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A seated man with long dark hair and a beard, wearing a rust-red robe, sits on a red-cushioned throne with gold and green ornamentation while smoke or incense fills the air. Two attendants stand on either side holding long garlands of white flowers with pink accents draped over the throne area: the attendant on the left wears a white dhoti and the one on the right is bare-chested with an orange-saffron cloth and long hair. A white fan unit sits at the lower left. Setting is an evening ritual or satsang with a garland offering.

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October 29 20162016-10-29October 29 20162016-10-29October 29 20162016-10-29A seated man on an ornate gold throne with a red velvet cushion and gold trident finials raises his right hand, index and middle fingers extended, in a blessing gesture. He wears a saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulder, a pink and white flower garland, and a red thread on his wrist, with long dark hair. To the left, a bearded priest in a white dhoti with a pink-bordered cloth and a red rudraksha-style mala holds a metal bowl, with smoke rising in the background. Behind them stand other attendants in orange and white garments beside a pedestal fan, an orange flag, and a decorated canopy with multicoloured tassels. Pink flower petals lie on the ground.2017-03-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a ceremony in smoke. A man seated on a red cushioned throne in front of a large gold lotus-petal backdrop wears a gold necklace, multiple gold chains, a gold armlet and a red-and-gold forehead mark. Several attendants in white dhotis with gold borders stand around him, one bare-chested with white sacred markings on his body, another in a maroon top applying something to the seated man's arm. A cloud of incense smoke fills the foreground and right side. Attendants serve as priests performing an honouring ritual.2017-05-26March 16 20172017-03-16 +1 copiesFebruary 23 20172017-02-23A seated man in a rust-brown ceremonial robe and long swept-back dark hair sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions, wearing layered white and yellow-orange garlands, rudraksha beads and gold necklaces with gold armbands. He reaches forward to apply a mark to the forehead of a bare-chested young man in white dhoti with a yellow marigold garland, who bows before him. A golden trident stands in the background beside a gold kalasha-style finial, with a white car and flowering shrubs outside. Another person in white is partly visible at the right edge. a person is the seated figure, shown in a ritual darshan with a devotee receiving tilak; the setting is an open pavilion.2016-10-26A photograph of a procession scene outdoors. A bearded man with long dark hair and a white tilak on his forehead wears a rust-brown robe and a long rudraksha mala, and has a garland of white jasmine and red roses draped around his neck. Two attendants hold up the garland and another hand raises a dark object above him. Behind him, a green and white umbrella canopy and a gold-bordered ceremonial cloth are visible. In the foreground, two people with long braided hair and orange shawls face away from the camera. A figure in white with a gold-bordered cloth stands at left. Possibly a person depiction; appearance-based identity is uncertain.2017-01-01March 16 20172017-03-16 +1 copiesFebruary 23 20172017-02-23September 06 20172017-09-06