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Evening outdoor ceremony under strings of lights. A bearded man in saffron-orange robes with a long swept-back hair, wearing a thick red and white flower garland, sits smiling on an ornate golden throne with a red cushion. Beside him stands an attendant in orange robes with a rudraksha mala. A shaved-headed man in white dhoti and bare chest, with hands pressed in anjali, bows toward the throne, while a priest in white with a sacred thread stands nearby. Participants in white clothes sit on striped mats in rows behind, some holding red-and-white cloth bags. A golden kalasha and an ornate parasol with colourful tassels frame the scene, with petals scattered at the throne's base.

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March 16 20172017-03-16Night outdoor ceremony under strings of coloured lights. A bearded man with long dark hair, wearing a rust-red saffron cloth and a red-and-white flower garland, sits smiling on an ornate gold-and-red throne (peetha). He reaches to accept a small red cloth bag from a bald, bearded man standing in a white dhoti and bare chest with a gold chain. Behind them, a woman in a brown-and-red garment with a long beaded mala and red bindi holds a brass trident-topped ritual staff. Rows of seated devotees in white and red clothing fill the right side, sitting on colourful striped mats; a wall of decorative white cones lines the foreground.2017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16Night ceremony outdoors under string lights at an ashram event. A bearded man with long hair and a red-brown robe with a flower garland sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions, reaching toward a red-and-white gift bag held by a priest. The priest wears white dhoti with orange-gold borders, bare-chested with sandalwood marks on his arms. Beside him stands a bare-chested young man with a rudraksha mala. Another man in white dhoti holds a brass kalasha-style vessel. A shirtless man with long hair and beaded necklaces stands at right. Seated devotees in white and red sit on colourful striped mats behind, with petals scattered on the floor and a smoky fire glow.2017-03-16Night outdoor ritual photo under a fringed canopy with golden scalloped backrest. A bearded man with a tilak, wearing a red-brown robe and a pink-and-white flower garland, sits on a gilded red-cushioned throne, holding a cream cloth. A standing bare-chested devotee in white dhoti with red-brown rudraksha mala and red sash presses palms together before him, while smoke drifts and devotees in white sit on a striped rug. A woman in a white and gold sari stands at left. Strings of multicoloured lights hang in the background.2017-04-28A seated man on an ornate gold-and-red throne with a carved gold peetha base sits with palms pressed together in namaskar, eyes closed. He wears a saffron-orange wrap and a white and pink flower garland, with a red rudraksha-style mala around his neck. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti and a red beaded mala bends forward at right, holding a lit oil lamp over a striped cloth, with a brass plate nearby. Behind them a crowd of white-clad devotees sits on the ground under string lights, with a gold lamp stand and small decorated objects at the front. Probable Swamiji cues: long hair, saffron wrap, garland and throne, presented as the seated central figure in a ritual.2017-03-16A seated bearded man in saffron-orange robes sits on a golden ornate throne with a red cushion, wearing a fresh garland of white flowers with red roses, while a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with an orange-red waist cloth and rudraksha mala bends forward to offer him a red-and-white bundle. Behind them a gold trident stands near a brass vessel, and other shirtless men in white dhotis, some with sacred ash on their foreheads, stand or sit in the background with flower petals on the ground. Strings of lights glow in the dark night setting.2017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16Night outdoor ceremony at a golden-backed throne decorated with a red cushion and a white, pink and red garland. A seated man in saffron-orange robes with long hair and a full beard receives offerings. A bare-chested devotee in white dhoti with an orange sash bows with palms joined and holds a red-and-white gift bag. Another man in white dhoti holds a small red-and-white bag, and a standing attendant in maroon robes holds a brass kalasha. Several bare-chested men wear rudraksha malas and forehead markings, and a crowd sits behind under strings of lights. A seated figure in the throne has a garland with red flowers. Scene suggests a devotional darshan.2017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16