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Photo of a ritual offering at a temple-like hall with a large gold ornate backdrop and a gold deity figure behind. A seated man in rust-red robes with a gold necklace, forehead tilak and sandalwood marks, and a long dark beard and hair, holds a large ball of food and pours more from a silver bowl. A young sannyasi with long dreadlocks, bare-chested with an orange waist cloth and rudraksha beads, extends his hands to receive it. A woman in a blue cap and gloves assists at right, with another person in rust-red robes at the edge. a person (seated, in rust-red robes with gold necklace and tilak); the ritual suggests a pinda offering.

September 19 2017

2017-09-19 +1 copies

A seated man in a deep red-maroon robe sits on an ornate gold throne with carved floral and animal reliefs. He wears multiple rudraksha mala strands, a gold necklace, and a white-painted forehead with a red tilak. A bare-chested young boy in an orange cloth stands at left, offering a yellow ritual item from his hand toward the seated figure; a silver bowl with yellow offerings sits in front. The seated man's visible cues include long hair and rudraksha malas, consistent with the Swamiji (probable) presentation; he is seated on the throne receiving the offering, as a probable Swamiji pada puja or abhishekam-type ritual. The boy's hand holds yellow turmeric-like offerings.

2017-07-03 +1 copies

January 08 2018

A seated man with long dark hair, a full beard, a white and red tripundra forehead mark and a rudraksha mala wears a rust-red garment and a gold pendant. He sits before an ornate silver-embossed backdrop on a leopard-print seat, with a large engraved silver bowl in front of him and green banana leaves below. He holds yellow flower petals. A child in an orange turban and orange cloth stands at left offering petals, and an attendant in orange with a hair bun stands at right. Scene suggests a puja offering ritual.

July 14 2013

2013-07-14 +1 copies

A seated man in rust-red sannyasi robes with a rudraksha mala and a horizontal white forehead mark sits on a silver throne with his eyes closed, one hand resting on his knee. A kneeling child in saffron-orange cloth and a rudraksha mala offers a handful of yellow flowers toward him, and a silver bowl of yellow flowers sits on a silver stand with a green leaf in front of the throne. Another child in orange garments with an orange turban stands at left, and a silver pillar and a pedestal stand behind. The pale blue and orange temple-style backdrop and a standing fan complete the scene. This is a ceremonial flower offering during a puja.

A photograph of a seated man in a golden-brown and rust-coloured silk robe with a braided rope shawl, smiling broadly, reaching into a large silver tray of yellow rice and handing a rice ball to a shaved-headed young child in orange robes with a red sash and a necklace of coin-like beads. A second person in orange, partly visible, stands behind the child, and a white pedestal fan and a gold-carved throne chair are in view. a person: the seated man wears saffron-toned ceremonial silk and gold necklace cues on a gilded throne, so he is labelled as a probable candidate, with the child as a devotee receiving prasadam.

2013-11-10 +1 copies

A photograph of a ritual offering in a gold-ornamented hall. A seated man in red-orange robes and a long rudraksha mala, with a white forehead mark and red bindu, leans forward on a gold and red throne, extending a handful of yellow powder. Before him stands a young boy in orange cloth and a white sacred thread, shoulders marked with white paste, reaching out to receive it. A large silver bowl of yellow powder sits at the seated man's feet. Behind them are gold carved panels with animal motifs and a gold-framed throne back. The seated man appears to be Swamiji (probable), given the long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklace, rudraksha mala and throne.

2017-07-03 +1 copies

November 11 2016

2016-11-11 +1 copies

A photograph of a ceremonial scene in front of a large gold ornate throne with a red cushion and gold pillars behind it. A seated man with long dark hair, a red bindi, orange robes, an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala with gold beads sits on the throne and pours or places gold-coloured grains from his hand into a large green-rimmed bowl set on a gold-decorated low table draped in green cloth. A bald man in orange robes kneels at the left of the table, reaching toward the bowl, and a woman in orange robes with a gold border stands at the right edge. On the left, a small display board holds framed black-and-white and colour photographs and a red-and-white cloth. The setting resembles a priestly offering or ritual, with the seated figure wearing rudraksha and gold adornments, and the page suggests a ritual satsang setting.

2013-05-20 +1 copies

A seated man in a golden throne with an ornate gold-carved backrest and red cushion, wearing a rust-red wrap with a long braided rope of beads, a red-orange shawl and a vermilion forehead mark, scoops food from a large ornate silver-gold bowl held on a green cloth. A kneeling young attendant in an orange-saffron cloth with a gold waistband, white body markings, beaded necklaces and bangles offers a bowl of prasadam. A golden trident and a gold lion figure stand beside them, with a white fan behind and a gilded deity murti visible at the top left. Scene suggests a ritual food offering, annadan, at an ashram setting.

2016-11-11 +1 copies