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A collage of three temple-ritual photographs. On the left, a person in orange robes holds a silver trident (trishul) toward a woman with folded hands and a red bindi, while behind them stands a deity murti under a small shrine. In the centre, a woman in white with folded hands stands before a temple background. On the right, an older man with white hair and a white beard, wearing white clothing, presses his palms together in greeting. Panels show devotional darshan at a temple.

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Two-panel photograph of a temple darshan moment. On the left, a balding older man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands with palms pressed together in namaskar as an attendant rests a hand on his head. On the right, a man in white kneels and bows his head while a woman in an orange sari with a shaved head stands behind him, placing her hand on his forehead in blessing. Another figure in white and an orange-clad attendant are visible in the background within a temple interior with a pale wall.2010-07-20A small photo collage of four panels showing a temple-style ritual gathering. Panels depict a devotee bowing and a ritual being performed before a seated figure in orange or saffron robes, with another person in white clothing standing nearby and a few onlookers. The collage presents darshan and padapuja activity; people pictured are shown within the panels, not as the physical people counted here. No printed name is visible beyond the page excerpt, which is not on the image.2010-08-04August 29 20102010-08-29August 06 20102010-08-06June 22 20122012-06-22 +1 copiesAugust 08 20102010-08-08July 23 20102010-07-23October 11 20102010-10-11A photograph of a shaved-headed man in white clothing with an orange shawl over one shoulder and a beaded wrist band, holding a silver aarti lamp with a flaming wick in front of a dark stone shrine. A woman in a pink sari with a gold necklace and a white-haired older man in a light shirt stand beside him with palms pressed together, receiving the flame. Behind them is a stone wall with red-and-white lettering partly visible and a garland of marigolds draped near a deity murti. The scene reads as an aarti ritual.2007-09-17A two-panel collage of ashram photographs. The left panel shows a woman in an orange sari seated with an orange-robed devotee beside a long low table with a small brass dish. The right panel shows a seated woman in a red and gold sari, with a sadhvi in orange beside her, in front of a decorated backdrop. Both panels show ceremonial ashram darshan or service scenes. No identifiable a person figure is shown.2010-07-07June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesA photograph of an indoor temple ritual with a shaved-head devotee in white clothing and a woman in an orange sari with a gold-bordered blouse receiving an aarti plate from a priest in white. Several people with hands joined in anjali stand behind a metal railing. A small boy in a yellow shirt is among them. The priest holds a tray of lit lamps and offerings, and an orange-clad figure stands at the centre. Warm lighting and floral decoration suggest an aarti or puja.2010-11-01