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May 30 2006

2006-05-30 +1 copies

Night photograph of a crowd at a riverside ghat-style setting. In the centre, a smiling young man with long, swept-back black hair wears an orange shawl over orange robes, a gold-beaded necklace with dark rudraksha-style beads, and a red forehead mark, holding a small metal ritual implement. Behind him, a figure in an orange robe and orange shawl bends forward among people in white dhotis and orange shawls. Stacked blue plastic jerry cans sit on the ground, and a water bottle appears at left. Pink fabric and a metal pole appear in the background. The scene reads as devotees at an outdoor gathering.

A man with long, swept-back curly dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead pours water from a brass vessel over a dark stone shivalinga during an abhishekam. He wears an orange sleeveless top with an orange shawl draped over his shoulders and a gold bead necklace of large round beads. Water splashes over the stone linga. To the left, a bearded man in orange robes stands partly visible, and another orange-clad figure appears at the right edge. Swamiji (probable): the man pouring water has long swept-back hair, orange ornate clothing and a gold necklace, consistent with the page's Swamiji reference.

Outdoor ritual scene under coconut palms. A long-haired figure in orange robes with a gold ornate chain sits cross-legged on an orange cushioned seat edged with gold border, with a zebra-print pillow behind. Beside him a second man in orange with a red forehead mark and a heavy gold beaded necklace holds a silver bowl and pours or handles an item from a metal stand. A red and gold floral floor rug and a yellow flower-shaped rangoli lie in front. Other orange-clad people stand in the background with orange flags visible. Swamiji (probable): the long-haired seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a gold chain matches the page's Swamiji presence, so the description uses that label while noting the appearance-based basis.

February 27 2011

2011-02-27 +1 copies

Close photograph of a seated man with long, swept-back dark hair wearing an orange shawl and a long rudraksha mala, bending over a small polished silver vessel held in his cupped hands. A man in white clothing with an orange garment appears behind him, and a wooden surface edges the lower right. The seated figure has a distinctive long-haired appearance with orange drapery and rudraksha beads, which fits the page's reference to Swamiji, so this is a probable match for the Swamiji candidate present in person, though the identification rests on appearance cues only.

A man with long, swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and white vibhuti marks, wearing an orange saffron shawl and sleeveless orange garment and a gold bead necklace, pours water from a brass kalasha over a dark stone linga during abhishekam. Water splashes over the linga and its peetha. Another saffron-robed man stands behind him, and a third person in orange stands at the right edge. Several orange-clad people are partly visible in the frame.

A photograph of a temple abhishekam at an outdoor shrine. A person with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange robe and a gold-toned necklace, and pours water from a brass vessel onto a black stone lingam-like object set in a shallow basin. Around them, many devotees in orange and saffron clothing crowd close, several holding long wooden poles, metal bells and ritual implements. A silver puja plate sits in the foreground beside the basin.

Outdoor ritual scene at a stone-walled temple courtyard. In the centre, a man with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala wears an orange robe and a long orange wrap; he sits cross-legged before a small bronze shrine containing a deity murti under an arch, pouring from a small metal vessel, with a golden kalasha-shaped finial in front. To the left, a younger man in an orange shirt and wrap holds a white metal bowl. Behind them, several people in orange robes and white trousers stand holding long poles and a yellow canopy, and others sit at the right edge. Bare feet and plastic bottles are visible on the steps.

2006-06-01 +1 copies

Outdoor photo of a seated ritual on a paved area. In the foreground a metal fire tray holds stacked wood pieces, and a brass plate of orange marigold flowers sits at the lower right beside a small bell. Behind them are silver and brass vessels, a bowl of mangoes, and stacks of folded orange cloth on an orange cloth. Four men sit in orange robes: the man at right, with long dark hair, a red forehead mark and a microphone stand beside him, sits with hands folded; the man second from left wears a gold bead necklace with a pendant and hands folded; the man behind him wears a gold bead necklace; a young man at far left wears an orange shawl over white clothes. Standing figures in white and orange are in the background.

June 04 2006

Photograph of a long-haired man in saffron-orange sleeveless robes and a long gold bead necklace pouring water from a brass kalasha over a dark stone shivalinga during abhishekam. He has a red bindi and tilak and is smiling with eyes lowered. Behind him to the left stands another orange-robed sadhu with long hair and a beard, and to the right a figure in orange with long dark hair is partly visible. Water streams down the stone linga onto a stone platform. Dark background with a carved stone cornice above.