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A multi-panel collage of food preparation for an annadaan meal. Panels show cooked white rice, a quinoa-like grain, a ladle of brown broth, cubes of fried golden plantain, round fried yellow cakes, and seasoned rice with bits of vegetable. One panel shows a portrait of a smiling man in a maroon turban with a red-brown tilak, ornate gold and beaded necklaces, bare-chested, raising one hand in blessing against a gold throne and a starry cosmic backdrop. Another panel shows a woman in a white floral blouse and striped trousers holding a metal bowl in a doorway of a plain building. The collage contains no physical people apart from the woman in the doorway.

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A framed photograph of a smiling man with a red turban seated on a leopard-print throne draped over a pink backdrop with a painted deity panel. He wears a multi-strand garland of white and pink flowers with green leaves, bangles and a red shawl, and holds a pink flower in one hand while raising the other in a blessing gesture. In front, a brass plate on a banana leaf holds white rice, vadas, a curry, and papadum-style flatbreads. Behind the food stand a tiger-striped stand with two small oil lamps decorated with flowers and a copper cup. A wooden staff rests on the throne and a drum sits at the left edge. a person by the red turban, garland and throne, though the appearance is only partly visible.2021-04-13HDH Jayanthi 20212021-01-23A photograph of a ceremonial offering set before a golden-framed throne seat with striped tiger-print cushions on a pink and gold cloth. A large printed portrait behind shows a smiling figure in an orange turban, orange robe and layered garlands of yellow marigolds and red flowers, hands raised in blessing, against a red wall. The printed portrait is a depiction, not a physical person. On a banana leaf in front sits a naivedya of white rice, lentils, fried snacks, sliced cucumber, beetroot and carrot, curry in small bowls, puris and chutney. Scattered petals and rice lie on the cushion. Probable Swamiji cues are the orange turban, orange robe and garlands on the portrait, which is a printed portrait with a visible printed caption.2021-12-28Overhead photograph of a food spread on a red cloth. Bowls lined with green leaves hold, from top right, cubed fried vegetables with orange-brown spices, white crisp wafers on a leaf at top left, a pale mound of cooked rice or porridge in a perforated metal bowl at lower left, and a mixed dish of chopped vegetables and legumes at lower right. No people or a person visible; the setting suggests a ritual offering or meal.A table draped in a cream cloth with small red floral print holds about fifteen plates of rice dishes and vegetable preparations, some with orange pumpkin pieces, green leafy greens and pink lentils, arranged for an offering. Behind it stands a large printed cutout photograph of a smiling man in a red-orange turban, rudraksha malas, layered gold necklaces and bangles, hands in a blessing gesture, seated on a tiger-skin cushion. A yellow silk pillow embroidered with elephants and a small brass figure sit before the cutout. A beaded glass lamp glows at the table's right edge, and potted plants frame the scene. A small figure on a red-cloth tray appears at the left. No people are physically present.2021-01-23Photo 11681976A photograph of a seated man in rust-orange sannyasi robes with a gold-bordered shawl and a long tulasi-like beaded mala draped over his shoulders, a red bindi on his forehead, and his hair swept back. He sits on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion and reaches with his right hand toward a green banana leaf spread on a white cloth. The leaf holds a meal of rice, fried papad, yellow sweets, carrot and vegetable preparations, pickles, a small steel tumbler, and a steel bowl with white items. Visible cues: the seated figure wears saffron-orange robes, a beaded mala, a bindi and a golden throne, a presentation consistent with the page's reference to a person, though his face is not used for identification.2013-09-05 +2 copiesA photograph of a ritual offering set up in a red-draped shrine room. Centre back, a life-size cutout or printed image of a smiling figure in a red turban and pink-red robe, hands raised in greeting, seated on an ornate chair draped with a gold-bordered cloth. It is garlanded with a long strand of red, yellow and white flowers. Before it sit steel plates and bowls of food offerings including rice, dal, vegetable dishes, chutney, papads and sweets, plus a steel pot, a conch shell, a small oil lamp, rose petals and a bowl of red flowers on a red cloth. The figure is a printed or cut-out depiction, not a person physically present.Photo 66802612021-04-13 +2 copiesDecember 12 20112011-12-12March 22 20132013-03-22Photo 82877752022-10-05 +1 copies