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Photograph of a ritual scene before a gold-carved wooden shrine with ornate lattice and gold pillars. A shaved-headed boy in saffron-orange cloth and a gold chain stands centre, eyes lowered, while a man in white dhoti with gold border and a long rudraksha mala and bangles places a hand on his shoulder. Behind them, several people in saffron and white garments, some with tripundra forehead markings, stand in a group; a bare-chested man on the right with a mala and earrings sits smiling. A boy in orange sits at left with hands folded, and a wall-mounted air cooler and a brass bell appear in the background.

September 19 2013

A photograph of a temple ritual setting with gold-trimmed wooden pillars and brass oil lamps on a golden-brown base. A seated man in orange saffron robes with a long swept-back dark hair bun and white sandalwood markings on his forehead sits on a leopard-print cushioned chair, holding a small clear plastic box of grains and dispensing them with his hand. A young boy in a white dhoti with gold borders kneels before him with cupped hands, a rudraksha mala around his neck. Behind them, several people in orange robes with gold borders and white dhoti-clad attendants stand near a brass trident. The man's appearance with saffron clothing, a long hair bun, a rudraksha-style necklace and his seated ritual role presents as a person candidate, though the image is not fully clear.

A seated man in saffron and orange robes with a green flower garland and long swept-back dark hair sits on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion, smiling and holding hands with a standing man in white dhoti and shawl wearing a gold bead necklace and white forehead markings. Behind them a woman in a yellow sari and another man in white stand near a blue-grey curtain. Swamiji (probable): the seated man has long swept-back hair, saffron robes and a garland, consistent with the page's Swamiji reference. Fruit sits on a side table at right.

July 11 2017

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A photograph of a seated man on a red tiger-striped cushioned seat, wearing a red-and-orange garment, a long red and orange flower garland, a rudraksha-style mala and gold ornaments, with a smile and a visible sacred mark on his forearm. He reaches to a young boy's forehead while holding small offering items in his other hand. The boy wears a white shirt, red-and-orange shawl and a lanyard, and stands with his head bowed. Behind them are a green silk drape, silver ceremonial staffs and axes, a gold-ornamented canopy and a large gold kalasha-style vessel in the foreground. The setting resembles a samaya deeksha initiation ceremony.

August 22 2006

A group of young boys and young men seated on the floor in an ashram hall, dressed in orange saffron robes and wearing long rudraksha malas. Their foreheads are marked with white vertical tilaka lines and red bindi dots. The boy at centre, with short dark hair and gold hoop earrings, speaks while holding a folded orange cloth and gold bangles on his wrist. Beside him a shaved-headed boy sits with hands near his lap, and more devotees in orange robes sit behind, some with rudraksha necklaces. Background shows a red curtain and other seated people.

A photograph inside a hall during a blessing line. A smiling man with swept-back dark hair, wearing a rust-orange shawl over bare shoulders, heavy rudraksha malas and ornate gold necklaces, holds a sheet of paper and touches the head of a young boy in white. Beside him, a man in white dhoti with a sandalwood-marked forehead and rudraksha beads holds a gold-and-yellow cloth and a silver-toned object. Devotees in white and pastel clothes stand in the background. a person is the man in orange with gold and rudraksha adornments, who is blessing the boy.

August 12 2016

July 17 2015

A photograph of a seated figure on a gold-carved throne with a deep pink cushion, wearing an orange-saffron shawl over orange robes and a green leaf garland, with long swept-back dark hair and a white tilak on the forehead. A younger man in white dhoti and shawl with yellow border, gold beaded necklace and white tilak stands before him bowing with hands together, and a woman in a yellow-bordered sari and other devotees in orange stand behind. A tray and a red apple sit on a gold-trimmed side table. a person seated on the throne in saffron and orange clothing with a garland, receiving the bowed devotee's respect.