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A photograph of an outdoor ritual at a temple-style pavilion decorated with yellow and red banners. In the centre, a man with long dark hair, a red bindi and a sandalwood-marked forehead wears an orange saffron shawl, a white flower garland with red and white blossoms, and a heavy gold necklace. He holds a silver plate with a flaming camphor or oil lamp in one hand while gesturing with the other. Beside him on the right, a large black stone Nandi bull is decorated with yellow, orange and purple flower garlands and green leaves. Attendants in white dhotis and orange shawls stand to the left, one holding a silver vessel, and a crowd of onlookers in white clothes fills the background under palm trees. Swamiji (probable): the central figure has long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, a rudraksha-style ornate gold necklace and garlands, cues consistent with the page's identification, and the image is a photograph of him in person.

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Outdoor ritual scene in a garden with palm and leafy trees. A black stone Nandi bull statue, garlanded with white jasmine, yellow marigold and red and purple flowers, sits at left on a stone pedestal. At right, a man in an orange robe with a yellow shawl and long swept-back hair, wearing white and red flower garlands, extends his hand toward the Nandi while holding a small ritual vessel. Behind him, several men in white dhotis and orange-bordered shawls stand around, one holding a brass aarti plate with a flame, and a cameraman films. A white canopy tent and bunting appear in the background.2007-01-01December 23 20072007-12-23Outdoor ritual scene under a canopy of banana leaves beside a palm tree. A man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead holds up a brass lamp with a flame, smiling. He wears an orange-saffron shawl, a white flower garland with red accents, and a heavy gold ceremonial necklace. Behind him, a crowd of devotees watches, including women in saris and a young girl in orange, and a man in white with an orange shawl stands at right. Strings of small blue-and-white flags hang overhead, and a white stone platform with pink and yellow flowers lies in the foreground. This appears to be an aarti being offered with a lamp.2007-01-01Outdoors in late-day sunlight, a procession passes a black stone Nandi bull statue on a white plinth, draped in garlands of white, yellow, purple and red flowers. Behind it a banana plant is held upright by a man in white shirt and white dhoti. A central figure with long swept-back hair wears an orange saffron robe with a gold-bordered shawl, a white and red flower garland and a gold necklace; a red tilak marks the forehead. Beside him a devotee in orange carries a tray of offerings, and a white-clad attendant in dhoti stands at right holding a brass pot. Palm trees, bunting strung overhead and other devotees in white fill the background.2007-01-01January 01 20072007-01-01Outdoor temple scene under coconut palms with a strand of paper pennants overhead. In the foreground, a white stepped plinth topped with a black stone base is draped with garlands of yellow, orange and pink flowers, with a coconut placed on the ledge. A woman in an orange sari with a gold border and a white flower garland stands at right, smiling and raising a lit oil lamp with a flame. Beside her a man in orange robes with a garland and a brass bowl of offerings stands near. Behind them a crowd of devotees in white and light clothing stands with hands joined in reverence. This appears to be an aarti offering at a shrine during a festival.2007-01-01Outdoor ritual procession under palm trees. A long-haired man bare-shouldered in an orange cloth wears a white and red flower garland and a gold bangle, and holds a flaming camphor lamp on a long handled dish toward the viewer with his right hand. Around him, men in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls carry brass kalasha pots wrapped in green leaves and woven netting, and some wear tilak marks. A row of small paper flags is strung behind them.2007-01-01Outdoor temple scene at dusk with palm trees and a large black stone Nandi bull statue adorned with white and yellow marigold garlands and red flower strands. On the right, a man with long dark hair and an orange robe with gold border, wearing white flower garlands, lifts a silver vessel with a flame over the Nandi. Around him, men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand with folded hands, and several camera operators with video cameras film the ritual. Strings of flags are visible in the background. The man's appearance with long hair, orange robe and garlands is a person cue, but the face is not used for identification.2007-01-01Outdoors under palm and banana leaves, a man with long dark hair and an orange-saffron shawl over a gold-and-white garland pours liquid from a brass vessel onto a large black stone Nandi bull statue. The bull is garlanded with white jasmine, yellow marigold and pink-red flowers. Behind it stands a decorated kalasha with a white wrap, and strings of blue and white pennants hang overhead. Devotees in white dhotis and shirts stand nearby with hands pressed in anjali, and a man in the right foreground holds his palms together. The scene suggests an abhishekam ritual at a temple.2007-01-01January 1st 2013December 23 20092009-12-23Outdoor photograph at an ashram-style ground beneath palm trees. In the foreground a woman with long dark curly hair, wearing an orange saffron-coloured sari with a gold border and gold bangles, stands with her back to the camera facing a large black stone Nandi bull statue. The Nandi is heavily garlanded with white jasmine, orange and yellow marigolds, pink and magenta flowers and banana leaves. Around it a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, and women in white saris, stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. A yellow banner with Kannada script hangs on a decorated stage roof in the background.2007-01-01