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October 01 2007

A photograph in a home shrine room. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a white garment with an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala, sits cross-legged on the floor and holds out a brass plate of flowers and fruit. A second man in a white shirt bends forward with his head lowered to receive it. Before them stands a framed portrait on an ornate chair-like seat, with a red cushion, flowers and fruit arranged on the floor, a small oil lamp burning at the left edge, and a shelf of deity figurines in the background. The seated man matches the probable Swamiji cues of swept-back hair, orange shawl and rudraksha mala, and is presenting the offering in a puja-type ritual, so this is marked probable. Two physical people are visible.

Two men sit in a bare wooden-floored room performing a puja before a framed portrait of a saffron-robed sannyasi, garlanded with marigold and rose strings. The portrait sits on a green cloth-draped platform surrounded by fruit offerings, a kalasha-style brass vessel, and lit oil lamps. The man on the left wears white dhoti-style clothing with a blue lanyard and presses his palms together; the man beside him wears a saffron robe and folded hands. A portrait labelled with a caption is printed on the frame's image. Items on the white cloth include apples, oranges, bananas, and a plate of offerings. Sunlight falls from a window on the right.

2010-08-15 +1 copies

October 01 2007

A person in white clothes bends forward to place flowers at a shrine. A framed portrait of a figure in saffron-orange robes, with a red-and-yellow garland, sits on a red-draped altar. Oil lamps, fruit, a kalasha and small offerings lie on the altar cloth. Other draped deity murti and flower garlands are visible on the right, and a dark-haired person's head is partly visible at the lower right. The room has white walls and a curtained window. A date and time stamp appears in the lower right corner.

2010-08-15 +1 copies

Indoor photograph of a homa being performed on a brick fire pit in front of a framed portrait of a long-haired, bearded man in orange robes seated in meditation, decorated with a garland and flowers on a table. Two men in white ritual clothes sit on the floor: one holds an offering plate and a vessel, the other sits with palms pressed together in namaskar. A small red-draped kalasha with flowers rests beside the fire, and offering items like a brass pot and lemons surround the altar. A red cloth hangs on the wall behind.

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Indoor photo in a home shrine setting. A woman with dark hair pulled back, wearing a white sari with gold trim, reaches toward a framed photograph of a seated figure in orange robes with a long beaded necklace, set against a tree-trunk backdrop. The framed picture is garlanded with pink and purple flowers and flanked by orange and yellow blossoms in vases. A man in a white ceremonial garment with gold border bows forward beside her. The altar is covered with a red cloth with a decorative patterned panel, and a golden curtain hangs on the left wall. The framed photograph is a depiction, not a physical person present.

A photograph of a ritual puja in a whitewashed room. A man in white dhoti and shirt, with a rudraksha mala, sits cross-legged and holds up a lit oil lamp toward a framed portrait of a seated, long-haired saint in saffron robes beneath a banyan tree. The portrait is garlanded with white, yellow and red flowers and labelled in print. Two devotees sit beside him with palms pressed together, and a bowl of yellow flower petals lies nearby. Brass lamps, a small silver Ganesha figure, a brass pot, fruit and bananas are arranged on the floor-cloth in front of a large mound of marigolds and rose petals. A smaller framed image of a saffron-clad figure hangs on the wall above, and window bars are at left.

A bare-walled room with a grey floor and a wooden door in the background. On the left, a deity murti or image is draped in an orange cloth and heavily garlanded with white jasmine and multicoloured flower garlands, with a blue face visible at the top. In front are brass oil lamps, a brass plate with offerings, a small bell, a red cloth on the floor and a tray of incense and flowers. A bald man in white clothes with a rudraksha-style necklace sits cross-legged on a pink mat at right, hands joined in namaskar, performing puja.

A seated figure in saffron-orange robes and an orange head wrap smiles broadly while placing a pink flower onto the chest of a young man in a white collared shirt, standing close in front of her. She wears a long garland of yellow and white flowers with red and maroon blossoms. Behind them, a pale striped cushion and a large portrait of a bearded man in orange draping are visible. Other people are partly visible at the left edge, one in pale green clothing. The scene appears to be a garlanding or welcoming moment indoors.

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