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Night outdoor photo at a Shivaratri observance. A seated figure in orange saffron robes with long swept-back hair and rudraksha beads sits on a raised white platform, holding a small object in hand. In front, a man in white clothes holds a silver plate, with a young boy in white and a woman in a white sari standing nearby. Behind them is a framed portrait of a bearded man in white, and a row of oil lamps lines a stone structure on the left beneath a bare tree.

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May 19 20082008-05-19August 11 20092009-08-11July 27 20082008-07-27February 28 20092009-02-28Night outdoor event at a raised white-draped platform beside a bare tree and a cinderblock wall. A seated person in saffron-orange robes with a red tilak and a beaded mala sits on a white chair-throne, hands folded in his lap. To his left another person in orange robes sits on the platform edge with a gold necklace. Behind them a standing man in white with an orange shawl holds a large golden trident. To the right a man in white kurta with a mala stands near a child in white and an older man in white. Trays of offerings sit on the platform and the ground. Strings of lights glow at the left edge.2007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16Outdoor evening satsang beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots, lit by a single lamp. A man in a long flowing orange robe with long dark hair stands barefoot at centre, gesturing with one hand as he speaks into a microphone on a stand. Seated before him on sand and mats is a large gathering of devotees dressed in white, many wearing rudraksha malas. In the foreground, a man in white with glasses and a mala sits with hands on his lap, a woman in lavender sari sits with palms joined, and a shaved-headed devotee in white bends over brass puja vessels, a small kalasha and flower offerings. A white-draped low seat stands to the right beside a blackboard on an easel.2005-12-19February 16 20072007-02-16March 27 20082008-03-27A photograph on an open terrace above a forested hillside. A man with long swept-back black hair, orange robes, layered rudraksha malas and a white necklace sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne, holding a small leaf-plate and smiling. Before him a kneeling man in a white shirt and khaki trousers bends low on a red rug, with a gold-trimmed low table holding a white bowl and green leaves. Behind, a man in white dhoti with orange-bordered shawl and rudraksha mala stands with hands clasped, a red bag at his waist. Three women in sarees, one in orange, stand or sit laughing, and a smiling man in a rust-red shirt presses his palms together at right. A large umbrella shades the upper left.2012-07-08A photograph of a seated man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a bare chest, receiving devotees at close range. He is seated on a white-cushioned chair on a red carpet, with a tray of offerings (fruit, flowers, sweets and papers) beside him. A woman in a red and gold sari with a folded white cloth presses her palms together before him, while a man in white shirt and a bald monk in orange robes stand nearby. Several men in white clothes and orange shawls stand in the background, one wearing a name badge. A young woman in a yellow garment holds an offering plate at lower right.2008-03-12March 26 20082008-03-26