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A photograph taken outdoors under shady trees. In the foreground a person seen from behind, with long black hair tied back, gold earrings, gold bangles on the arm, and a rust-orange garment with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, faces a blue-painted deity murti seated on a black pedestal inside a white arched shrine framed by a turquoise backdrop. The blue murti has a blue headband, orange hands, and beaded necklaces. Reddish earth and blurred foliage fill the background, and a small flame or offering stands near the base of the shrine.

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May 20 2013

A photograph in an outdoor garden setting with tall trees. In the foreground a man with long dark hair tied back and a white tilak on his forehead walks along a stone path. He wears a rust-orange garment with a yellow sash and a dense ornate gold necklace with a rudraksha-style bead mala, and a gold armband. Behind him to the left, a second robed figure in orange stands partly visible, and a black dog is on the left. To the right, a blue-painted deity murti with multiple arms sits inside a white arched shrine framed by blue drapery, wearing a beaded necklace and a blue headband. In front of the shrine is a large mound of red kumkum-coated stones or offerings on a tiled platform, with small prayer mats on the ground.

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Outdoor photo of a man standing with eyes closed and hands folded before a black stone deity murti in a blue-curtained arched niche. The murti has multiple arms, a red cloth wrap, a white headband and a garland; a large heap of red offerings, possibly red flowers or fruit, is piled at its base. The man wears a long dark braid-like swept-back hair, a dark-orange rudraksha mala with gold beads, a gold armlet, and an orange-and-yellow striped cloth wrapped at the waist, bare-chested. Trees and dry red earth surround the shrine, with a kneeling mat and a stone basin nearby. A probable Swamiji candidate by appearance, with the long hair, rudraksha mala and gold armlet.

Outdoors among trees, a man in an orange-saffron dhoti wrap with a wide yellow border stands leaning against a tree trunk with eyes closed, wearing a long gold-beaded garland, a gold armlet and a bangle, with a tilak on his forehead. To the right, a carved white arch frames a dark stone deity murti of Ganesha with a yellow headband and orange shawl, seated before a turquoise drape, with a heap of red flowers in front. Green foliage and red soil fill the background. The man's appearance does not clearly establish an identity, so he is described only by role as a devotee.

Outdoor photo at a shrine in a leafy grove. In the foreground a man with swept-back dark hair, a thin tilak on his forehead, gold-hooped earring and an orange-brown dhoti-style cloth walks past a mound of red flower offerings. He wears a long rudraksha-style mala with gold bead ornaments and a gold armlet. Behind him a second robed figure in orange stands at the left. The shrine arch is white with carved detail, framing a dark deity murti draped in red with a red headband and a blue backdrop. Trees and bare red earth surround the scene.

February 21 2013

May 17 2013

A man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stands barefoot beside a large banyan tree in an outdoor garden, wearing a heavy gold necklace and gold armlet, head bowed. Beside him, a blue-skinned deity murti seated on a dark pedestal is set within a white stone arched niche with a green draped backdrop, holding objects in its hands and wearing a garland. In front of the murti lies a mound of red kumkum powder, with a small stone plaque and a bench nearby, and red-patterned mats are laid on the ground. Stone blocks and paving are scattered around the grassy earth.