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2001 - Glimpses From Various Programs2001-01-01A house visit ritual inside a plain room with cream walls and a window. A young girl in a pink and purple floral dress, with a hair clip and earrings, sits with palms pressed together. Beside her, a young saffron-robed sannyasi with rudraksha beads sits cross-legged. Another saffron-robed young monk sits behind him. A standing man in a white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala holds a silver staff, while a monk in saffron with a long red and yellow flower garland holds the staff at right. Bananas and offerings sit on a tray on the floor, with red cushions nearby. A woman with a tilak sits at lower left. The scene reads as a padapuja-style house visit blessing.2014-07-08June 22 20142014-06-22 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesIndoor photo in a plain room with cream walls and a wooden door. On the left, a long-haired person in orange-saffron cloth with rudraksha malas and a gold necklace extends a hand, receiving a small white offering from a man in a white shirt and dhoti. Beside them, a shaved-headed elder in a saffron wrap with a gold headband and rudraksha mala sits on a chair. Standing behind, a man in white dhoti with a gold-trimmed cloth holds a small silver cup, and an older bespectacled man in white with a sacred ash mark on his forehead gestures. Others in white shirts watch. Two people sit or kneel on a plain floor mat. The people wear white ash marks on their foreheads and arms.2012-05-22 +2 copiesIndoor photo in a plain cream-walled room of a man in white shirt and dhoti receiving attention from a seated figure in orange saffron robes with a rudraksha mala, a beaded headband and a white tilak on the forehead. The seated figure holds a gold kalasha-style vessel and a coconut shell, offering or pouring from it toward the man, who has his palms joined. Behind them stand a bald man in orange robes with a heavy gold necklace and a second man in white with a rudraksha mala, plus a partial figure at left in striped shirt; a partially visible orange balloon appears at top left. Visible people: five. Possible ritual offering of water or prasad; no name is printed on the image.2012-05-18A photograph of devotees receiving blessings indoors against a pale yellow wall with colourful paper garlands and balloons at the top left. A seated woman in an orange-brown garment with a rudraksha mala and a bindi, her forehead marked with white ash, holds a brass vessel and offers something from it to a man in a white shirt and white dhoti who bends forward with cupped hands. A young girl in a checked top and a bystander in white stand nearby. Two standing men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and gold pendants stand to the right, one talking on a phone. Several onlookers in white shirts crowd the background. The scene shows a ritual blessing or prasadam distribution. Watermarked images are not described further.2012-05-18A photograph taken indoors near a doorway with a wooden door and barred windows. In the foreground an older man in white shirt and white dhoti stands beside an elderly man in white. A young boy in white with a red-stained forehead and rudraksha mala stands in the middle. Behind them a man in saffron robes wears a rudraksha mala and a bare torso with an orange and gold sash, and to the right a man with swept-back long hair wears a saffron garment and a heavy gold-bead garland, hands folded before him. Several other people in white and saffron stand in the background.2012-09-24June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesOutdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with bare, dusty ground. A shaved-headed elderly priest with white forehead marks, a gold-beaded necklace and a green cloth over his shoulder holds a brass plate with small cups of coloured offerings. A bare-chested younger attendant with a beard and gold chain stands beside him. On the right, a long-haired person in an orange saffron wrap takes a bundle of yellow flowers and green leaves from a brass bowl held by the priest. Behind them, men in white dhotis and shirts stand watching, one with arms folded. The person in saffron has long hair and a saffron wrap, but the image does not establish identity, so the a person field is unsure.2004-12-31July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesA seated man in a saffron-orange robe with long swept-back hair, a garland of pink and white flowers and a bracelet, holds a silver trident and smiles while a group of devotees sits on a striped mat in a small room. Seated devotees in white and cream clothes with folded or open hands face him, and a shaven-headed young monk in orange stands at the upper right. A brass plate with flowers sits in the foreground beside a ceremonial staff. A calendar with a deity image hangs on the blue wall, and the scene reads as a pada puja house visit.2014-06-22 +1 copies