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A photograph inside a temple-style hall with red curtains and a carved stone pillar. In the foreground, a bare-shouldered figure seated with back to the camera wears a long white and orange-red floral garland and gold armlets, with a dark braided plait down the back. A devotee in orange and a tilak-marked forehead kneels and offers something from a small card or tray, while a man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala and a man in an orange shirt with white vest stand nearby with hands folded. A woman in a gold sari stands at the right edge. Brass lamps sit at the left edge and petals scatter across the red carpet, with a pedestal fan behind the seated figure.

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October 30 20162016-10-30October 30 20162016-10-30 +1 copiesA photo of a ritual in a temple-like hall with red curtains and a carved stone pillar. A seated figure with long dark hair, wearing a red-brown garment and a thick garland of white and orange flowers, receives a devotee who bends forward with head lowered, touching the seated person's feet. The devotee wears a bare upper body and a cream dhoti with gold border. Another man in a white dhoti and shawl with rudraksha mala stands behind, and a woman in a dark sari holds a red fruit or offering. Flower petals scatter on the floor and a gold ritual vessel sits in the foreground. Padapuja-style reverence is shown.2016-10-30October 30 20162016-10-30A photograph of a seated, bare-chested man draped in long garlands of white jasmine and orange-red flowers, sitting on a red cloth in a temple-like hall with a carved wooden pillar behind him. Several devotees stand or kneel nearby; a man in a grey shirt in the foreground offers a fruit or coconut toward the seated figure's hands, while a woman in a dark green top with a rudraksha-style mala kneels beside him. Behind them, women in orange and saffron saris stand in the background near a decorated shrine. A pedestal fan and red curtains are visible. The seated man, with long dark hair, sits in the centre of the scene; the appearance-based identification is uncertain given the view and distance, so this is treated as a seated devotee-led ritual giving.2016-10-30 +1 copiesA seated man with bare upper body, wearing a thick white and orange flower garland and red-and-orange flower strands, extends his hand toward devotees in a darshan-style gathering. Several people are around him: a woman in a dark blue sari holds up a folded white paper, a woman in a white sari and saffron shawl presses palms together, a woman in a pink top with a red-and-white shawl bends forward, and a young man in a white shirt reaches out with cupped hands. Red curtains, a carved stone pillar and a standing fan are in the background. The seated figure is shown with distinctive adornments and a garland, and is a person in a ceremonial role receiving devotees.2016-10-30 +1 copiesOctober 30 20162016-10-30 +1 copiesA photograph of a bare-shouldered figure with long dark dreadlocked hair, wrapped in a thick white and yellow flower garland with red blossoms, seen from behind and seated before a carved wooden shrine. The figure extends a hand to offer a red fruit, possibly an apple, to a kneeling man in a teal shirt who is bent forward with his face lowered. Around them, men in white shirts and dhotis, one with a white crown-like cloth and rudraksha mala, one wearing a rudraksha mala and forehead vibhuti, stand and lean in attentively. A child in red clothing holds a fruit, and a red bangle and red-and-white floral ornaments adorn the central figure's arm. Marigold petals lie scattered on the floor. a person cues: long dreadlocked hair, bare chest with an ornate red bead bracelet and garland; the figure is distinctively adorned and seated centrally as the one giving blessing.2016-10-30October 30 20162016-10-30 +1 copiesAugust 14 20162016-08-14A seated figure with long dark hair wears a thick white and orange flower garland and bangles, draped in a bare-chested orange-red cloth, and holds out a red apple to a man in a cream kurta with a red-orange shawl and rudraksha mala. The seated figure appears to be Swamiji (probable), identified by long swept-back hair, a flower garland and ceremonial adornments, while the receiving devotee wears a cream kurta and red shawl. Behind them, a man with a sandalwood forehead mark, a man in white kurta, and women in saris stand near a carved stone pillar and red drapes, with a small white fan and a wall of framed photos beyond. A woman in a light orange sari sits at right holding a folded paper.2016-10-30 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual exchange inside a room with red curtains and a carved wooden panel. A figure with long, swept-back dark hair and bare upper body, wearing a thick white and red flower garland and gold bangles, sits on the left and extends both hands to receive a bowl or tray from a man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala who kneels on the right. Scattered flower petals cover the floor. Behind them, several onlookers stand: a woman in a maroon sari with a rudraksha mala, a woman in a green sari beside a young girl in a green dress, a man in a blue shirt smiling, and a young man on the right. The figure with long hair has distinctive adornments, so the appearance-based label is a person, seated in the role of the one receiving offerings.2016-10-30