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December 07 20162016-12-07December 05 20162016-12-05July 08 20172017-07-08December 05 20162016-12-05A seated man in a rust-brown dhoti-style garment and a shawl wrap sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne, wearing long white and red flower garlands, a heavy gold necklace, gold armbands and bangles, and dark rudraksha-style beads. His long dark hair falls past his shoulders and he wears a red tilak. He leans forward and applies a thread or ritual mark to the head of a kneeling man in white dhoti with a yellow marigold garland, who bows forward with his hair parted. A woman in an orange and pink sari stands behind, holding a small object, and a brass kalasha-style lamp stand rises at right beside the throne. Photo of a seated initiation-style ceremony in an open courtyard. The seated figure has distinctive long swept-back hair, rudraksha beads and ceremonial gold ornaments on a throne, qualifying appearance cues.2016-10-26A ceremonial scene under a tent with red drapery and a fire pit in the foreground. A man with long swept-back dark hair, a beard, a rudraksha-style mala and a gold ceremonial necklace sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne, wearing saffron-orange robes, with a flower garland draped over his shoulders. Standing beside him, a priest in white dhoti and an orange shawl holds an offering bowl, while another attendant in an orange shawl and white dhoti kneels at the fire pit. A man in an orange headband with an orange-and-white garland tends the pit on the left, and a woman in a maroon sari with gold jewelry stands at right. Flower garlands and brass vessels lie near the fire, with smoke rising. Swamiji (probable) is seated on the throne, identified by long swept-back hair, saffron robes, gold necklace and mala.2016-12-06July 08 20172017-07-08July 08 20172017-07-08July 08 20172017-07-08A seated man on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion at a temple ritual. He wears a long dark-hair style, a red-orange robe, a gold pendant necklace, a rudraksha-style mala, a white and pink flower garland, and gold armbands; he holds small white offerings in cupped hands. Behind him are gold and colourful floral decorations. In the foreground a fire pit with oil lamp flame and offerings of fruit, marigolds and flower petals. On the left a bare-chested man in white dhoti with sacred ash marks; on the right a woman in a black patterned sari adjusts the offerings beside another woman in red. a person candidate is seated on the throne, identified by appearance cues of long hair, saffron-red clothing, gold ornaments and garland.2016-12-02A photo of a ritual darshan at a golden throne. A seated man in orange-saffron robes, a long swept-back dark hair crown-like topknot, a white and pink flower garland, and gold necklaces and bangles sits with palms pressed together in greeting on a red-cushioned gold throne. A man in a white dhoti with yellow border bows low on the red mat in front, and a row of devotees with folded hands stands behind amid smoke. Yellow marigold garlands and offering baskets with fruit lie before the throne. Appearance-based candidate: a person, seated on the throne in saffron robes with hair and gold adornments.2016-12-05A seated figure on a gilded throne with a lion-carved armrest wears a red-maroon turban, a red and white floral garland and maroon robes, with beaded bracelets on the arms, and extends a hand toward a bare-chested devotee prostrating with forehead on a gold-ornamented platform. Behind them a man in brown robes with a rudraksha mala sits watching, and a man in white dhoti with a beaded mala stands at right. Hazy light and a decorated deity murti or ratha structure appear in the background.2015-01-12