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A photograph inside a temple-style hall with red walls, carved pillars and a golden deity murti in an arched shrine. A seated man with long hair, a pink flower garland and a rudraksha-style red robe sits on a red-cushioned wooden seat with eyes closed, his hands resting on his lap, which may be a person candidate with his long hair and distinctive garland and ornament cues. Before him a woman in a white and yellow sari holds a small lamp over a plate while a man seated on the floor tends a flame. A young woman in orange clothing with hands joined in prayer kneels beside a standing attendant in orange garments and white body markings, who holds a lit five-flame oil lamp. Another child in orange kneels at the lower right. Several people are visible, the ritual appears to be an aarti with oil lamps.

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July 31 20172017-07-31 +1 copiesIndoor ritual scene in a temple-style hall with carved silver pillars, a red-cushioned seat, and a golden deity murti in an arched niche behind. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a pink flower garland sits on the red seat, hands resting in his lap. In the foreground a man in white kneels near a small lamp and offerings. A woman in white with a yellow border holds a small plate, and a young woman in orange with folded hands sits nearby beside a girl in orange with folded hands. On the right a standing man in orange wraps, bare-chested with white body markings, raises a lit multi-branch silver lamp. Five people are visible.2017-07-31July 31 20172017-07-31July 31 20172017-07-31July 31 20172017-07-31July 31 20172017-07-31A seated figure on a gold-carved throne with a red cushion wears an orange saffron wrap and a white flower garland with red blooms, holding hands in lap; he has long swept-back dark hair and a white tilak on the forehead. Before the throne, devotees sit on an orange carpet around a silver tray with lit oil lamps and offerings. A woman in a white sari with a yellow shawl holds a lamp at center, while younger women in white and orange-red shawls and a man in white dhoti with bare upper body join the aarti. Behind the throne stand a gold deity murti, colourful garlands and ritual staffs. a person on throne, identified by long swept-back hair, orange saffron wrap and garlands.2010-11-13A photograph of a seated man on an ornate gold-and-red throne, wearing an orange saffron robe and a long rudraksha mala, with long dark hair swept back, in an outdoor temple courtyard. A garlanded deity murti in an orange-draped shrine stands behind him. Around the front of the throne, about a dozen devotees sit on the orange floor cloth: several women in white and orange saris, a woman in a yellow shawl, and white-clad priests, one shaved-headed with a gold necklace. They hold incense sticks and aarti or puja plates with fruit, flowers and oil lamps. Red-and-white striped walls and an ornate gateway frame the scene. The seated man's identity is an appearance-based candidate with several cues, so he is labelled Swamiji (probable) as the figure in orange robe with rudraksha mala and long hair on a throne.2010-10-31 +2 copiesJuly 31 20172017-07-31 +1 copiesJuly 31 20172017-07-31 +1 copiesJuly 31 20172017-07-31July 31 20172017-07-31