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A seated figure on an ornate golden throne with a red cushion and a small gilded canopy is adorned with white and orange flower garlands, wearing saffron-orange robes, with long swept-back dark hair and a rudraksha-style necklace visible, smiling as he sits on the stage. Probable Swamiji (appearance cues: saffron robes, long hair, garlands and ceremonial setting), seated in darshan. Around him, men in white dhotis and shirts sit cross-legged on the floor, some with hands folded, while women in white saris sit on the right near a flower-decorated table. A cameraman films from the left. In front, brass and silver vessels hold banana-plant offerings, flowers and fruit on a pink-draped table. The backdrop is a large painted banner with blue drapes and a red curtain.

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December 28 20062006-12-28December 28 20062006-12-28December 28 20062006-12-28July 11 20062006-07-11Photograph of a ceremonial puja on a raised stage draped in red and blue cloth. A decorated throne-like seat with a red cushion and white flower garlands sits at the back, with a small canopy above it and bamboo poles with orange tassels framing it. Several people in orange and saffron robes sit cross-legged on the red-covered platform, with others in white clothing seated along the left. In the foreground, brass and woven-basket vessels with green plants and offerings sit on the red cloth. On the right, a standing figure in orange robes with a white and multicolour flower garland holds a bell and a small ritual implement. Visible people number roughly 20 to 25.2006-12-28A stage event with a large framed portrait of a smiling man with long swept-back hair and a red bindi, draped with a colourful floral garland border. A person in an orange robe sits on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion and a small canopy overhead, facing a ceremony. Around the stage, several people in white ritual clothes and shaved heads sit on the floor beside rows of brass kalasha-style pots with yellow flowers and a brass lamp. A man in white kneels at the lower right near a lit oil lamp, and a standing figure in orange stands at the right of the throne. Striped curtains and a red drape frame the scene, and the portrait is captioned as a printed name on the banner.2007-02-24October 18 20102010-10-18 +1 copiesFebruary 24 20072007-02-24December 28 20062006-12-28December 28 20062006-12-28December 28 20062006-12-28A stage ceremony at a festival setting: a standing figure in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back dark hair and a large white-and-multicolour flower garland stands at right, hands extended toward a decorated seat. The seat is a red-cushioned throne framed with white jasmine garlands, a small canopy and orange-tipped poles. Seated devotees in white dhotis and orange robes sit on a red-draped platform at left, several with hands folded in prayer. Brass and woven pots with green plants stand in front. A large backdrop shows a red-and-orange sky above mountains, with coloured embroidered hangings at the sides. A small audience in saffron and white sits at right.2006-12-28