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A photograph of an indoor ritual food offering. A man in a rust-orange and saffron wrap sits on an ornate gold throne with a carved back, wearing a red-orange shawl and a beaded necklace, with a dark-haired face and a tilted head. He reaches down to take food from a young girl in a teal top who kneels before him and holds a bowl over a row of steel pots and vessels on a white-covered table. A silver tray holds green leaves and two small mounds of white food. Behind them, several men and women in white dhotis, saris and shawls with gold borders stand around the table, one woman holding a silver sieve. A red sofa and a blue backdrop appear at right. The setting suggests a prasadam or annadan serving.

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December 20 20152015-12-20December 20 20152015-12-20 +1 copiesA seated man with long swept-back dark hair and a shaved-looking top wears a saffron-orange dhoti and a thick orange-red rudraksha-style mala, sitting on an ornate gold throne with a carved golden back and red cushions. Across from him, a woman in a white sari with a red shawl and a bindi sits on the floor behind a white-covered table. Before them are brass bowls of food, steel pots, a platter of green leaves and a small plate with coconut and betel-like offerings. In the background, several people in white dhotis and cream shawls with red and gold borders move around the food preparation, and a red sofa sits at right. The scene looks like a food offering or prasadam serving, with a seated figure receiving or blessing the food. The man on the throne has distinctive long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and a mala, so he is a probable Swamiji candidate in appearance, but the image is a photo of an in-person scene.2015-12-20December 20 20152015-12-20December 20 20152015-12-20December 20 20152015-12-20A photograph of a food-offering scene at an indoor event hall. On the left, a man with swept-back dark hair and a red-and-saffron shawl over bare shoulders, wearing a rudraksha mala, sits cross-legged on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion and offers a small item to a woman on the right, who wears a cream and gold sari, a white-and-orange lanyard and a beaded necklace. Behind them, two men in white dhotis with gold borders, one with a rudraksha mala and one with a garland, stand at a table of steel pots, bowls and jars of food. In the foreground a woven tray holds green leaves and a bowl of food. A red sofa and a blue curtain are visible in the background.2015-12-20December 20 20152015-12-20December 20 20152015-12-20December 20 20152015-12-20December 20 20152015-12-20December 20 20152015-12-20