murti figures that are being anointed with liquid. Behind him a second man in orange robes and a gold necklace stands with a white tilak on his forehead, and steam or smoke rises in the dark background. The gilded images appear to be standing Hindu deity statues. Probable Swamiji (probable) is the long-haired man, identified by his long swept-back hair, saffron garment, and ceremonial gold necklaces, shown performing an aarti-style lamp offering.

Outdoor photograph at a riverside ghat with a blue corrugated metal awning. A woman with long dark hair in an orange saffron shawl holds a lit lamp (aarti) toward a golden deity murti in an arched frame, with red-clothed figures beside it. A young man in orange robes stands at left beside brass bowls and a silver vessel on a pink platform, apparently assisting in puja. Several men in shawls and caps watch from a rooftop above, and a man in a vest stands at right. Red cloth and hanging laundry appear in the background.

December 20 2011

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Photograph inside a temple during an abhishekam ritual. In the centre, a long-haired figure in a flowing saffron-orange garment stands with their back to the camera, facing a large black stone shivalinga basin on a gilded platform. To the left, a man in saffron robes and an orange head wrap pours from a brass vessel, while a white-clad priest holds another vessel nearby. A kneeling man in a white shawl gazes upward beside the basin. Brass oil lamps, a gold-toned deity figure, and a gilded arch frame the scene; a deity statue with garlands and a golden chariot-wheel motif appear at upper right, and red curtains hang behind.

A long-haired person in an orange-saffron shawl and wrap, wearing heavy gold bead necklaces and gold armlets, a red bindi on the forehead and beaded bracelets, stands at night beside a gilded metal deity murti with a crown and a garland of yellow and magenta flowers. The person's hand is raised toward the murti in a ritual gesture, as an attendant in a white forehead marking and orange garment stands behind. A blurred crowd lies at the lower left against a dark background. Another gilded figure in a maroon garment appears at the right edge.

Outdoor procession photograph. In the foreground at right, a man with long swept-back black hair wears an orange saffron garment and a gold ornamental necklace with crystal beads, looking to the side. Behind him at left stands a life-size silver-painted statue of a sannyasi in orange robes and an orange turban, holding a rudraksha mala, framed by an ornate gold arch. A white vehicle and a black speaker are visible in the background among trees.

Outdoor ritual scene at a stone-walled temple courtyard. In the centre, a man with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala wears an orange robe and a long orange wrap; he sits cross-legged before a small bronze shrine containing a deity murti under an arch, pouring from a small metal vessel, with a golden kalasha-shaped finial in front. To the left, a younger man in an orange shirt and wrap holds a white metal bowl. Behind them, several people in orange robes and white trousers stand holding long poles and a yellow canopy, and others sit at the right edge. Bare feet and plastic bottles are visible on the steps.

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