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A photograph inside a hall with pale walls and a marble floor, where several people in orange and saffron robes take part in a ritual. In the foreground, a figure in a saffron turban sits with palms pressed together in namaste, beside a bald man in orange seated cross-legged with hands joined. Another seated devotee in orange also has hands folded. At right, a standing man in orange robes pours or tends to a flame on a small wooden stand before a decorated deity murti garlanded with white flowers and orange marigolds. Brass lamps, brass bowls with red kumkum and leaf plates sit on the floor, and a man in orange stands in the background near a garland-hung canopy. Several other people in white or orange are partly visible at the edges.

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February 02 20072007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02Indoor photograph of an orange-robed devotional scene in a room with a marble floor and garlanded pillars. A standing man in orange robes, bare-chested with a draped orange cloth, holds a brass oil lamp with a flame in both hands and offers it forward. Seated to the left, a man in an orange turban and orange shawl sits with palms pressed together in namaskar. Another seated monk in orange sits nearby, and additional orange-robed people and a white-clad attendant stand in the background among flower garlands. Small brass dishes sit on the floor. The scene resembles an aarti offering. a person is not confidently identifiable here, so no appearance-based label is applied to any person.2007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02Three seated monks in saffron-orange robes sit on white cushions on a marble floor during a ritual. The figure at left wears an orange turban, a long gold-toned necklace and a saffron garment, and holds a small pink flower. The seated man in the centre, bald, wears saffron robes and holds a pink flower. The man at right, with a shaved head and white markings, sits with hands in his lap beside steel bowls of red kumkum. Standing devotees in orange and white stand behind, and a tall brass lamp stand decorated with orange marigold garlands is at right.2007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02A photograph inside a hall where seated saffron-robed sannyasis perform a puja before a decorated altar with a golden deity murti under a canopy of marigold and white flower garlands. In the foreground, a large brass oil lamp with a bird-shaped finial stands on a bed of white and orange flowers. A man on the far left wears a saffron turban and saffron robes and sits with hands near the lamp; another man wearing a saffron shawl on the right sits with a metal vessel. Several other saffron-robed men sit and stand in the background, and a person in white sits at the left edge. Two saffron-clad figures stand near the back. Probable Swamiji (saffron turban, saffron robes and rudraksha beads visible on the seated man in the foreground), seated at the lamp.2007-02-02A photograph of a seated group of saffron-robed sannyasis and devotees in a hall performing a puja before a garlanded shrine. In the foreground, a large brass oil lamp with a flame stands on a base of white and orange flowers. Several men in orange robes sit cross-legged on the marble floor, some with hands extended over the lamp, while a man in a pale beige robe and head wrap sits at right. Behind them, a shrine with a deity murti under a flower-draped arch topped with golden kalasha and swan figures holds a central murti decorated with garlands. A cameraman stands at left, and a few people in white sit near the back. Ceiling fans and fluorescent lights hang overhead.2007-02-02A temple ritual in an orange-walled shrine room with a gold-trimmed altar. Several men in saffron and orange robes sit on the floor performing a puja: a seated man in a saffron robe with a red shawl rings a small bell, a man in orange holds a brass vessel, and another sits with brass lamps, a copper pot and a silver plate of yellow and red flower petals. A man in white dhoti stands with hands folded at the back, and a row of seated devotees in white with orange shawls watch quietly on the right. Brass oil lamps, fruit and garlands are arranged on plates on the floor.2010-07-21