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Indoor ritual scene in a plain room with pale walls, a blue-and-orange ceiling, and ceiling fan. On the left, a seated figure with long dark hair wears a white garland and orange clothing, sitting before a decorated deity murti under a fringed white canopy with gold and red drapery. Probable Swamiji: long swept-back hair, saffron-orange clothing and a garland match the candidate cues, seated in a position of honour. Beside him a man in white dhoti and white shirt sits on the floor. A brass kalasha and brass puja vessels sit on a low table in front. A cameraman on a tripod films at right, and a standing man in a striped shirt watches. Silver ceremonial staffs stand at the edges.

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May 21 20062006-05-21May 21 20062006-05-21Indoor ritual scene in a room with blue and orange walls and a decorated canopy. On the left, a deity murti in a silver-and-gold crown stands under a fringed red-and-white canopy, draped with white and orange garlands. A seated man with long hair, a tilak, a saffron-orange dhoti and cloth, a white flower garland and a gold necklace sits on a white cushioned seat behind a microphone, smiling. A young man in white clothes with a red-bordered cloth sits on the floor to the right. Foreground shows a brass kalasha and a brass vessel on a tray, with a person in white seated before them. A man in a light shirt sits at the right beside a camera on a tripod, and a ceremonial silver staff stands near the wall. Flower decorations hang on the wall. The people are seated in ritual puja setting.2006-05-21May 21 20062006-05-21Indoor puja in a room with a cream wall, ceiling fan and framed mountain-and-waterfall painting. On the left a silver-and-gold decorated deity murti or shrine stands under a red fringed canopy, garlanded with white and orange flowers. Beside it a figure with long dark hair wears an orange garment and a white garland and sits smiling on a low seat. A seated man in white kurta sits on a green-and-white mat before a brass plate of fruit, flowers and offerings. A cameraman in a striped shirt films from a tripod on the right, and a dozen devotees sit on the floor, several with palms pressed together. a person cues include long hair and orange clothing with a garland, so the a person field is set accordingly.2006-05-21May 21 20062006-05-21A seated speaker in orange robes and a white-and-multicolour garland sits on a white-draped platform, holding a microphone and smiling while speaking. Long dark hair falls to the shoulders and a gold necklace is visible. Beside a silver-coloured staff and a golden pedestal holding a silver Maha Meru-style vessel, a man in white dhoti and shawl sits on the floor, and a seated man in a khaki shirt listens near a video camera on a tripod. Behind the platform hang orange-and-red cloth and a decorated backdrop with yellow flower garlands on the wall. Several heads of onlookers are visible in the lower foreground.2006-05-21May 21 20062006-05-21May 21 20062006-05-21A photograph of a temple shrine room with a silver deity murti dressed in orange cloth and draped with multicolour flower garlands, under a red and gold canopy. Seated before it on a white cloth is a man with long swept-back hair, wearing an orange robe, a gold necklace and a white garland, with a microphone stand in front of him. A man in white clothing with a maroon-edged shawl sits to the right, and a third man in white is seated at the lower left before a small gold pyramid-shaped Maha Meru object on a gold tray. Silver staffs stand at the edges and the walls are decorated with green leaves and yellow flowers.2006-05-21A seated man in an orange saffron robe with a gold necklace, a rudraksha-style mala of white and multicolored flower garlands around his shoulders, and a vertical tilak on his forehead sits on a white cushion speaking into a microphone on a stand. Behind him stands a richly decorated deity murti with a silver crown, a golden face and an orange and green garland, set against a blue wall with a gold-and-green hanging. A silver ceremonial staff stands at left. In the lower foreground, the back of another seated person's head is visible, and at right a man in white dhoti and shawl with a red border sits beside a gold kalasha-like vessel on a tray. Green flower decorations hang on the wall at upper right.2006-05-21May 21 20062006-05-21