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A man with long, swept-back dark hair stands in front of a shrine decorated with marigold and red flower garlands and blue drapes. He wears a cream ceremonial garment with a gold border and a heavy gold necklace, and holds a red flower garland in his hands. Before him are rows of stacked stainless-steel bowls on maroon cloths, filled with grains and offerings. Behind him a deity murti is adorned with flowers and a lit oil lamp stands nearby. The scene looks like a temple offering ritual. The man's appearance, with long hair, gold necklace and cream garments, is a probable match for Swamiji (probable).

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A photograph of an outdoor temple-style shrine decorated with marigold garlands, blue draped cloth and banana stalks. A long-haired figure in a cream and gold-bordered dhoti and shawl, with a red beaded garland around the neck, walks past tiered stacks of silver-toned plates and bowls of offerings draped in maroon cloth. Brass lamps stand before the shrine, which holds a deity murti adorned with flowers. Devotees in saffron and orange saris and dhotis stand in the background, and a drummer in white appears at left. Probable Swamiji (long swept-back hair, red rudraksha-style garland, ceremonial cream-and-gold attire) walking among the 1008 naivedyam offerings, with the page noting a 1 January Jayanti celebration.2009-01-01A photograph inside a decorated temple shrine with a stone and gold-trimmed altar holding a deity murti pair draped in marigold garlands. A standing man in white ritual dress with a cream shawl and long dark hair wears a red-and-orange flower garland and stands beside tiered stacks of silver bowls filled with offerings, which line the foreground. Blue velvet drapes frame the shrine, with hanging banana bunches, flower arrangements, a brass oil lamp and a kalasha nearby. Fresh marigold and yellow garlands trail along the stone platform. Setting suggests a puja or naivedyam offering.2009-01-01January 01 20092009-01-01January 01 20092009-01-01January 01 20092009-01-01A photograph inside a temple shrine decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands and flower arrangements. A long-haired man stands centrally in a white dhoti-style garment and a white shawl, wearing a gold necklace and a red-and-white flower garland, with his right hand raised in a blessing gesture. Behind him, a deity murti with a crown and a tall decorated backdrop sits above a silver kalasha-shaped altar and brass lamp stands. Rows of brass and steel bowls with offerings line both sides in the foreground, and blue drapes frame the sides of the shrine.2009-01-01January 01 20092009-01-01January 01 20092009-01-01A figure with long dark hair and a white dhoti stands with palms pressed together in namaste before a shrine decorated with marigold and yellow garlands. Behind him, a deity murti pair sits in an ornate gold-framed alcove, flanked by blue velvet drapes and tall banana plants with flower decorations. In front of him, tiered stacks of silver-toned bowls with offerings of fruit and sweets are arranged on red-draped platforms, part of an offering display. Another man in white stands at the right edge with hands folded, and a figure in orange robes is partly visible at the left. a person cues: long swept-back hair, a red flower garland and a gold-beaded necklace, shown in a ritual role as a presiding figure before the shrine.2009-01-01A man with long dark hair stands in front of a shrine decorated with marigold and yellow flower garlands, with a deity murti of two figures in the back. He wears a white ceremonial garment, a multi-strand gold necklace and a red-and-white flower garland, with hands joined in namaskar. Tiered rows of silver plates and bowls hold offerings on both sides, and blue draped cloth and banana plants frame the shrine. Women in white and orange saris stand at the left and a man in white shirt joins palms at the right. Appearance-based candidate; identity uncertain from appearance alone.2009-01-01A photograph of a temple shrine during an offering ritual. A man with long dark hair, wearing a cream and gold dhoti-style garment, a red garland and a heavy gold necklace, stands before the shrine. Tiers of silver-toned bowls filled with food offerings rest on red-draped platforms on both sides, with more bowls on the floor, and brass lamps stand at the right. The shrine holds a deity murti decorated with marigold garlands and flower arrangements, with blue cloth draped on the walls and bananas hanging above. Other people in traditional white and pink attire are visible at the left and right edges, and a drummer stands at the left. a person appears as the central figure, identified by long hair and a gold necklace and garland.2009-01-01A photograph of an outdoor shrine decorated for a ritual offering. A man with long dark hair, wearing a white dhoti-style garment, a bare upper body, a red flower garland and gold-coloured necklaces, stands centrally on a paved walkway. Behind him is a deity murti pair in an ornate shrine with marigold garlands, yellow and orange flower strings, and blue draped cloth on both sides. Rows of brass plates with food offerings stand in tiers on red-draped tables on either side. On the right, a man in a white shirt stands with palms pressed together, and a woman in a white sari with orange trim stands at the left edge. Banana plants and palm fronds frame the scene.2009-01-01