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A figure in an orange saffron robe with a matching hood bends forward with hands joined in a deep reverential bow beside a stone platform. A young girl in white traditional dress with a gold border kneels nearby with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind them stands a framed portrait of a deity or saint seated on an ornate throne, flanked by marigold and red flower garlands. Colourful striped and patterned umbrellas, a tall striped garland, brass vessels and oil lamps fill the open-air ritual setting.

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September 03 20072007-09-03December 23 20082008-12-23September 30 20072007-09-30December 23 20082008-12-23 +1 copiesA photograph of a shaded outdoor pavilion with a colourful geometric star-patterned cloth backdrop. On the left, a man with long dark hair wearing an orange robe stands with his palms joined in prayer, facing a white-covered table. On the table, a framed photograph garlanded with pink and orange flowers stands beside brass oil lamps, a tray, and a bowl of offerings. In the centre, a figure in an orange robe with a pink flower garland stands at the table, extending a hand toward the framed picture. To the right, a smiling person in white garments with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala stands with hands folded. A partly visible orange cloth lies in the lower right corner.2010-02-17A photograph of an outdoor ceremony under a colourful canopy with orange pennants and palm trees behind. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes with layered gold-beaded necklaces and a rudraksha mala sits on an orange-draped seat, touching the head of a kneeling man in white clothes with an orange shawl, who bows low with his hands joined. Standing attendants in orange shawls and white garments are nearby, and a crowd of seated devotees, including children, watches from the right. Flower garlands, an orange cushion with yellow flowers, a brass kalasha-style pole and a small shrine with a deity picture are visible. Swamiji (probable): the seated man has long swept-back hair, saffron robes and a rudraksha mala, and presents the blessing.2008-12-28 +1 copiesDecember 23 20082008-12-23A seated man in an orange saffron robe with long dark swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala is smiling while wearing a white and red flower garland. He sits on a raised white platform in front of colourful deity shrines decorated with striped green, red, pink and yellow floral arches and garlands. A kneeling man in a white dhoti and shirt with a white garland presses his palms together in namaste, while a person in white and red bows with forehead touching the platform near the seated man's bare feet. Flower petals and fruit offerings surround the platform, and a metal vessel sits at the left. The scene is a devotional ritual under a tin-roofed pavilion.2006-12-26Outdoor photo of a seated man in saffron-orange robes and a saffron turban, wearing a multi-coloured flower garland of yellow and red blooms, smiling and resting his hand on a dark rock bed strewn with white flower petals. Beneath a colourful canopy strung with green, yellow, red, purple and orange bunting, a man in a white shirt with a saffron shawl and a rudraksha-style mala bends low to touch the seated man's feet. Several onlookers stand behind in white and light clothing, including a woman in a yellow sari and a boy in a checked shirt. The seated man is Swamiji (probable), identified by a saffron turban, long swept-back hair, a flower garland, saffron robes and a gold-bordered shawl, shown as a live person in the scene.2007-01-12Outdoor procession at a temple-style ratha cart decorated with green, white and red garlands in an arch above it. A framed portrait of a long-haired man in orange clothes and a beaded necklace sits atop the arch. Beneath it, deity murti and marigold garlands rest on the white cart, with brass bells, flowers, fruit and banana leaves arranged on a purple cloth. On the left, a man in orange robes with a shawl rings a bell over the offerings. On the right, a man in orange robes with a long mala and a young man with hands in anjali stand beside devotees in white dhotis and yellow shawls, with red umbrellas overhead. Several devotees behind them are visible.2008-12-23January 12 20072007-01-12December 23 20082008-12-23 +1 copies