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A photograph inside a dim stone shrine chamber. In the foreground, a man in an orange turban and orange sleeveless top, with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala, leans forward with palms pressed together in namaskar beside a silver kalasha-style vessel topped with green leaves. Behind him, a man in a white shirt stands close, and a man with a moustache and a red tilak mark on his forehead stands at the right edge. A string of orange fairy lights runs along the wall beside a dark inscribed plaque in Kannada script. The wall and ceiling are rough dark stone.

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September 04 20102010-09-04A photograph inside a dim stone shrine. A man with long, dark, wavy hair and an orange turban, wearing a sleeveless orange garment, leans forward with palms pressed together in namaskar before a silver vessel holding green leaves. Behind him stands a man in a white shirt, and a strand of orange string lights runs along the grey stone wall. A black slab with Kannada inscription is mounted above, and flower garlands hang at the left edge.2010-09-04A photograph inside a small stone shrine with a dark granite wall and a strip of orange LED lights. In the foreground a man in an orange sleeveless top and orange turban, with long dark wavy hair and yellow flower garlands, leans forward with palms pressed together in namaskar while holding a silver kalasha with a green leaf over its mouth. Behind him a man in a white shirt watches, and at the right edge another man in white with a mustache and a red tilak looks on. On the lower left sit flower offerings, a black plastic bag, and a stack of books and pamphlets on a cardboard box. Probable Swamiji appears in the foreground with long dark hair, orange turban and orange clothing, performing a ritual gesture before the kalasha.2010-09-04 +1 copiesA photograph of a man in a saffron-orange turban and sleeveless saffron-orange garment with long dark curly hair and yellow earrings, his palms pressed together in a namaskar-like gesture beside a silver kalasha-style vessel holding green mango leaves and a coconut. Two men in white shirts stand behind him, one on the left and one on the right with a red tilak on his forehead, and a hand is raised in the immediate foreground on the left. Warm lights line the dark stone wall, with Kannada script visible on a board overhead. The man in orange has distinctive long hair and saffron clothing; the appearance cues are consistent with a person in a temple setting, but the image does not confirm that identity.2010-09-04A photograph inside a dim temple shrine lit by a string of small warm lights along the wall. On the left, a bare-chested, bearded man with a sacred thread over his shoulder and a white dhoti holds a silver kalasha and a small offering of pink and white flowers. Facing him on the right, a figure in an ochre-orange turban and sleeveless orange robe, with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala, presses palms together in a greeting. Behind them stand two men in white shirts, and a partly visible man at the right edge. Dark stone walls surround the scene with a black inscribed plaque above and garlands at the upper left.2010-09-04Photograph taken in a dim, narrow temple interior with a dark stone wall and a string of warm orange fairy lights along a frame. A man in an orange turban and sleeveless orange robe, with long dark hair, a dark rudraksha mala and a yellow thread at the neck, faces a bare-chested man with a shaved-head mark and white sacred thread, who holds a bunch of flowers and a green leaf. Two men in light shirts stand behind, one holding a pen. Above, a black inscribed plaque with Kannada text. Swamiji (probable): the orange-robed figure in the turban with long hair, rudraksha mala and ornamental cues is the probable Swamiji, speaking and gesturing toward the bare-chested devotee.2010-09-04A photo taken at night of a dark stone inscription panel with Kannada text, edged by small string lights. In the foreground a figure in an orange turban and orange sleeveless garment, with a white jasmine garland draped over the shoulder and long dark hair, leans toward the stone. Beside him a bare-chested man in a white sacred thread leans in with hands folded in reverence. Two more men are partly visible at the left and right edges. Four people are visible in total.2010-09-04A photograph inside a stone-pillared temple hall with carved pillars behind. A man in an orange turban and orange-and-gold garment, with long dark hair and a heavy gold necklace of beads, presses his right hand to his forehead while holding a leaf cup with greenery in his left hand. Partial figures stand at the edges of the frame, including a man in white at left and an older man in white at right.2007-01-12A photograph inside a dim stone shrine chamber. In the foreground, a figure in an orange turban and orange sleeveless top, with long dark hair, stands with palms pressed together in prayer, facing a deity murti decorated with garlands of white and orange flowers and small oil lamps. A man in a white shirt and a second person in white stand to the left, one holding a handheld Philips lamp. Above the shrine, a dark stone panel has carved Kannada inscription text, and a strip of small lights lines the niche. a person is visible from the orange turban, long hair and orange attire, shown in prayer before the shrine.2010-09-04A dimly lit photograph of a man in an orange-red turban and matching orange-red shawl, his hands pressed together in namaste near a glass vessel holding green leafy sprigs. Behind him, a second man in a light blue button-up shirt stands in the shadows beside a string of warm orange lights along the left edge. The scene feels like a quiet devotional moment in a dark room, with the focus on the folded hands and the leafy offering.2010-09-04A photograph inside a dim shrine chamber. A figure in an orange head wrap and orange garment, with long dark hair and yellow-tipped cords, leans forward toward a garlanded deity murti lit by oil lamps. Marigold and white flower garlands drape the murti. In the foreground a bald man in dark-rimmed glasses looks on, and at left a man in a white shirt with a red wrist thread holds up a bright handheld light. A dark carved stone wall above bears Kannada inscriptions.2010-09-04A photograph taken inside a dim stone shrine chamber. In the foreground, a bare-shouldered figure wearing a saffron-orange turban and orange garment, with long dark hair, leans forward toward a deity murti covered in garlands of white, yellow and orange flowers. Oil lamps glow along the ledge above the shrine. To the left, a man in a white shirt with a red wristband holds a small handheld light and looks toward the camera. The stone walls are carved with Kannada inscriptions.2010-09-04