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November 12 2008

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Women seated on the floor in a hall performing a puja with brass plates and oil lamps on metal trays. Several women in saffron-orange saris with gold borders and rudraksha malas wear white tilak on their foreheads; one in the foreground wears a deep red sari and holds a small lit lamp. Brass bowls with flower petals, a small kalasha and a brass lamp sit before them, with red curtains and chairs behind. No a person candidate is visible.

April 28 2013

Photograph of a seated group of women in orange and maroon-bordered saffron clothing performing a ritual with brass bells, brass plates of flower petals and lit oil lamps. The central woman, with a red-and-white forehead mark and a dark rudraksha-style mala, holds a lit flame over a brass plate while chanting. Women in cream-and-orange saris with saffron shawls sit around her on orange mats, many holding small brass bells and flame lamps. No figure of a person is visible, so no appearance-based candidate is identified.

A standing man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, bare-chested with rudraksha malas and a bangle on his wrist, raises a large brass multi-tiered oil lamp (aarti) with many lit flames, held before him in a hall. He has a shaved head and white-ash markings. Behind him, seated devotees in orange and red garments hold small lamps during an evening ritual, and red curtains, framed photo panels and a digital clock line the room. Two framed photo boards on the walls show devotee gatherings. The setting appears to be an ashram ritual with lamp offering; the man's appearance is not confidently identifiable as a person.

A covered outdoor ritual space where four men in saffron-orange shawls and orange-and-gold beaded necklaces raise lit oil lamps (aarti) with both arms, while a fifth man in white clothing and an orange shawl at the far left also holds a lamp. Seated in front of a long table are several women in white saris with gold borders, beside rows of polished brass lamps, a brass kalasha-like vessel and a large brass bowl. Behind them a seated audience fills the hall, and hanging decorations with small toy figures and red garlands are visible on the right. a person is not clearly identifiable among the men.

December 13 2013

Indoor ceremony in a tented hall with patterned pillars and a raised stage at right, decorated with flower garlands. Several people in saffron-orange robes with pink borders stand in a row holding aarti lamps with flames aloft, a ritual waving of lamps. Behind them, seated devotees in white and cream clothes hold brass lamps and dishes. A framed display and stage backdrop with a deity-style figure are visible; the robed figure in front is not clearly identifiable.

October 18 2010

A large group of women sit cross-legged in rows on a white floor, many in orange or saffron saris and kurtas, others in white with orange or yellow shawls, holding small brass oil lamps and lit candles while performing a ritual. Before them are brass plates with flowers, small brass vessels and orange mats. Behind them stands a row of plastic chairs, a table draped with striped cloth and a monitor at the right edge. Several women wear rudraksha malas. No male candidate for a person is visible, so no appearance-based identification is made.

Women in saffron and orange saris with maroon borders sit cross-legged on a floor during a ritual gathering, many holding small brass oil lamps lit with flames. In the foreground a woman in orange with a rudraksha mala holds a brass lamp and a small brass bell while an open book rests on her lap. Brass plates with flowers, a brass kalasha-style vessel, small brass lamps and a sprinkling of petals sit on orange cloth before them. A woman beside her in orange holds a lamp and reads from an open book. Behind them women in white saris with orange and green borders also hold lamps and bells.

A photograph of a ritual hall in which women in white and cream saris sit in rows on mats, tending long lines of brass oil lamps (deepas) with lit flames. Several lamps are tiered multi-tier brass lamps. Young men in saffron-orange robes, some with white sashes and beaded garlands, stand along the far side beside a glass-topped counter. A woman in a white sari with an orange-and-blue border works in the foreground. Brass bells and small brass vessels sit on the floor and counter. A printed sign reads 'Silence please', and paper star decorations hang from the ceiling. The scene reads as an oil-lamp lighting ritual, with no visible person clearly identifiable as Swamiji.

Three men perform an aarti with multi-wick brass lamps in a bare, whitewashed hall with a corrugated metal roof and a concrete floor. The man at left, in white dhoti and shawl with a white tilak on his forehead and long hair tied back, holds a lit brass lamp. The central man wears an orange robe and orange shawl and holds a lit lamp, and a third man in white holds another lit lamp at right. Several seated devotees in white clothes, some on woven mats, watch in the background, and a brass bell stands on the floor in front. Flames rise from all the lamps. The image is a photograph and the scene shows several people.