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A photograph taken from above of a person in an orange saffron robe leaning over a square stone plinth inside a dim, bare-walled sanctum. The person has long, voluminous black curly hair falling forward and is bent low with both hands near a gleaming brass object, a domed brass vessel with a ribbed rim set on a red-cloth-lined brass base. The setting appears to be a sanctum sanctorum with rough concrete walls. The figure's posture indicates active worship or energizing of the sacred object.

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A photograph taken from above of a person in an orange robe with long curly black hair bending over a square stone opening in the floor. Both hands are placed on a gold-coloured object set on a copper-toned square base, with a small flame or light visible at its base. A white cloth lies at the left edge and a wooden stick at the lower right. The scene appears to be a consecration of a sanctum foundation.2006-12-11December 11 20062006-12-11A photograph taken from above inside a stone-walled underground chamber. A figure with long, dark, swept-back hair wearing an orange robe kneels on the bare concrete floor beside a square opening in the floor, bending forward with hands resting near the edge. In the opening, a square gold-coloured yantra plate sits on a pale stone base. A bamboo ladder leans against the upper wall, and a metal vessel and a small brass pot sit at the edges of the frame. Dark stains mark the floor. Swamiji (probable): the kneeling figure has long swept-back hair and orange clothing, presented as the central ritual participant during the garbha consecration.2006-12-11December 11 20062006-12-11December 11 20062006-12-11December 11 20062006-12-11December 11 20062006-12-11December 11 20062006-12-11Overhead photo inside a dim, unfinished stone chamber with a bamboo ladder on the left. A figure in orange robes with long dark hair sits cross-legged on the bare floor, holding a lit oil lamp flame over brass vessels. Below, a square stone slab set into the floor has a small square recess, with a red cloth and white cloth laid on the ground nearby, and a brass vessel and a glass dish sit on the floor at the lower right. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure has long, swept-back dark hair and orange ritual clothing, consistent with the page's garbha consecration context.2006-12-11A photograph taken from above of a stone-walled sanctum-like chamber with a rough concrete floor. A person in a saffron-orange robe with long, loose dark hair kneels on a patterned mat, holding a small lit flame in a brass vessel in one hand and a silver pot in the other. Before them stands a brass ritual object on a red cloth, with a folded white cloth and an orange cloth on the left. Below, a square stone slab set in the floor has an opening, and a figure in white clothes is partly visible at the lower right.2006-12-11December 11 20062006-12-11Close overhead photograph of a person in an orange saffron robe with long dark curly hair, head bowed, both hands resting on a golden three-dimensional meru structure with stepped triangular tiers and a perforated base, set on a square golden plinth. The figure appears to be placing or adjusting the sacred object. The orange wrap is draped over the shoulder and across the body. Colourful tiled mosaic is visible at the lower right edge of the frame. The scene suggests a sanctum consecration preparation.2006-12-11