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Outdoor ritual scene at a concrete platform with a seated figure in saffron-orange robes and long dark hair, holding a tall golden trident (trishul) upright, seen from behind. A devotee in white clothes kneels prostrate on the ground before a carved red-and-gold wooden chair. A line of onlookers in white, green, purple and orange saris and white shirts stands behind a rope. A man in a white shirt holds a camera to his face, and a man in white at right raises a hand to his mouth. A plate of offerings and a plant sit beside the platform, with piles of stone and a small pink building behind. A visible white SUV and palm trees stand in the background.

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February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14A seated figure in a flowing saffron-orange robe with long swept-back dark hair sits on a leopard-print cushioned seat draped in white cloth, holding a tall golden trident-staff upright and smiling. Two of his attendants stand behind him in white dhotis and orange shawls. In front, a devotee in a white shirt and white dhoti prostrates on the concrete floor at his feet, touching his forehead to the ground before a small golden pedestal. Onlookers in white and checked shirts watch from the left, a black speaker stands nearby, and a tiled-roof building with stacked stone sits in the background. A small brass dish and water bottle rest on a red-and-blue rug. This matches the page's firewalk and darshan context, with the seated figure a probable Swamiji by his long hair, orange robe and trident.2007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14A photograph of an outdoor ritual at an ashram courtyard. A seated figure in orange saffron robes, bare-chested with long dark hair, raises a golden trident (trishul) in one hand while a devotee in white clothes kneels before a small brass lamp stand on a red and blue rug. The seated figure sits on a white chair draped with a leopard-print cloth. Around them, a crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis, a woman in a sari, and children stand watching, with one man in an orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads. Piles of rock and a pink building are in the background, with palm trees overhead. The scene suggests a darshan or ritual blessing.2007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14