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Photograph of a stage event with a figure in an orange saffron robe and orange turban presenting a green bowl to an older man in white kurta and a red-and-gold shawl with a white flower garland. The orange-robed figure has long dark hair and a rudraksha mala; the older man bends forward to receive the bowl. Behind them are large golden deity murti decorated with white and red flower garlands and gold jewellery, and a framed portrait on the upper left. Gold-trimmed thrones and a white-robed attendant stand at the left edge, with other onlookers in the background.

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January 13 20152015-01-13A photograph of a ceremony in a decorated tent with a golden backdrop. On the right, a person with long swept-back dark hair, a red and red-orange bordered cloth and a thick red flower garland stands barefoot, smiling as they offer a brass vessel to an elderly man with white hair and a white beard. The elderly man wears a saffron-orange robe and a saffron shawl and places his hands together over his chest. Behind them, men in white and yellow ritual dress with tilak markings and beaded necklaces stand near a glittering golden shrine, and a red-cloth-covered table holds offerings. The mood is a devotional ritual exchange.2016-01-03October 20 20132013-10-20 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20072007-01-01A photograph of a darshan-style exchange. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a red-orange shawl leans forward, joining hands over a silver tray with a seated man in a red sleeveless top draped with a pink-red flower garland and yellow marigold garland. The seated man has long swept-back dark hair and smiles. Behind them stand a man in glasses and an orange robe, and a golden ornate panel, green-yellow textured backdrop, and red zebra-patterned seat cushions. Orange and red flowers and fronds are on the table. The seated man has long hair, a flower garland and a red sleeveless top, but no saffron-only robe, crown or rudraksha is clearly visible, so identity is uncertain.2009-06-13December 31 20092009-12-31October 19 20132013-10-19A photograph of a seated figure with long dark hair in a saffron-orange robe on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion, holding a white cloth over a silver vessel while receiving an offering. Beside the throne a bearded man in orange robes and a white cloth stands; a cameraman in white stands with a camera on a tripod. On the right, a bald man in white clothes with glasses holds an offering, and other people in white stand behind. Flower garlands with marigolds and a decorated backdrop frame the scene, and a deity murti sits at the lower right.2006-07-11July 16 20162016-07-16A stage event where a man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban places a long white and red flower garland around the neck of an older man wearing a white dhoti-style outfit and a gold-bordered red shawl. Beside them, another saffron-robed figure holds a brass plate with offerings. A man in a white shirt smiles nearby, and a brass lamp with a flame stands at the right edge. A large backdrop shows a smiling man in an orange turban, labelled as a portrait, behind the stage.2010-09-20A stage event under a white tent with a gold-framed canopy and a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a crown-like headwear behind the seated figures. A man in a red-orange turban and orange-red robes, with rudraksha and beaded necklaces, sits on an orange cushioned seat extending his hand toward a seated figure in orange robes who is being greeted. A younger boy in a white turban and orange shawl sits beside them, and a man in white shirt and orange shawl stands at right with hands folded in greeting. Bright orange seating and garlands of flowers decorate the platform.2015-01-13A photograph of a devotee in a white shirt and white dhoti-style trousers with a rudraksha mala around his neck, hands joined in namaskar, bending forward as a man in saffron/orange robes places his right hand on the devotee's forehead in a blessing gesture. Two more saffron-robed men stand in the background, and a gold-coloured ornate throne or seat with a red cloth is visible at right beside a golden lion figure. The setting appears to be an open-sided hall with green trees outside.2009-11-17 +1 copies