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September 30 2008

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2003 World Tour - Bay Area USAPhotograph of a puja at a golden shrine. A man with a shaved head, white dhoti and gold necklaces sits at left, looking down while touching his chest. On the right a man in white dhoti and gold ear and neck ornaments reaches across a silver tray holding silver bowls, a pink lotus, fruit and small vessels. A woman in an orange sari sits behind them and a dark-haired figure is partly visible at the bottom edge. Ornate gold-carved panels form the background.2010-11-03April 11 20122012-04-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a homa at a temple shrine. In the foreground a young man with a shaved head, wearing an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and a white dhoti, holds out a metal vessel toward a fire pit. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti sits cross-legged nearby with hands joined in front of him. Behind them stands an ornate deity murti decorated with pink and red flower garlands, placed on a blue draped platform. Brass oil lamps stand beside the offerings, and a bowl of banana, fruit and coconut sits near the fire. A man in a white shirt and other devotees in saris watch from the background. The flames burn in the fire pit at lower right.2001-01-01A seated man in a gold-carved red throne with a red cushion wears a rust-orange robe and a long rudraksha mala with a plain gold chain, and a horizontal white forehead mark with a red bindi. He holds a yellow-orange offering in one hand and a small spoon-like tool in the other, over a large silver bowl of yellow offerings on a green cloth. Beside him a younger attendant with a shaved head and white forehead band, wearing a white dhoti with gold borders and rudraksha beads on his chest and arms, extends his cupped hands. A vase of flowers and palm fronds stands between them, with gold-toned decor behind.2014-09-13A photograph of a pada puja in a tiled domestic room. A bare-chested man in white dhoti sits on the floor at left, holding a lit camphor flame in a small brass dish toward a seated figure on the right. That seated figure wears a long orange-red garland of flowers, rudraksha beads, a gold armlet and bracelets, and a rust-orange cloth wrap, with a tilak on the forehead and swept-back dark hair; he sits on an orange cushion beside a wooden tray of fruit and flowers. Behind them, a young boy in orange robes with rudraksha beads kneels holding a plate, while two standing young men in white and orange cloth stand near a silver staff with a finial.2014-07-08April 28 20082008-04-28April 26 20172017-04-26A photograph of a living room-style space where a man in white dhoti and shawl with a white tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha mala holds a lit oil lamp in a brass dish while performing aarti. Behind him, a man with bare chest in white dhoti with green-striped border stands with palms pressed together, and another man in white dhoti with orange-striped border also stands with palms folded. A fireplace with a glowing fire is on the right, a wall clock above, and a round brass plate with decorative engraving at the lower right. Smoke or incense haze rises near the wall.2008-04-28June 23 20172017-06-23 +1 copiesInside a temple hall with polished stone walls and a golden throne at left, a bald elderly priest with white forehead markings and a red headband stands bare-chested in saffron dhoti, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold necklace, pouring from a silver vessel onto a green-draped altar. Beside him a man in saffron robes and a gold-and-red garland stands with hands folded, while a younger attendant in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala holds a fan. A tray of white flowers, a silver lamp and a shrine decorated with garlands are visible behind, with a kalasha-like white offering on the table.2012-06-05 +2 copies2003 -World Tour Oklahoma USA2003-08-01