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A seated man in ornate rust-red and maroon silk robes sits on a golden throne with a red cushion, wearing heavy gold necklaces, bangles and a leopard-print turban. He has long swept-back dark hair and a tilak on his forehead. He reaches toward a decorated pot with a green leaf or stem held by a bare-chested priest in white dhoti and an orange head cloth, who wears a rudraksha-style bead garland and bends forward. A Yamaha keyboard sits beside the throne. The setting is a ritual initiation with a decorated kalasha-style vessel.

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August 21 20172017-08-21August 21 20172017-08-21August 21 20172017-08-21August 21 20172017-08-21August 21 20172017-08-21August 21 20172017-08-21October 16 20162016-10-16August 21 20172017-08-21A photograph of a ritual abhishekam at an indoor event. A seated bare-chested man with long dark swept-back hair, a dark beard and a white forehead mark wears a rust-brown shawl, ornate gold necklaces, gold bangles and rudraksha bracelets, and raises a bunch of green leaves in his right hand. Beside him stands an attendant in a purple and pink headwrap and a pinkish wrap, holding a silver-rimmed clay pot. A golden throne and red fabric backdrop frame the scene, with a gold staff and a black keyboard nearby. The seated figure is a probable Swamiji (probable) presiding as a ritual officiant, with his long hair, gold ornaments and saffron-brown shawl as the distinguishing cues; an attendant assists with the pot.2017-02-26Ritual photo at a stage with a gold-and-red ornate throne. A shirtless priest in white dhoti with orange-and-blue border and a pink head cloth stands at left, pouring water from a white woven pot with a mango-leaf and grass bundle. Seated on the throne at right, a man with long hair, white forehead marking, rudraksha bracelets and mala, gold necklaces and an orange shawl extends his hand toward the pot. A red curtain and trident stand behind; a Yamaha keyboard sits in front. Probable Swamiji (long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas, gold necklaces and orange shawl) seated, receiving the abhishekam offering.2017-07-03December 02 20162016-12-02December 02 20162016-12-02