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Indoor photograph of a reception room with white walls and many framed portraits of saints and sannyasis hanging above orange drapes. On the right, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears a dark red-brown robe, rudraksha malas and gold bangles and holds a small metal cup, appearing to offer it to a line of women and young people. A bald man in an orange robe stands in the centre, and a young man in white with a tilak mark stands among the visitors. Several women wear saris and sarees in green, blue and orange, and one braids her hair. Appearance-based label: the man with long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold bangles on the right is a probable Swamiji (probable) receiving devotees.

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July 02 20142014-07-02July 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesA photograph inside a room with orange drapes and framed portraits on the wall. A figure in a red-maroon dhoti and shawl, with long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas across the chest and gold bangles on the arms, holds a small steel cup and a spoon-like object, offering something to a young boy in a striped pink-and-white polo shirt who extends his cupped hands. Around them stand several men: a young man in white kurta at left, shaved-headed men in saffron-orange robes with white tilak marks on their foreheads, and a man in a white shirt behind. Framed photographs of saints in orange robes hang on the cream walls. Swamiji (probable) is the figure in red-maroon clothing with long hair and rudraksha malas, shown in the act of distributing to the boy.2014-07-02 +1 copiesJuly 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesJuly 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesJuly 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesJuly 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJune 23 20142014-06-23 +1 copiesJuly 02 20142014-07-02A photograph of devotees receiving blessings indoors against a pale yellow wall with colourful paper garlands and balloons at the top left. A seated woman in an orange-brown garment with a rudraksha mala and a bindi, her forehead marked with white ash, holds a brass vessel and offers something from it to a man in a white shirt and white dhoti who bends forward with cupped hands. A young girl in a checked top and a bystander in white stand nearby. Two standing men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and gold pendants stand to the right, one talking on a phone. Several onlookers in white shirts crowd the background. The scene shows a ritual blessing or prasadam distribution. Watermarked images are not described further.2012-05-18July 08 20142014-07-08