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A photograph of a priest in saffron cloth with a bare upper body performing puja in a small shrine. He holds a lit oil lamp in his right hand and a brass bell in his left, facing a large framed portrait of a bearded man on a gilded red-cushioned throne. The portrait shows him in an orange turban with a tilak, a garland of pink and white flowers, gold necklaces, and a raised blessing hand. Framed black-and-white and colour photographs hang on the wall, and flower garlands decorate the wall at left.

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November 14 20212021-11-14November 14 20212021-11-14A shirtless priest in an orange-red dhoti and shawl, seen from behind, waves a lit oil lamp toward a large framed portrait on a gold-carved throne with a red cushion. The portrait shows a smiling bearded figure in a red-orange turban with a saffron-coloured robe, rudraksha-style beads and a flower garland, hands raised in blessing. Two small framed photographs of older saints hang on the right wall, with a brass bowl and a small oil lamp on a wooden stool in the foreground. The setting is a plain white-walled room with a gold cloth backdrop and floral garlands.2021-11-15November 15 20212021-11-15November 15 20212021-11-15A priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with bare upper body and white tilak markings, stands with his back to the camera performing puja before a shrine. He holds a brass vessel and a lit oil lamp flame near a brass plate. In front of him is a large printed portrait of a bearded man seated on a red and gold throne, wearing an orange robe, layered gold and flower garlands, a turban, and raising one hand in blessing. Red brocade drapes with garland trims frame the shrine, with a gold ornate chair, a brass trident and a tin roof above. A silver-patterned cloth covers the left edge.2022-01-04A devotee in an orange dhoti and bare upper body, with white ash markings on his arm and shoulder, holds a lit oil lamp and a brass tray of flowers in front of a painted portrait of a seated figure. The portrait shows a smiling man in a red-orange turban and saffron robe, wearing layered gold necklaces and bangles, seated on an ornate gold-and-red throne, with a raised hand. The devotee performs aarti at a small shrine with green draped fabric, a gold arched niche, a trident, and a black cow standing at right beside a red patterned cloth.2022-01-11A golden ornate sunburst-style backdrop frames a life-size cutout standing on a red velvet throne-like seat inside a temple shrine. The cutout shows a smiling bearded man in a rust-brown turban with a gold-coloured ornament, a tiered garland of yellow flowers, a gold necklace and rudraksha-style beads, raising one hand in blessing. A small figure in red stands in front of the cutout, and a hand from the left holds a brass plate of flower petals with a lit oil lamp. Petals are scattered on the red cloth, and a brass plate and steel cup rest on the gold-embossed altar base.2022-07-21KAILASA India Uttar pradesh Kashi 221001 on 1/9/20222022-01-09April 11 20182018-04-11 +1 copiesA seated figure in an ornate gold throne with a tiger-skin cushion sits in a doorway framed by painted deity figures, with brass oil lamps hanging from chains above. The seated person wears a rust-orange garment, a green-beaded mala, bangles and an orange tilak, and holds palms together in greeting. In the foreground a kneeling priest in orange-saffron robes with white painted arm markings offers a flaming aarti lamp toward the throne. Offerings and a brass plate lie at the bottom of the frame. The seated person's appearance, with long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala and orange robes, is a probable match for Swamiji (probable) in the throne-room setting, though the appearance is not fully certain.2013-05-11Photo inside a yellow-walled temple shrine. A large framed image on the wall shows a deity figure with a glowing halo beside a sage-like figure. In front, a seated life-size figure in an ornate gold throne with a red cushion wears an orange-red turban, a long garland, multiple rudraksha malas, gold ornaments and an orange-red shawl; this is a depiction, a statue or portrait rather than a living person. At lower left, a bare-chested man with a shaved head and white sacred markings, wearing a rudraksha mala, presses his palms together in prayer. Golden trident-shaped standards, a brass kalasha-style offering bowl and small oil lamps stand on the floor.2022-08-26 +1 copies