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July 25 2005

July 25 2005

January 04 2006

2006-01-04 +1 copies

A photograph of a long-haired person seated with palms pressed together in a namaste gesture, head bowed, wearing an orange robe with dark maroon trim and round dark buttons down the front. A red-brown tilak mark is on the forehead. Behind them, a white wall displays small framed prints and a pink flower garland arcs across the top. A white cloth lies beneath the seated figure.

July 24 2005

July 24 2005

A photograph of a long-haired man seated on an orange-cushioned throne-like chair, wearing an orange sleeveless saffron wrap and a dark rudraksha mala, with a red tilak on his forehead and smiling. A man in white kurta stands at left, pouring or offering from a small vessel onto the seated man's head, while a woman in a pink-and-white patterned sari stands at right with hands joined. Behind them are gold-coloured ornate fixtures, yellow and red flower garlands, a gold kalasha-like urn, and a small white figure of a deity. The seated man shows strong appearance cues consistent with the page's a person candidate, so this is a person receiving a ritual honour in an ashram setting.

November 30 2005

2005-11-30 +1 copies

A seated man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe and a heavy gold necklace, with a red tilak on his forehead. He sits cross-legged on a raised platform with palms pressed together in namaste, eyes closed, and a silver trident-like staff with a flower garland leans beside him. In front, several devotees sit with their backs to the camera, including a woman with a blonde ponytail in white and a dark-haired woman in orange. To the right, a man in a blue shirt with a tilak also folds his hands. The background is a pale marble wall. Swamiji (probable) is seated centre, identified by long swept-back hair, saffron robes, a gold necklace and a rudraksha-style garland with the staff.

A seated figure in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back dark hair and a red bindi sits on an orange upholstered armchair with his palms pressed together, his bare feet being washed in a silver tray. Kneeling devotees in white clothes with yellow shawls and beaded necklaces perform the pada puja, one holding a small ritual vessel and incense sticks. Fruit, flowers and a red-trimmed box sit beside the chair, and a green mat covers the floor. A wall fan is visible behind them.

May 23 2005

A photograph of a seated man in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back hair, a red-and-white flower garland with green leaves, and a rudraksha mala, sitting cross-legged on a low wooden platform with hands in lap and eyes closed. A wooden staff leans beside him and a brass vessel sits on a green leaf. Behind him, several men in white shirts stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, and a woman in a blue sari joins them. To the right, a second seated man in white with an orange shawl and palms together sits on a mat. A brass lamp and a metal plate lie in the foreground on a concrete floor before a block wall. The Swamiji depiction cues are distinctive (long hair, saffron robes, garland, mala), so the seated figure is a probable Swamiji; this matches a Maheshwara Puja ceremony setting.