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A photograph of a ceremonial ritual in a plain concrete-block hall at night. A man in a rust-brown robe with a long red flower garland, gold-trimmed and with a gold-embellished waistband, stands at left, smiling and gesturing upward while holding one handle of a large embossed silver vessel with carved figures and floral scrollwork. A young man in a white shirt on the right and a man in a white dhoti and shirt at centre hold the vessel aloft, with a red lanyard visible on the centre figure. Another man in white stands at far right with a garland.

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A photograph of a silver ceremonial vessel with embossed figurative relief carried by several men in white shirts and white dhotis, one lifting it overhead. In the left foreground a smiling man in a deep maroon robe wears a long red floral garland with gold-coloured ornamental bands and a white sash, making a peace sign with his hand. Behind him a man in a brown robe with a beaded mala stands near a grey concrete block wall. Several people are visible in total.2013-09-04 +2 copiesA photograph of a ritual scene at night in an open courtyard. Seated at a table draped with a magenta cloth, an elderly bearded man with long grey hair wears an orange robe and extends his hand toward a large polished silver vessel with embossed decorative relief. Behind him stand two men in saffron and brown robes with rudraksha malas, one bald and one with a shaved head, and a man in white dhoti with a yellow-bordered shawl. In the foreground, a person with a dark braid in a brown garment and a beaded necklace sits at the left edge. A pair of small white baskets holding red artificial roses stands on the table. A carved statue and a wooden lattice panel appear in the background.2013-11-05Close-up photo of an ornate repoussé silver vessel, a large cylindrical pot or bucket with intricate floral scrollwork and embossed figures around its body and a ring handle. A hand grips the rim at top, and a bare foot in a sandal and a white garment edge appear at the frame. The ground is bare earth. No clear person's face is visible and no one is identified.2013-10-19Close photo of an ornately embossed silver bowl or vessel held by a man's hand at right, with a repoussé floral and scroll pattern around its rim. Behind it, two men in saffron-orange robes wear rudraksha malas, with a crowd of onlookers blurred in the background. The setting suggests a ritual procession or ceremony, though no clear deity or specific event is visible.2013-07-13November 05 20132013-11-05A man in saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha mala holds an ornate silver-embossed kalasha pot aloft with both hands, a small headset microphone at his face. Long hair is tied back. Beside him, a smiling woman in white with a red border sits with her hands clasped in front of a dark red wooden door, and a bare orange wall is at right. The setting suggests a ritual or satsang moment.2013-07-13February 24 20072007-02-24 +1 copiesJuly 13 20132013-07-13July 13 20132013-07-13July 13 20132013-07-13A man in a rust-brown robe stands indoors holding a carved white stone vessel with floral relief patterns, its rim touched by his right hand. He wears a red garland of beads with yellow flower-decorated sections and a gold-embroidered orange waistband, with a red tilak on his forehead and a small headset microphone. A pale fan and a white-shirted person stand at the edge of the frame against a bare concrete-block wall. Swamiji (probable): the long hair pulled back, red-and-gold garland and devotional robe are the cues, consistent with the page's reference to a talk on enriching inner space.2013-09-04A man in a maroon-red robe with a red bindi and tilak on his forehead stands in front of a rough stone wall, smiling and holding up an ornate white metal or silver ceremonial piece with floral and scroll motifs. He wears a long red flower or bead garland and a gold-coloured waist cloth with a decorated belt. A bald man in an orange-brown garment stands behind him to the right, and another man in a white shirt with a lanyard stands at the far right edge. Lamplit, dim setting.2013-09-04