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A 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.

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September 04 20102010-09-04A 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 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.2010-09-04September 04 20102010-09-04 +1 copiesA 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.2007-01-12July 28 20082008-07-28January 12 20072007-01-12July 28 20082008-07-28Indoor photograph of a man in an orange turban and orange sleeveless robe, with a rudraksha mala and a garland of white and red flowers, standing centrally and touching his chest while a second man in an orange shawl holds a brass vessel with a green leaf above it. A third man in a white shirt with a beaded necklace stands at right beside a small framed picture and a brass oil lamp on a table near a barred window. a person: the central figure wears a saffron turban and robe with a rudraksha mala and ceremonial garland, consistent with a sannyasi receiving a ritual blessing. Abhishekam-style pouring ritual with a kalasha-like brass vessel.2008-07-28A photograph of a man in an orange turban and orange shawl with long dark hair, an ash mark on his forehead, leaning forward and extending his hand toward a devotee who bows with palms together. Gold adornments visible. Behind them, several men in white and blue t-shirts stand in a hall with maroon curtains. Brass ceremonial spears or staffs and a floral garland with yellow and pink blooms appear at right. Probable Swamiji by appearance cues: orange turban and shawl, long hair, gold necklace, in a darshan role blessing a devotee.2010-10-17Side profile of a man with long, dark, wavy hair wearing a bright orange turban and an orange sleeveless garment, head bowed and eyes lowered. Swamiji (probable), a figure with long swept-back hair, orange turban and saffron clothing. Blurred figures in white shirts stand in the background of an indoor room with a grey wall and a white table in the foreground.2008-07-29July 28 20082008-07-28