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A photograph of a smiling man in an orange saffron dhoti with gold border, wearing long white and red flower garlands, with a red bindi on his forehead, gesturing with raised palms in a small green-walled room. A man in white shirt and white dhoti stands at right with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind them a woman in a teal top and patterned sari stands near stacked rice sacks, a brass pot, and a red-framed window. The scene suggests a home visit greeting.

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A photograph inside a small room with pale yellow-green walls and a tiled floor. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti-style garment with gold border, bare-shouldered, wears a long white jasmine garland with red flowers and holds a small brass vessel while standing near a brass urn and a small offering plate. To the right, a man in a white shirt stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. At the lower left, an elderly woman in a pink and blue patterned sari bends forward near stacked white sacks, and a child's head is visible beside her. Garlands of orange and red flowers hang on the sacks. Three people are visible.2011-05-17December 27 20082008-12-27February 15 20072007-02-15July 11 20122012-07-11A photograph of a marriage ceremony at an open-sided pavilion with a corrugated metal roof. A man with long dark hair, a red bindi and white forehead markings, wearing an orange sleeveless robe and a white jasmine garland with red roses, stands smiling with both palms raised in blessing. A bald young man in white clothes with white and red forehead marks films with a video camera behind him. In the foreground, a seated couple is seen from behind: a man in white with a white flower garland and a woman in red and orange with a white and orange flower garland in her hair. Rows of seated men in white stand or sit in the background beside red and white hanging banners. Probable Swamiji wears the orange robe and long hair cues, so the candidate is present in person.2007-02-15A photograph inside a stone temple hall with carved pillars and a wooden direction board. Center, a figure with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange robe and a long garland of white and red flowers, hands folded in namaskar and smiling. Beside him a bald man in an orange robe and a long rudraksha mala holds his hands together. In the foreground two shirtless men in white dhotis and orange cloths, seen from behind, stand facing the central figure. On the left a woman in a white sari with a teal border and a man in white shirt and dhoti stand with palms pressed together; a man in a white shirt folds his hands at right. Several onlookers stand around in the background.2011-09-09A seated man in a rust-red sannyasi wrap and a white flower garland blesses a young boy in a white-and-red checked shirt holding a yellow banana. The blessing man sits on a red cushioned seat with a tilak on his forehead and gold bangles and earring. Behind them a woman in white with orange shawl and a second woman in orange sari stand near a row of decorated deity murti in green, red and gold garments. The setting appears to be a temple-style hall with a red curtain and a fan at right.2014-06-06October 20 20122012-10-20A photograph of a festive doorway decorated with yellow marigold and red flower garlands, coconuts and mango leaves, with hanging leaf strands above. A woman in a white and gold-bordered sari wearing a long red and white flower garland and gold necklaces stands center with palms pressed together, smiling. Around her, a bearded man with long curly hair wears orange robes and beaded necklaces; a bald man in orange robes and gold beads sits in the foreground; another man in orange robes and a man in white kurta with a white dhoti and saffron-bordered cloth stand nearby with hands folded. A man in white with a blue and orange rosette badge stands at left. Several people in white and orange appear in the background.2010-01-02 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated man with short-cut hair, wearing a maroon-red dhoti-style cloth with a gold border, a white and red flower garland, rudraksha and beaded ornaments on the upper arms and chest, smiling as he receives a folded paper from a woman in a white sari with a red border and a pink-and-gold shawl. Beside him, two young shaved-headed men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand near a silver tray holding red apples and a banana. A man in a white shirt kneels nearby and a woman in a purple sari stands in the background; a small girl in orange clothing and a man in white with folded hands add to the room. A camera lens is visible at right. Swamiji (probable) appears as the seated man, identified by his long swept-back hair, ornate gold-and-beaded jewelry, red-and-white garland and maroon ceremonial cloth, in a devotional setting receiving written requests.2014-06-22May 02 20142014-05-02July 28 20082008-07-28 +1 copies