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A crowd moves through a doorway inside a bright hall with a textured grey wall. A man with long hair, wearing a reddish-maroon robe and a long rudraksha mala, smiles while holding a white and yellow flower garland. Beside him, a woman in a white sari with a cream border and a dark ponytail accepts the garland. Two shaven-headed men in saffron and orange shawls stand at left, one with a white tilak and rudraksha beads. Behind them, men in white shirts and other devotees fill the frame, and a shrine with red and green garlands is visible through the doorway.

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July 04 20142014-07-04Photograph of a crowded indoor room with pink walls and a red trim border, where devotees gather around a central figure. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a red-orange upper garment and multiple rudraksha malas, smiles while holding a small white flower garland and a yellow fruit. A shaved-headed monk in saffron-orange robes with a red shawl stands to the left, and another shaved monk in orange robes stands behind. In the foreground a devotee in a white shirt presses palms together in namaste, and a woman in a saffron sari with a red bindi stands at right. Behind them a decorated altar area with red and white drapes and flower strings is visible, plus small framed pictures on the walls. Several onlookers in white shirts crowd the background.2014-07-04A crowd of devotees and sannyasis gathers in a pale pink room with a red trim border and a small wall shrine. A central figure in a red-maroon garment with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala holds a garland of white flowers and smiles while a man in white in the foreground folds his hands in namaskar. Beside him a shaved-headed sannyasi in orange and red robes with a rudraksha mala and a bare-chested man in orange and red cloth stand close by. A woman in a red and gold sari with a bindi and jewellery stands at the right. A decorated orange and red altar area with flower garlands is visible at the right edge. Several onlookers crowd the background. Possible a person cues include long hair, rudraksha mala and ceremonial flower garland.2014-07-04June 26 20142014-06-26A nighttime photo at a doorway under a corrugated roof. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a rust-orange dhoti with gold border, a rudraksha mala with large beads, a gold armlet and gold bangle, smiles and reaches toward a small brass-and-wire vessel with a lamp and green leaves held by a woman in a white sari. Behind him stand two shaved-headed men in orange-brown robes with rudraksha malas, and a man in white with a gold necklace. Several people on the right hold garlands of white jasmine and red flowers. The scene appears to be a padapuja, with devotees offering flowers and a lit vessel.2014-07-03June 23 20142014-06-23 +3 copiesIndoor photo in a large hall with a drop ceiling, ceiling fan and red curtained windows. A figure in a rust-orange robe and wearing a long gold-and-bead necklace, gold bangles and rudraksha-style beaded adornment, with long swept-back hair and white markings on the forehead, reaches out a hand and smiles toward a young man in a white shirt and white dhoti-style cloth with a vertical orange tilak. Behind them, other people in white and orange clothes stand in a row, a woman in orange smiles at left, and a few others are visible further back.2013-07-25July 01 20142014-07-01June 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 23 20142014-06-23 +1 copiesA smiling man in a rust-brown robe and yellow-and-red marigold garland, with gold ornate beaded necklaces and a red bindi, reaches out to young people in white shirts at a temple or ashram event. Behind him a man in white with a yellow-bordered cloth and rudraksha mala stands watching. Probable Swamiji (probable): the central figure has long swept-back hair, ceremonial gold necklaces and a saffron-brown robe, and is in_person. Other people are devotees in white, with forehead markings, in a busy hall.2013-05-29May 17 20142014-05-17