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Photograph of a man in an orange saffron turban and orange robes bending forward at an indoor event, wearing a white jasmine garland. He is leaning toward a tall brass vessel with a curved golden spout, its neck wrapped in white flower garlands. Beside him, a woman in a dark blue sari with red and gold border stands with bangles, and behind them a crowd of men and women in shirts and glasses looks on. In the lower right, a green and gold silk cloth with a white-and-gold border covers a table or seat. The scene suggests a ritual offering or welcome ceremony.

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A photograph of a person in an orange saffron wrap and orange turban, bending forward while holding a tall brass ceremonial vessel decorated with a white jasmine garland. Behind them stand several onlookers in casual shirts and a woman in a navy and red sari with a red bindi. A blue and gold brocade cloth edged with white flowers is visible at the right. A purple bird logo appears in the upper left corner.2003-07-27July 27 20032003-07-27November 22 20052005-11-22 +1 copiesNovember 11 20052005-11-11 +1 copiesPhotograph inside a temple shrine hung with marigold garlands. A man in a saffron-orange turban and orange robe with a red-pink flower garland stands at centre, facing right toward an illuminated silver lamp, with his hand raised to the flame. Behind him a bare-chested priest holds a long-handled ladle over a lit silver aarti lamp in front of an ornate silver-framed shrine decorated with flowers. A hanging brass lamp is visible above. Several devotees stand in the foreground, including a woman with a hair bun and a necklace, a man in an orange top, and a woman in a white top with her hair tied up. Pink and white flowers adorn the shrine altar.2009-11-30A photograph of a darshan moment. A man in a saffron-orange turban and saffron-orange robe, wearing a white flower garland and a red and white flower-decorated chest piece, sits on a white floral-covered seat with scattered yellow petals and places both hands on the head of a kneeling man in a white T-shirt. Behind them, several women in white saris and white garments stand, one holding a metal plate with flowers. A flower arrangement sits at the upper left. The man in orange wears a crown-like turban, long hair and saffron robes with rudraksha beads, matching the a person appearance cues, though the page does not place him at this event.2003-12-14 +1 copiesNovember 11 20052005-11-11 +1 copiesJuly 02 20042004-07-02July 02 20042004-07-02December 11 20112011-12-11A temple scene with a crowd of devotees seated and standing in an interior hall with carved stone pillars. In the centre, a man in an orange turban, orange and gold shawl, and a white-and-pink flower garland stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. A bare-chested priest in a grey dhoti with a sacred thread faces him from behind and holds a ritual object. Nearby, a bare-chested attendant in an orange dhoti stands at right, and seated devotees in white clothes fold their hands. The setting appears to be a South Indian temple ritual with prasadam or offerings visible at left.2006-09-24A photograph of a man in an orange turban and orange robe standing at a puja, holding a brass oil lamp in one hand and a silver handbell in the other, with a white-and-red-and-green flower garland and dark rudraksha beads around his neck. A small red tilak mark is on his forehead. Behind him, a woman in peach and orange sari and another man in orange with folded hands stand in a plain room with a blue electrical panel on the wall. Brass bowls with offerings sit on a white table in the foreground, and smoke rises from incense at right. The appearance and dress are consistent with the a person candidate described on the page, though the face is not used for identification.2006-10-12