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A photograph of a temple-type ceremony outdoors under a canopy with banana leaves. A young man in an orange sleeveless robe wears a long red flower garland and a gold bead necklace, with white and red tilak marks on his forehead. He is handing folded currency over a brass plate holding a lit oil lamp and green leaves. An elderly white-haired woman with bare shoulders in a pink sari receives the plate. A man in white kurta with a black beaded mala stands at left, and another orange-robed man and onlookers in white and saffron stand behind. Several people are visible in the background.

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November 25 20092009-11-25November 25 20092009-11-25A photograph inside a hall with a plain brick wall and stone pillars. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti with a long gold bead necklace and a gold chain, with a vertical tilak on his forehead and long dark hair, stands in the centre with hands joined in front of his chest, appearing to speak. To the left, an older man with white hair and beard in a white shirt stands with palms pressed together in respectful greeting. In the foreground, a bare-chested priest in a cream dhoti with a white sacred thread and a red coral mala holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp and offerings. Women in red and saffron saris stand in the background, and a man in a blue and gold dhoti is at the right edge. Several people stand around in a devotional gathering.2012-09-24 +1 copiesOutdoor photo under a canopy with palm trees and tall orange and white festival streamers. A man with long swept-back black hair wears an orange saffron robe and a heavy ceremonial gold bead necklace, extending his right hand forward as he speaks. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and ornate gold necklace are the qualifying cues. Around him, men in white dhotis with sacred thread and tilak marks stand close, one holding a small white cup. A shaved-headed man in front of them bends forward holding offerings, and a stone statue appears at the left edge.2010-11-06Outdoor photo under a canopy with colourful fabric and a tent frame, green trees behind. An elderly white-haired priest with bare chest, orange dhoti and orange shawl, holding a handheld microphone and gesturing, faces a younger man in an orange sleeveless robe with a long gold bead necklace and red tilak, hands pressed together in greeting. Nearby a man in a white kurta wears a rudraksha mala, another in white shirt and dark trousers stands behind, and a bare-chested man in white dhoti holds a red flower garland and a tray of offerings. A person in white and orange stands at the edge. Plastic chairs and potted plants are visible.2009-11-25November 25 20092009-11-25A photograph of a long-haired man in a red shawl and rudraksha malas receiving a folded paper from an older man in a white shirt at an indoor gathering. The man in red has a red tilak on his forehead, a white pearl necklace with a gold pendant, and rudraksha bead armbands. Swamiji (probable), appearing as the man in red with long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and a gold pendant, is receiving the paper. Behind him a bald man in orange robes stands at right beside a silver tray, and other people in white clothes stand in the background.2011-02-16October 26 20102010-10-26Night photograph of a temple ritual with a crowd behind. A central figure with long dark swept-back hair wears an orange-red shawl over bare shoulders, a gold necklace and gold armbands, and holds a small white object while looking down toward a row of bright oil lamp flames in the foreground. Beside him a shaved-headed priest in orange robes and a gold necklace stands near a hand offering a plate. On the right an older man with bare chest and sacred ash marks holds his palms together. Hanging yellow and orange lanterns and a pillared temple hall frame the scene. a person cues: long swept-back hair, orange-red shawl and ornate gold necklace, with the central figure in a priestly role during the lamp ritual.2012-04-05Outdoor photo on a dirt path beside a whitewashed wall and green trees. A man with white hair and white dhoti, bare-chested with a white cloth at his waist, holds a lit flame on a brass plate toward a younger man. That younger man has long dark hair, wears a saffron-orange robe and a rudraksha mala, and is garlanded with a long white and red flower garland. He smiles. Around them, people in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls stand close, with children watching at left and a person holding a brass tray above the crowd at upper right. A probable Swamiji cue is his long hair and saffron robe with rudraksha mala, in the role of the garlanded man receiving aarti. The crowd is roughly fifteen to twenty people.2008-08-02July 07 20092009-07-07A long-haired figure in a saffron-orange shawl wrapped over the shoulders and multiple gold-beaded rudraksha-style necklaces stands at the centre, extending a folded white paper or prasadam to a row of men in white shirts and white dhotis with hands folded in greeting. Behind him a shaved-headed attendant in a saffron cloth and beaded necklace stands by a tray of fruit, and an older man in white with an orange shawl is visible at right. The setting is an indoor hall with a projection screen and blue drapery. The central figure matches the probable Swamiji appearance cues of swept-back long hair, saffron clothing and ceremonial beads, and is presented as the one giving prasadam to devotees.2011-02-27