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A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead stands at left, wearing an orange-saffron shawl over his shoulders and a heavy gold necklace and gold bangles. He holds a silver bell in one hand and a small silver vessel in the other, performing a ritual beside a tiered, stepped structure covered in gold-yellow blocks topped by a small golden shrine niche containing a deity murti. Green mango leaves are strung across the pavilion ceiling. An older bearded man in white stands at right, and other onlookers are partly visible at the edges, appearing to be attending a temple ceremony.

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May 21 20062006-05-21September 29 20062006-09-29A photograph of a man with long, swept-back dark hair wearing a saffron-orange sleeveless garment and a long gold bead necklace, standing at night beside a golden-brown cylindrical linga with a pink flower on top. He holds a brass oil lamp with a flame in one hand and a small brass bell in the other, looking upward. A tall brass lamp stand with a bird-shaped finial stands at the right, and a corrugated metal roof edge is visible at the lower left. The appearance matches the Swamiji (probable) pattern through his long hair, saffron clothing and ceremonial gold necklace, performing linga abhishekam.2010-02-12September 29 20062006-09-29 +1 copiesMay 21 20062006-05-21March 10 20132013-03-10A photograph of a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a gold bead necklace pouring liquid over a tall greenish stone shivalinga at night. He wears a red tilak on his forehead and a gold bead necklace, and smiles. Beside him a second man in orange with a long garland and an orange-clad attendant stand near the linga, and at left a bearded man in orange holds a silver tray. Behind the linga, a brass oil lamp and a garland of yellow and purple flowers are visible; at right a figure in a red and gold sari-like cloth is partly shown. The scene suggests linga abhishekam, with a black sky and stage lights above.2010-02-12A man in an orange saffron garment with bare chest and a heavy gold ceremonial necklace stands under a temporary open-sided canopy of striped red, green and blue cloth and bamboo poles, holding a silver lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a silver handbell in the other, performing a ritual. He has long, swept-back dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him, a woman in a dark garment and another woman in a yellow sari stand with palms pressed together in prayer, with green foliage visible beyond. A cropped figure in white is at the right edge. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, saffron garment and gold necklace, performing aarti with lamp and bell.2006-10-01September 29 20062006-09-29A photograph of a seated figure in orange robes pouring water from a silver vessel onto a golden Maha Meru, a tiered pyramid-shaped sacred object on a metal tray. The figure wears a white flower garland with red, blue and pink strands, a rudraksha-style bead bracelet, a gold necklace and a red tilak on the forehead, with long dark hair. Behind are draped orange and red cloths and a garland-decorated deity area. Two partially visible people sit at the left and right edges, one in white. Swamiji (probable): the figure has long swept-back hair, saffron robes, a rudraksha bracelet and ceremonial gold necklace, and is performing the abhishekam at the Maha Meru, so in_person.2006-05-21A smiling man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi with white markings on his forehead stands at night before a tall, granular stone linga with a pink flower on top. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange garment with a shawl draped over it and a long gold-beaded mala necklace. He holds a brass bell in one hand and a brass lamp with a lit flame in the other, with a wisp of smoke rising behind him. A tall brass lamp stand with ornate detailing stands on the right beside a garland of purple and yellow flowers. a person performing the ritual, in person.2010-02-12A man in saffron-orange ceremonial clothing stands before an ornate brass oil lamp, tending its flame with his right hand. He wears a long gold-bead necklace, a white tripundra mark with a red bindi on his forehead, and white sandalwood paste on his upper arm. Behind him hang orange and red cloths, and a stone pillar with carved detail frames the scene under a leafy green background. The setting suggests a temple lamp ritual.2010-07-21