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Indoor photograph in a small home with green and lilac walls, a ceiling fan, and a framed portrait of a young man on the wall. A central figure in a rust-orange turban and saffron-orange robe wears a long rudraksha-style mala with large beads and smiles while receiving a cardboard box held up near his head. A photographer with a flash camera stands at the left edge. Around him, devotees in white clothes, some with jasmine flowers in their hair, press close, and a shaven-headed young man in orange robes stands behind. Probable Swamiji cues present: the central figure wears a turban, orange robe and long bead mala. Role: honoured guest at a home visit.

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Photograph inside a small room with green walls and a lilac wall, where a crowd of devotees gathers around a central figure. A man in a rust-red turban and red-brown robe with a long rudraksha mala, holding a wooden tray with offerings, stands at the centre smiling. Around him, a younger man in white dhoti with white vibhuti tripundra and a mala, several women in white saris with flowers in their hair, and men in white shirts press close. A framed photograph of a young man hangs on the wall, a camera flash is visible at left, and a small devotional calendar picture is pinned beside a window.2014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01Photograph inside a small home with green and lavender walls, a ceiling fan, and a framed portrait of a young man on the wall. A central figure with a red-orange turban, red-orange cloth draped over the body, a long rudraksha mala and bangles stands smiling while a devotee bends forward with hands extended toward them. Around them, a man in a white shirt, a shaved-headed man in orange cloth, a woman in a white sari with a flower garland, and an elderly woman in yellow watch. A shrine shelf with framed deity pictures, flowers and a lamp sits at left, and a cameraman with a flash camera is at the edge. Roughly six to eight people are visible.2014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01A photograph of a padapuja at a home in Tamil Nadu. A person in an orange saffron garment with an orange turban, white and red flower garlands, and bangles stands at right, placing hands on the heads of kneeling devotees. Devotees in white shirts and dhotis, women in red and mustard saffron-toned saris, and children kneel and sit close together in a small room with white walls. A cameraman in orange clothing photographs the scene from the upper right, and a ceiling fan and a framed picture hang on the wall behind.2014-07-03A crowded indoor room with cream walls and a wooden display cabinet holding flowers and small items at left. In the centre, a smiling person in a maroon-red turban and a rust-brown wrap, wearing a white and green flower garland, stands among devotees. Two shaved-headed young men in orange and white clothing stand behind, one with a white tilak on the forehead. Many women, some older with grey hair, press in close, several with hands folded in namaste and one holding a small offering. Devotees surround the figure in a padapuja-style gathering.2014-07-03Indoor padapuja at a home in a cream-walled room with a wooden display cabinet holding flowers and small figurines. A central figure in a deep red-maroon turban, white floral garland and rudraksha-style beads stands among a dense crowd of devotees, women in saris and salwar, some with flowers in their hair. Two young men in orange and white robes with rudraksha malas stand at right holding items, and a man in white shirt is at lower centre.2014-07-03A crowded domestic room where devotees gather around a central figure wearing a red-maroon turban and maroon-brown robe, with a white and green-striped garland of white flowers draped over his shoulders. Several women in white and cream saris and white blouses, one with a long braid and flower garland, reach toward him with hands joined. A shaved-headed young man in a white dhoti with gold border stands at right beside a figure in orange-saffron robes. Wooden display cabinets with glass doors and flower arrangements line the wall behind, and a man in a white checked shirt stands in the foreground.2014-07-03A seated figure in a rust-orange turban, orange robe with gold border, rudraksha beads, white and green garlands and gold bangles places a hand on the head of a young man in a white shirt with a red and white garland who bows forward. Behind them a man in orange garments with rudraksha mala and a photographer with a flash camera watch. In the foreground a woman in white with gold jewellery and a kumkum mark looks on.2014-07-03July 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesCrowded indoor room with pink walls and a wooden beam, where devotees press around a central figure wearing a red-orange turban and draped orange-red cloth, smiling. A framed picture of a deity with a halo hangs on the wall above a doorway. Men in white shirts with orange or red shawls and garlands stand close, and women in saris and flower garlands are visible at the front. A younger bare-chested man with a rudraksha-style necklace stands at the left. The image looks like a photograph of a darshan visit at a devotee's home.2014-07-01Crowded indoor room with cream walls and a ceiling fan. A woman in a red saree with a white-and-red garland is smiled at and touched by devotees; a woman in orange robes with rudraksha beads reaches toward her. A man in a white shirt with a camera on his shoulder films from a doorway. A framed portrait of an older man with a garland hangs on the left wall. Many onlookers in saris and shirts press closely around.2014-07-04 +1 copies