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A photo of a ceremonial exchange in a hall with maroon drapes and a gold railing. On the right, a bare-chested man with long dark dreadlocks and a full beard wears a large garland of pink and white flowers and smiles toward a younger man on the left. The younger man wears a white kurta, an orange shawl printed with script, a rudraksha mala and a vertical tilak on his forehead, and he leans in with hands near the wooden platform edge. Behind them a standing man in white with a rudraksha mala holds his hands folded in greeting, and a cameraman with a tripod is visible. A man in a saffron-and-gold garment stands with a long golden staff. The top-left corner shows a small purple logo, and a pictured copyright notice is in the lower right.

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A photograph of a devotional exchange in an ashram hall. On the right, a bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair, a full beard and a large pink-and-white flower garland sits smiling. Facing him, a kneeling man in white kurta wears an orange-red shawl printed with script, a rudraksha mala, and holds his palms up toward him in greeting. Behind them, white-clad attendants and a seated figure with long hair stand near a golden staff and red-and-white floor cloth. The setting is a reverent satsang or darshan. Identity cues for the garlanded figure are not sufficiently distinctive to confirm, so no identification is made.2017-04-21A photograph of a devotional ceremony in a hall with red and gold tones. In the foreground, a shaven-headed man in a white kurta wears a long orange shawl printed with repeated text and a dark rudraksha mala, his hands raised and palms open as he bows forward. Facing him on the right, a bearded man with long dreadlocks wears a pink and blue flower garland and bare shoulders, seated beside a gold-trimmed pole. Behind them, a man in a white shirt and gold-bordered dhoti holds a video camera on a tripod, and other white-clad devotees stand with hands folded. A low wooden offering tray with red compartments sits in the lower right.2017-04-21A photograph of a devotee in white clothes bowing and receiving an orange shawl printed with script around his neck from a seated figure with long dreadlocked hair, a beard, and a pink and blue flower garland, bare-chested with a wrap. Behind them stand white-clad attendants, one holding a camera on a tripod, and a man with palms pressed in namaste. Gold and red wooden furnishings and a maroon curtain frame the setting. Visible people: about four.2017-04-21A young man in a white kurta with a brown rudraksha mala around his neck stands before a bearded, long-haired figure with dreadlocks who wears a pink and white flower garland and bare upper body. The bearded figure drapes an orange saffron shawl printed with script over the young man's shoulders and chest. Behind them a cameraman in a white dhoti with gold border films on a tripod, and a few people in white stand near a gold pole. In the background at left, figures in red and orange clothing move on a stage under pink lighting.2017-04-21October 07 20162016-10-07April 27 20162016-04-27January 15 20172017-01-15A ceremonial scene inside a hall with red curtains and a golden canopy at right. In the foreground, a long-haired figure with dark beard, gold earrings, gold armbands and a bright golden garment faces the camera, receiving a red-cloth-wrapped offering from a kneeling young man in white dhoti and orange shawl who holds a small red item in his cupped hands. Behind them a man in white dhoti and yellow-bordered shawl, with white vibhuti on his forehead and a rudraksha mala, stands with his hands folded in anjali. Another priest in white with vibhuti tripundra and beaded neck garlands stands nearby, and several men in white clothes watch from the background.2016-11-05October 08 20152015-10-08April 23 20172017-04-23October 11 20162016-10-11June 30 20162016-06-30