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A photograph of a seated figure with long dark hair, wearing a pale green embroidered garment and a white turban-style headpiece with gold trim, receiving water poured from a terracotta pot. An older man in white kurta and glasses, with an orange scarf, bends forward with cupped hands held toward the seated figure. A younger man in white with an orange scarf stands behind holding the pot, and bald men in orange and white robes stand in the background. A woman in the lower left corner is partly visible. The setting appears to be an indoor hall with a red curtain. This looks like a ritual washing or abhishekam-style offering of water.

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A photograph of an indoor ritual setting. On the left, a bald, older Western man in a light blue t-shirt and white trousers, wearing a rudraksha mala and a name badge, holds his cupped hands out. On the right, a long-haired man in a pale green embroidered kurta and a white and gold turban, smiling, dips his fingers into a clay pot held by a white-clad priest. Behind them, shaven-headed men in white dhotis and orange-red shawls stand watching, and a man in a yellow shawl is partly visible at the far left edge. The man in the turban has long dark hair and a gold bracelet; his appearance is not clearly distinctive for a probable identification here.2010-09-02A photograph of a Krishna Janmashtami style gathering indoors. A man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl and glasses leans forward, holding white offering in his cupped hands toward a seated figure. The seated figure wears a white turban with gold trim, a pale green embroidered silk garment, and long dark hair, and is seated behind a low table with yellow and pink flowers in a vase. Behind them, a bald priest in white with an orange shawl holds a terracotta pot containing white material. Several men in white and orange or yellow shawls stand behind, some with tilak marks on their foreheads. A portrait of the seated figure is not shown; the scene is a live ritual exchange.2010-09-02A ritual scene inside a hall with pale walls and maroon curtains. In the foreground, a long-haired person in a pale green embroidered garment and a white crown with gold bands pours or offers something from a small vessel into the cupped hands of a shaved-headed man in white clothes and a rudraksha mala. Beside them stands a bald priest in a white dhoti and orange-red shawl with a tilak, holding a red bowl or tray. On the right, another man in an orange robe watches. Several more people in white clothes stand in the background, and a figure in yellow is at the left edge.2010-09-02A photograph of a ritual energy darshan. A bare-chested figure wrapped in saffron-orange cloth, with a saffron turban and petals in the hair, sits and places his right hand on the forehead of a kneeling older man in a white shirt, with a red-and-white rudraksha-style mala and hands in anjali. Petals are scattered on the floor. Behind them, men and a woman in white and pink clothing stand in a hall, and a woman in a pink sari with a red mala holds a steel bowl. Ceiling tube light overhead.2003-03-16A seated man in saffron-orange robes and a golden bead necklace, with a white and red tilak on his forehead and long swept-back hair, places his right hand on the head of an older bald man in a white checked shirt who bows forward with folded posture. Behind them stand a golden cobra-entwined staff, a silver kalasha-like vessel and gold ornamental carvings, with red drapes and a peacock-feather fan at left. The scene suggests a blessing exchange, with the seated figure matching visible cues of a person presenting a blessing to a devotee.2014-07-27A seated man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange-saffron shawl, leans forward and places his hand on the head of a kneeling woman with her hair pulled back. A small white card is held up by an older man in glasses and an orange shawl standing behind them. Several onlookers stand nearby in white and orange clothing, one young man in a patterned shirt, and a man in a white shirt holds lanyard badges. The setting is an indoor room with a red curtain, a wooden cabinet, and a tiled floor, with a small fan and folded papers on a low table. The seated man has a white forehead mark and is giving a healing blessing; he is probable Swamiji, identified by the long swept-back hair, saffron shawl and bare-chested ceremonial appearance.2008-04-04November 22 20102010-11-22A large group seated on the floor in a temple hall during an arati or lamp-offering ritual. Front row includes a woman in white sari with gold border holding a lit oil lamp, a woman in green and gold sari with a rudraksha mala, a shirtless young man in white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala holding a lit lamp, and a bearded older man with rudraksha mala holding a lamp. Behind them many men in saffron/orange garments with rudraksha malas and forehead markings sit on mats, some with white body paint or tilak. Brass bowls and small lamps rest on a green cloth before them. No individual is identified as a person by appearance.2019-01-01December 09 20052005-12-09A photograph of a darshan session in an indoor hall with white walls and red curtains. A bare-chested man in a saffron-orange turban and orange cloth, with a long white flower garland and a rudraksha mala hanging from his hands, sits at left with palms pressed together, appearing to bless the kneeling woman. A young woman in a white sari with a brown-patterned border and an event badge kneels at right with folded hands and bowed head. Behind her, a man in a white shirt and dhoti and a woman in a white and grey sari with an orange blouse look on. Several other men and women in white clothes stand or sit in the background. Swamiji (probable) is the saffron-clad figure with turban, flower garland and rudraksha mala; he is seated and actively blessing a devotee in a darshan setting.2003-04-20A photograph of an indoor ceremonial setting with a red draped backdrop and a gold-carved seat. On the left, a man in a red-orange turban, rudraksha mala and gold ornamental necklaces, wrapped in saffron and gold-bordered cloth, sits with eyes closed and hands resting. Beside him, a bald man in glasses, rudraksha mala and gold pendant, in saffron-and-gold robes, sits cross-legged with hands joined. Behind them stands a man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala, and at right a man in white shirt presses his palms together in greeting. Brass oil lamps with bird-finial tops and a brass lamp stand sit behind them, and a patterned rug lies on the floor.2015-10-11Indoor ritual session in a large hall with a red-and-cream decor. A figure seated on a gold-trimmed throne at left, wearing an orange turban and orange-gold shawl, faces a bald man in white clothes and an orange sash who smiles and holds a brass bowl of petals. Behind him, many people in white robes and orange sashes stand and sit, several wearing white head caps. Those seated in front, in orange and maroon robes, sit on the floor before plates of offerings and small lamps. Rose petals scatter over white cloths and red carpets on the floor.2015-10-23