A photograph of a man with long, wavy black hair and a red bindi on his forehead, bare-shouldered in a saffron-orange garment with ornate gold-coloured beaded necklaces. He extends his right hand, palm open, toward two dark, glossy black stone deity murti with tall conical crowns. Red-stained fingertips are visible. Dark maroon curtains hang behind him. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a man with long, wavy black hair and a red bindi on his forehead, bare-shouldered in a saffron-orange garment with ornate gold-coloured beaded necklaces. He extends his right hand, palm open, toward two dark, glossy black stone deity murti with tall conical crowns. Red-stained fingertips are visible. Dark maroon curtains hang behind him.

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A long-haired man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a gold necklace and rudraksha-style beads, stands at right-centre extending his right hand toward a row of dark stone deity murtis with tall crowns and carved figures draped in orange and red garlands. At left a person in white holds a brass tray with a small brass lamp and bell-like vessel. Behind, a shrine with colourful decorations and a seated deity figure appears, and a man in a light shirt sits at lower left. The man in saffron has a red tilak and white paint on his arms; the scene reads as a puja. Probable Swamiji by visible cues of long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and gold beads, shown performing worship before the deities.

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A man with long, swept-back dark hair stands at the left in a saffron-orange garment with white marks on his arms and a gold necklace, his palms pressed together in namaste with a broad smile. Beside him stands a large black metal deity murti of a four-armed figure wearing a tall crown and ornate jewelry, holding a discus and another ceremonial object. Red velvet drapery and gold-framed archway frame the scene. A partly visible second person is at the lower left edge.

A man with long, curly dark hair and white tilak marks on his forehead, wearing an orange saffron cloth draped over one shoulder and a gold pendant, reaches toward a large black stone deity murti. The murti has a tall crown or headdress decorated with a garland of yellow and red flowers and a red ribbon, and multiple arms. Gold-framed arch, red velvet drape and white curtain form the backdrop.

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A photograph of a person in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair and a gold necklace, standing beside a gilded arched frame and a lit oil lamp, smiling as they hold a small bell near a black stone deity murti. The murti is adorned with a garland of yellow and red flowers and a pink blossom on its chest, indicating a puja or aarti setting. A second dark murti stands partly visible at right. White paste marks are visible on the person's arm and forehead.

A photograph of a ritual at a temple shrine. On the left, a man with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe, a heavy gold necklace, and white sacred ash markings on his forehead and upper arms. He holds a small brass handbell in one hand and a lit oil lamp in the other, its flame rising beside a dark stone deity murti. The black murti wears a crown of yellow, orange and pink flowers, a tilak mark on its forehead, and has ornamented shoulders and arms. Gold-framed arch and red drapery form the background.

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