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December 31 2009

December 31 2009

A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a red tilak stands in a red-framed glass doorway, a flower garland of white and red blossoms around his neck, cutting or holding a white ribbon stretched across the entrance as a ribbon-cutting opening. Surrounding him, several men in orange and saffron robes and white dhotis press their palms together in anjali, one holds a tray of flowers, a small child peeks from the left, and a rudraksha mala is visible on one man's neck. A red-roofed open shelter and trees are in the background. The scene reads as an inauguration ceremony at a temple-style entrance.

October 27 2008

Photograph of people walking through a doorway in a plain whitewashed interior with a grey corrugated ceiling and a barred white metal gate. In the foreground a woman with long dark hair wears a bright orange saffron robe and a dark rudraksha mala, looking down while guiding a man in a white shirt and white dhoti who wears a dark beaded mala and holds small items in his hands. Behind them a man in an orange robe and another in white clothes follow, with a few more people visible in the background and at the left edge. Orange and white painted wall stripes frame the doorway.

A central figure in a saffron-orange robe with long, dark, swept-back hair and a full beard cuts a red ribbon with scissors at the entrance of a building with a cream-coloured door. Beside him, a smiling woman in a white sari with rudraksha beads and a ceremonial red-orange cloth in her hands assists with the opening. Behind them, a row of onlookers in white shirts, dark trousers and saree-clad women watch, and a banner overhead shows a portrait photograph and printed text. A red canopy with white scalloped edges stands to the right, and a small child in a grey top stands in the foreground at left.

A smiling man in a saffron-orange robe wears a long white and red flower garland and a red bindi on his forehead. He stands at a lilac ribbon stretched across the scene, while a man in white to the left holds a tray of flower petals and a man behind him presses his palms together in namaste. Onlookers in white and orange stand around, including children and a smiling woman in orange at the back right. The setting is an open outdoor ground, consistent with a ribbon-cutting or inauguration ceremony.

February 23 2009

2009-02-23 +1 copies

A crowded indoor hall with white walls and hanging decorative banners in red, blue and yellow patterns. A man in a saffron-orange turban and orange shawl stands at centre, marking a devotee's forehead with his right hand, while a devotee in white holds a flat wooden tray of offerings. Around them shaved-headed men in white dhotis and saffron robes, and many men and women in white and light clothing, stand close together. A gilded shrine or throne with a red decorative canopy appears at the upper right, behind a blue backdrop. The scene resembles a blessing or darshan line in a temple-style hall.

July 28 2008

A photograph at an unfinished building entrance decorated with a red flower garland and yellow-and-purple flower strands. In the centre a man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron shawl and orange-red dhoti, holds a sheaf of white papers and looks toward the doorway. Behind him a young man with light hair wears a yellow shawl over a brown vest and white dhoti with a tilak. On the left a cameraman in an orange and red top films with a large video camera. Men in white shirts and white dhotis stand on dirt ground beside a parked silver car, with bare trees and scrub in the background. Scene suggests a building inauguration; the central figure shows distinctive long hair and saffron clothing, a probable Swamiji cue.

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