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A photograph at a temple entrance showing a man with long dark hair and a yellow turmeric or sandal mark on his forehead, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and a rudraksha mala, bending forward toward a stone doorway. Beside him a priest in white dhoti and a devotee in white stand near the carved stone threshold. Probable Swamiji (probable) appearance cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala, shown in an in-person temple setting. Other visible people are a priest in white and a devotee in white, with two more partially visible at the edges.

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August 20 20122012-08-20May 22 20122012-05-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple ritual in a dimly lit inner sanctum. A bare-chested priest in a yellow dhoti stands on the right with a sacred thread, looking toward a seated devotee in orange cloth who bows forward, head lowered, toward a figure at left. Several people in saffron and white stand nearby. Oil lamps, a brass vessel and floral offerings sit on a low stone platform, with a deity murti partly visible behind them. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam performed with close attention to the seated devotee.2012-08-20A photograph of a temple interior with a group of people gathered closely in a warm-lit hall. In the foreground, a man in a dark cap and saffron-orange robe with a bare upper body and ornate adornments stands beside a woman in a white sari holding a folded cloth or prasad. Several people in white and light clothing stand behind them among pillars. The setting appears to be a traditional Hindu temple with stone columns and ornate architecture.2012-05-31June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesA photograph of a procession in a narrow temple passage at night, lit by warm yellow lights. Several men in saffron-orange robes, most with shaved heads, walk closely together. A central figure in the middle of the group wears orange clothing and a rudraksha mala. Other devotees in white and light clothing stand along the sides. A stone archway with a dark doorway is visible behind them.2012-05-29May 16 20122012-05-16 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple interior. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes and a bare upper arm band stands with his hands folded near his face, facing a shrine. Setting suggests a temple sanctum during kar seva cleaning or ritual activity.2012-05-30A photograph of a temple procession in a stone-pillared hall. A central man with long dark hair and a red-orange garment wears a white flower garland and walks forward. Around him, several shaved-headed men in saffron/orange robes walk alongside, and a few white-clad people stand in the background near ornate temple walls and pillars.2012-08-20May 31 20122012-05-31June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copies