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Indoor photograph in a plain room with a tiled floor, exposed wooden beams and fluorescent tube lights. On the right, a man in a saffron-orange turban and orange robes, with long hair and a fresh garland of yellow and red flowers, stands with palms pressed together and smiles. Facing him, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala and tilak, holds out a garland and smiles. Behind them, standing men in white dhotis and shirts watch, and a cameraman with a video camera films. A flower-decorated frame is visible at the upper right.

Indoor photo in a plain hall with tube lights and a ceiling fan. A man with long dark hair and an orange turban wears an orange robe and smiles while placing his hands together toward a priest. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with sacred thread and a rudraksha-style necklace holds a long garland of yellow and red flowers and leans forward to drape it. Two other men stand nearby, one bare-chested in a tan cloth and one in a white dhoti, and a woman in a white sari with glasses watches at right. A decorated flower arrangement stands at the right edge.

September 23 2006

2006-09-23 +1 copies

A photograph of a warm greeting in an indoor room with plain white walls. A man with long dark hair and a flower garland of white jasmine and green leaves, wearing an orange saffron robe, smiles broadly while clasping hands with an older bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a sacred thread and beaded malas, who has a red tilak on his forehead. Around them, men in white shirts, a man in glasses, and other devotees in orange and white watch and smile. A microphone stand is visible at lower centre.

January 12 2007

A photo of a satsang gathering under a corrugated roof with yellow curtains. On the left, a figure with long dark hair tied back, wearing a maroon-red robe, a red and gold headband, a garland of white jasmine, yellow marigolds, and red roses, smiles while facing the crowd. Around them, men in white dhotis and shirts press their palms together in anjali greeting. A man in an orange-saffron shawl over white clothes stands centre-right with hands joined, and a man in white with a green-and-red bordered shawl holds a hand out on the right. Ceremonial cones with red and yellow bands stand in the background.

2012-05-12 +1 copies

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Photograph of a seated ritual gathering. A figure in an orange saffron robe with long dark hair and a white forehead mark sits on a patterned mat, smiling and holding a brass tray of offerings, while wearing a thick garland of red and yellow marigolds. Facing them, a bare-chested man in orange cloth and a rudraksha-style necklace sits with palms pressed together in namaskar. Two other men in white ritual dhotis and orange cloth sit nearby, and several standing men in white shirts and dhotis, some with orange shawls, watch with hands folded. The setting appears to be a temple-side or outdoor devotional gathering.

A photo taken in a temple interior with a black stone shrine and brass lamps at left, and a small deity figure garlanded with white and pink flowers on a gold-trimmed altar. A man in a white short-sleeved shirt stands at left with palms pressed together in greeting. At centre, a long-haired man in a loose orange-saffron wrap over a red undergarment wears a white and pink jasmine garland and smiles, with a second man beside him in orange robes also holding palms together. A figure at far right wears a bright orange shawl printed with text. A probable Swamiji appearance is present: long swept-back hair, a saffron wrap and a garland, in a receiving role, so the identity is an appearance-based label only.