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May 23 2015

A photograph of a ritual offering in an ashram hall. A barefoot man in white kurta and trousers, with a red sash, bends forward to receive a handful of yellow food from a seated priest with a saffron-orange turban and bare upper body in orange and gold cloth, who is holding a metal bowl heaped with the same food. Leaf plates with more food sit on a green leaf and on the white cloth on the floor, and a brass pot of rice and curry stands at the lower left. Behind them a young woman in red and white garments with a red sash, and a woman in a cream and purple sari, stand near a green-draped table. Panels of black-and-white portrait photographs cover the back wall. A brass lamp with a lit flame and a peacock-shaped finial stands at the lower right.

A seated figure in a rust-red turban and saffron-orange draped robe, with a rudraksha mala and gold ornaments, presses a hand to the forehead of a man in white kurta with an orange shawl. The seated figure holds a small white card in the other hand. Behind them stands a golden deity murti draped in red and multicoloured cloth, with gold garlands. A woman in white with an orange lanyard stands at right. The scene appears to be a blessing at a temple. a person: the seated turbaned figure in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha mala and gold ornaments matches the page's description of the event.

December 20 2015

December 18 2016

A photograph of a seated figure in an orange turban and orange robe with a layered beaded necklace and orange bead bracelets, placing one palm on the head of a short-haired young person wearing blue-framed glasses and a white garment with gold border who kneels before them, holding a folded paper in the other hand. Behind them, two women stand: one in a rust-red sari with a rudraksha mala and gold bangles, arms folded; another in white with a rudraksha mala, hands clasped. Background shows gold ornate carved panels and a vertical gold pole. a person: the seated figure wears an orange turban, saffron robes, layered beaded necklace and bracelets, consistent with the page's a person reference, but the appearance is not conclusive enough to confirm.

Annadhan in 2015

2015-01-01 +2 copies

December 18 2016

A photograph of a seated man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a pearl-and-gold necklace and a rudraksha-style bead mala, his hair tied back in a bun, placing his hand on the head of a long-haired person dressed in white with a red sacred thread on the wrist. Behind them, gold ritual objects, a peacock feather fan and red-and-white cloth are visible, with other people in orange and white seated in the background and a framed portrait in orange showing a turbaned figure at the upper right. The scene appears to be a blessing or initiation gesture in a satsang hall.

A photograph at an indoor event with a silver ceremonial bowl of yellow grains on a green banana leaf in the foreground. A shaved-headed priest in orange robes and a rudraksha mala kneels at left, holding grains in his cupped hands with white tilak on his forehead and an armband on his upper arm. At right, a man in an orange-red garment with a long ornate gold necklace and a bare upper torso sits on a silver-decorated seat beneath a fringed umbrella, smiling and reaching into the bowl. Behind them a standing attendant in white clothes and a red sash stands by a silver trishula staff. A display board with a collage of framed photographs stands to the left, and a blue and green draped cloth hangs in the background.

2014-07-26 +1 copies

A seated man in an orange-brown robe with a gold-and-white garland and a gold necklace raises a long orange-red rudraksha mala with both hands while a bald devotee in a white kurta and beaded mala kneels before him with palms together, holding a yellow fruit. Behind them, several women in white saris and orange-and-blue sarees stand with palms pressed together, some wearing rudraksha malas. A white-shirted man stands at the right edge beside a red-draped seat with a gold carved armrest. The seated man has a white forehead mark and wears a gold earring. The floor is red carpet and the backdrop is red curtains. The seated man is a probable Swamiji by appearance: long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklace and rudraksha-adorned ceremonial setting, with an orange robe.

2014-07-11 +1 copies

A seated man in an orange-red robe with a red and gold-bordered shawl wears a long red and white flower garland with gold accents and holds a tall silver stand with one hand. Around him, saffron-robed sannyasis, devotees in white and cream saris and dhotis, and a woman in a blue top stand or kneel; a woman holds a plate of flowers and leaves, and a toddler sits among the onlookers. Brass and silver vessels and a small oil lamp sit on the floor in a domestic room with shelves holding framed photographs and small figures.

2014-06-24 +1 copies