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October 26 20162016-10-26A large seated ritual gathering in a hall with yellow and maroon draping. In the foreground, a woman in a green sari with a gold border holds a small oil lamp, and beside her a woman in white with a white forehead mark holds a brass lamp. A bare-chested man with rudraksha malas and a white dhoti holds a small lamp, and an older man in white with glasses holds an offering. Behind them, many men in saffron-orange robes sit with palms joined in prayer, and a bearded man in orange holds a microphone. The scene reads as a puja or aarti with lamps being offered.2019-01-01October 26 20162016-10-26October 26 20162016-10-26KAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 7/6/20192019-07-06 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual aarti at a covered pavilion with a banner of multicoloured triangular pennants overhead. Several priests in white dhotis and shawls, some bare-chested, stand holding tall brass multi-tiered oil lamps with flaming wicks, arms extended forward. Behind them a row of seated and standing devotees, many women in saffron, blue and purple saris, watch and fold hands. Long tables in the foreground hold brass plates and offerings on banana leaves, and a seated woman in orange and cream sari with a red-and-white forehead mark sits at the lower left. A man in an orange cloth stands in the middle, and a professional camera on a crane arm is mounted at the upper right. Plain white sky and green trees form the background.2012-07-03Outdoor photo of an annadanam food distribution crowd. A woman with reddish-orange hair in a white sleeveless top sits on an ornately carved golden wooden chair, leaning forward as another woman in an orange-and-red sari touches her head. Around them people in white shirts, yellow, green and pink saris and a shirtless man hold leaf plates and cups; seated children and young women in green and yellow sit on the ground at left. A man in a green striped shirt stands at right.2022-04-17December 26 20132013-12-26October 26 20162016-10-26A seated man in an orange-red dhoti and shawl, with a long gold-beaded necklace and a knotted hair bun, sits on a red-cushioned throne-like seat and raises his right hand in blessing toward an older man in white shirt and dhoti. A young woman in white with an orange shawl stands with palms pressed together in namaste, and an older woman kneels in white at the base of the throne, touching flowers placed on the floor. Around them, people in orange and saffron garments, rudraksha malas and vibhuti marks stand in a crowd under an outdoor canopy with red and yellow decorations. The seated figure's appearance is consistent with the page's reference to a senior swami, but the identification is uncertain from the image alone.2013-12-26A large seated gathering of devotees in a hall during a ritual, with many people in saffron/orange cloth and others in white dhotis with gold borders. Several bare-chested men wear rudraksha malas, and white sacred ash marks foreheads and arms. In the foreground, a woman in white with a gold border holds a small oil lamp, a man in a green and gold sari-style garment holds a lamp, and a bare-chested young man with a moustache and a rudraksha mala holds a lit oil lamp beside an older man in glasses holding a lamp. Brass vessels and plates of offerings sit on a green leaf on the floor, and a microphone stand is visible at right. No one in the image is clearly identifiable as a person from the visible cues, so the presence of a person is treated as uncertain.2019-01-01December 26 20132013-12-26