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A photograph of a devotee in an orange saffron garment with a gold necklace and a red-and-white tilak on the forehead, holding a silver oil lamp with a visible flame in front of a black stone deity murti crowned with a red and silver headdress, wearing gold armlets and a jewelled necklace, and draped with yellow, red and green flower garlands against a grey block wall. A second person with dark hair, seen from behind, is at the left edge. The scene suggests an aarti being performed before the deity.

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A man in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back black hair and a gold bead necklace performs an aarti with a lit oil lamp before a black stone deity murti. The murti wears a red and silver crown, gold necklace, gold armlets and a garland of yellow, red and green flowers. White ash marks are on the man's arms and forehead. The background is a plain whitewashed block wall with a green and white cloth at the upper left.2007-11-09A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange saffron dhoti-shawl, a multi-strand gold rudraksha-style necklace and white sandalwood marks on his arm, performs aarti with a silver oil lamp before a black stone deity murti. The murti wears a red and gold crown, a gold necklace and bangles, and is framed by a garland of yellow, red and green flowers. The white cinderblock wall behind is marked with soot. A partial figure of another person is visible at the left edge.2007-11-09November 09 20072007-11-09A man with long, swept-back dark hair, orange saffron robes and a gold-bead garland, with a vertical tilak on his forehead, reaches to place a white flower on a dark stone deity murti in a temple hall. Two ash-marked arms are visible; he is pictured in a ritual offering. Behind him, a silver vessel and a brass lamp rest on a tray held by hands at the left edge, and a second orange-robed figure stands in the background near a decorated altar with garlanded deity figures. Red and burgundy drapes hang at the right.2007-11-09A photograph inside a temple hall during a ritual. A long-haired man in a flowing saffron-orange robe and gold necklace holds a golden kalasha-type pot in a wire cage in one hand and a metal stick in the other, pouring or sprinkling liquid over a tall black stone deity murti at left. A photographer in orange clothing stands behind him, and a crowd of devotees is seated in the background. A framed picture hangs on the right wall and a lit lamp or flower offering is visible at lower centre. The person shows distinctive long swept-back hair, a red forehead mark, and gold ceremonial necklaces, matching the Swamiji description; the page identifies him as present.2007-11-09A photograph of a shaved-head? No: a person with long swept-back dark hair and a rudraksha-style ceremonial gold necklace stands at left wearing a flowing saffron-orange robe with a white-marked bare upper arm, smiling while holding a small brass lamp and a bell-like ritual vessel near a golden arched doorway. Beside them stands a large black stone deity murti with a crown of yellow and red flowers and a pink blossom at its chest, its attendant figures in shadow. Swamiji (probable): the figure at left shows long hair, an ornate gold necklace and saffron clothing, consistent with the page's identification, performing an aarti or lamp offering before the deity murti.2007-11-09November 09 20072007-11-09September 29 20062006-09-29 +1 copiesA man in long swept-back dark hair and an orange saffron wrap stands at right, his bare right arm raised as he places his hand on the crown of a black stone deity murti. The murti wears a silver-red ornate crown, a jewelled necklace and gold armlets, and is decorated with garlands of yellow, red and green flowers. White sacred markings are visible on the man's arm. At left a partly visible person in dark hair faces the murti. Behind them is a plain white wall, and a gold and ornamented shrine structure with green and orange embroidered cloth appears at left. The scene suggests a temple puja ritual. Swamiji (probable) is described by the orange wrap, long hair, and gold ceremonial necklace; this label is appearance-based.2007-11-09A long-haired man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a gold necklace and rudraksha-style beads, stands at right-centre extending his right hand toward a row of dark stone deity murtis with tall crowns and carved figures draped in orange and red garlands. At left a person in white holds a brass tray with a small brass lamp and bell-like vessel. Behind, a shrine with colourful decorations and a seated deity figure appears, and a man in a light shirt sits at lower left. The man in saffron has a red tilak and white paint on his arms; the scene reads as a puja. Probable Swamiji by visible cues of long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and gold beads, shown performing worship before the deities.2007-11-09September 29 20062006-09-29A man in a flowing saffron-orange robe holds a lit flame or oil lamp toward a large garlanded deity murti in a temple room. He has long, dark, swept-back hair and white markings on his arms, and holds a small hand bell in his other hand. Behind him stands a second person in orange, and a seated man in orange with a bead necklace sits at the left edge. The deity wears a crown and is decorated with thick garlands in green, yellow, red and white. A gold peetha/throne with a red velvet seat and a decorative white-fringed umbrella stand nearby, along with a framed portrait on the altar. The setting is a puja/aarti during a temple worship, with a wall of gold-toned cabinet doors at left.2007-11-09