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Indoor ceremony on a stage hung with blue and pink draped fabric and a night mountain-and-temple backdrop. A central figure with long dark hair sits on an ornate throne with a white floral-garlanded canopy and a red cushion, wearing orange robes and layered flower garlands. Around him seated devotees in orange robes, some holding long ceremonial staffs with orange tassels, face the throne; women in white saris sit on the right. Scattered flower petals lie on the floor and a brass vessel sits at lower left. The figure matches the appearance cues of a person, seated in a ceremonial role, with a shawl-like orange wrap and rudraksha-style garland; the appearance is consistent but not certain, so this is labeled probable.

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A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair sits on an ornate golden throne draped with white flower garlands and a red heart-shaped backrest, beneath a small canopy. He wears a flower garland and holds a microphone. Around him, devotees in orange and saffron robes sit on the floor, some holding long bamboo poles decorated with orange tassels, while women in white saris sit to the right. Small brass pots with plants and flower offerings sit in the foreground. Behind the stage hangs a large backdrop showing a sunset over a mountain with a lit temple complex. Blue draped fabric and colourful painted pillars frame the stage. a person: the seated central figure with long swept hair, saffron robes and rudraksha-style garland is a candidate for a person, based on appearance cues.2006-12-28December 28 20062006-12-28December 28 20062006-12-28December 28 20062006-12-28December 28 20062006-12-28Ritual scene at a decorated dais under a canopy, draped in red, pink and blue cloth and garlanded with white jasmine and orange-red flowers. A figure in orange robes sits on a gold throne-like seat with a red cushion, long dark hair falling behind, while a seated priest in orange clothing tends a small fire pit at lower left, with smoke rising and a few upright ceremonial sticks behind him. Orange-robed attendants sit nearby, and a row of women in white saris with hair pulled back sit with their backs to the camera in the foreground. The backdrop shows a large printed night photograph of a lit structure. Swamiji (probable) is seated on the throne, identified by his long swept-back hair and orange robes, presiding over the homa.2006-12-28December 28 20062006-12-28A photograph of a seated figure on an ornate golden throne (peetha) with a red cushion, covered in white jasmine garlands and multicolored flower garlands, under a small golden canopy with hanging beads. Seated devotees in orange clothing sit at the base of the stage, and women in the lower right watch. Behind is a backdrop of a sunset over a mountain with a lit temple below and blue and pink draping fabric along the stage. Orange-tipped ceremonial staffs stand on the right.2006-12-28December 28 20062006-12-28December 28 20062006-12-28A stage ceremony with a decorated red throne draped in white flower garlands and a canopy, set before a blue and pink cloth backdrop and a large banner. A figure in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back hair and a flower garland stands at right, raising a green leaf with one hand and holding a woven basket in the other. Several seated people in orange and white sit in front, including a white-clad man with folded hands at left and a man in white at lower centre. Bamboo poles with orange tassels rise from the front, and baskets of offerings sit on the floor. Decorative colourful fabric hangings frame the stage edges.2006-12-28December 28 20062006-12-28