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December 31 2009

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Outdoor photograph of a Bhoomi Puja on a grassy, bushy hillside. A central man with long swept-back dark hair, a tilak on his forehead, rudraksha mala and an orange saffron robe holds a silver kalasha-style lamp with a flame in one hand and a silver bell in the other, smiling. To the left, a shaven-headed priest in orange robes bends toward a tray of offerings. Behind them, several women in white dhotis with orange shawls stand with hands folded in prayer and one holds a small book, while another woman in white and orange stands at right. Dry grass and trees fill the background under an overcast sky.

October 10 2015

Outdoors on a riverside ghat, a long-haired man with swept-back dark hair, bare-chested under an orange shawl, wears layered pearl and rudraksha necklaces and bangles, and sits on a patterned cloth as he gestures toward a kneeling man in white dhoti with yellow borders. Behind them a bald man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala sits with folded arms, while devotees in white garments with yellow borders and orange cloths stand with palms joined. Rose petals are scattered on the stone and a shaved-headed man bends over a small orange-covered object, with floral garlands and water beyond. a person is the long-haired man in the centre-left seated with pearl necklaces; the seated figure is identifiable by his distinctive hair and ornate ceremonial adornments.

2013-02-13 +2 copies

July 07 2009

A photograph of a ceremonial reception on a stage decorated with garlands of yellow, orange, purple and red flowers. A long-bearded elder in white with a white forehead mark stands centre, hands pressed together. A young figure in orange robes with flower garlands receives him, and a bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti with a red sash faces them. An orange-robed attendant smiles nearby. On the right, an ornate gold throne with red cushions stands behind the garlands. A standing boy in a white shirt and a man with folded hands stand at the left edge.

2010-10-24 +1 copies

A seated man in an orange-brown robe with a yellow-and-marigold garland and folded hands smiles at a home shrine during a pada puja house visit. A bald young priest in orange robes and a rudraksha mala kneels with his head bowed before a tray of fruit, and a standing priest in white dhoti holds a rudraksha mala. A man in a striped shirt watches at right while a large leafy offering lies on the floor. Brass lamps with lit wicks, a flower-decorated deity murti and a framed portrait sit on the shrine table.

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November 16 2009

Photograph of a group of saffron-robed monastics ascending a white metal staircase beside a tall black cylindrical structure. Several figures wear orange and maroon-striped robes and have shaved heads with white markings on their arms and bodies. Red and white flower garlands are draped along the handrails. The foremost figures on the left and centre have hands joined in anjali, and others climb and stand on the upper platform with hands raised or held together in prayer, against a pale sky.

A procession on a dirt road under colourful umbrellas with lotus-and-bird emblems. In the centre a man in white dhoti and gold-bordered shawl, with a red flower garland, presses his palms together in greeting; he has long dark hair and gold necklaces. Around him, men in saffron-orange robes carry golden staffs and wear beaded gold necklaces and rudraksha malas. A woman in a green sari with a visitor badge walks at left, and a bearded man in saffron robes leads at front. Several people are visible in the crowd behind.

Outdoor festival scene under palm trees with a dark-haired man in an orange saffron shawl and heavy gold bead necklace, a gold serpent armlet on his upper arm, looking upward while another man in white with a yellow shawl stands behind him. A man in white dhoti carries a gold kalasha-type vessel draped in red cloth and red flower garland on his head. Nearby women in pink, yellow and green saris are stained with colored powder, and a child in a purple shirt stands by grey cobra sculptures. Bamboo-style gold-coloured poles and a canopy frame the setting. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair and saffron clothing with ornate gold necklace, shown as a standing figure in a procession-like gathering.