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A seated man in an orange-saffron robe sits on an ornate gold throne with a gilded arched backrest and a gold umbrella overhead, flanked by silver trident staffs and a tiger-striped cloth on the seat. Behind him hang orange and red drapes with blue-purple swags, and a yellow and blue decorated banner stands at right. In the foreground a multi-tiered brass oil lamp (aarti) is held aloft by a hand at left, with devotees' hands and heads visible at the bottom edge and monitors in front of the stage. The seated man has a vertical forehead mark and long hair; he is shown in a saffron robe with his hands resting in his lap, eyes closed.

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February 16 20132013-02-16February 16 20132013-02-16 +1 copiesFebruary 15 20132013-02-15 +1 copiesFebruary 09 20132013-02-09February 09 20132013-02-09A ceremonial stage hung with red and gold drapes. A man with long dark hair, wearing a gold crown, rudraksha mala and a long beaded necklace over orange robes, sits on an ornate gold throne holding a trident and gesturing with raised hands; a person by appearance cues. A shaved-headed man in orange robes stands at left holding a brass ritual tray with a flame. Beside the throne, a gold-clad deity murti with garlands stands. In front, seated devotees, many with women in pink and red, face the stage, with oil lamps lit near the foreground and television monitors and a video camera on the right.2013-02-09February 09 20132013-02-09February 08 20132013-02-08Photograph of an aarti at a satsang stage with red and blue drapes. A standing priest in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with white sandalwood stripes on his arms, raises a multi-tiered brass lamp lit with many flames toward a deity murti at left. Seated on an ornate gold throne with a gold canopy is a man with a reddish-orange turban, ochre-orange shawl, layered rudraksha malas and gold necklaces, smiling; a leopard-print cloth covers the seat and silver tridents and spears stand beside him. A monitor screen and camera tripod are in the foreground. Probable Swamiji (probable) seated on the throne, with the orange turban, rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold necklaces as cues.2013-02-08February 08 20132013-02-08February 09 20132013-02-09February 09 20132013-02-09