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A young man with long, loose dark hair and an orange-saffron robe holds a coconut shell with a lit flame in his right hand, offering puja beside a large blue diesel generator with a silver exhaust pipe and a red-tipped pink flower placed on its metal base. Behind him stand other people in orange and white robes, one with a shaved head and tilak-marked forehead, and another man in white looks on through a barred window. The wall is whitewashed and the doorway opens onto green foliage.

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November 25 20042004-11-25A photograph inside a small whitewashed room where a blue diesel generator stands beside a wall with a metal exhaust pipe. A man in a long-sleeved checked shirt on the left presses his palms together in namaskar. In the foreground on the right, a long-haired man in a saffron-orange shawl and dhoti holds a brass bell in one hand and a brass lamp with a lit flame in the other, performing a puja before the generator. A red flower lies on the generator housing. Behind him, other devotees in white dhotis and saffron clothing stand with hands folded near a window with red frames and banana leaves outside. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), shown in the foreground performing the puja with a long, swept-back hair, saffron shawl and brass bell and lamp.2004-11-25November 25 20042004-11-25A photograph in a small whitewashed room beside a blue diesel generator set with exhaust pipe and a red fuel hose. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes, a bare-chested figure with ritual adornments, holds a brass oil lamp burning with flame in one hand and a brass handbell in the other, performing a puja to the generator; a pink hibiscus flower lies on the blue generator housing. Several onlookers stand nearby, one man in a checked shirt and others in white clothes with palms pressed together in namaste, and a figure in white near the doorway. Barred windows and banana leaves appear outside.2004-11-25November 25 20042004-11-25A photograph inside a small room with pale blue walls and a red-framed window. A man in an orange turban, orange shawl and a dark rudraksha mala smiles while holding a brass oil lamp (aarti) lit with flame, with yellow and white flower garlands at its base near a small deity murti on a shelf. Behind him a man in white clothes holds a tray, and on the right two men in white and orange stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. The scene suggests a puja or aarti inside a newly built room. The man in orange is an appearance-based a person candidate, but the page does not place a person at this event, so the identification is uncertain.2010-02-18A photograph taken indoors in a plain whitewashed room with barred windows and a framed picture on the wall. A man in a saffron-orange wrap and an orange head wrap stands at left, long dark hair falling over his shoulders, gesturing with his right hand. Beside him stands a second man in a white shirt and white dhoti at right, partly cropped. Behind them on the floor are stone sculptures, including a standing deity murti, and rough stone blocks. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), a saffron-clad figure with long hair and a head wrap, visible in person.2007-08-19A photograph of an office entrance being opened, with a long-haired figure in a flowing saffron-orange robe and a dark rudraksha mala walking through the doorway, hands held together at the chest. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, saffron robe and rudraksha mala. Behind him, an older man in white shirt and white dhoti walks in, and another man in white shirt carries a tray. The doorway is decorated with a green leaf torana and a strand of flower garland. Two or three onlookers in light clothing stand outside a barred window on the right. Bare white-tiled floor and pale walls.2010-02-16September 19 20062006-09-19November 25 20042004-11-25Outdoor photo beside a whitewashed concrete block wall with a doorway. A young person with long dark hair and a red bindi stands in the doorway, draped in a saffron-orange cloth over the shoulders and body, looking to the side. To the right, an older man in glasses wears a white dhoti and a saffron-orange shawl over his shoulder, turned toward the doorway. A tree canopy is visible overhead and a red-lidded container sits near the wall.2006-09-19August 01 20082008-08-01