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A photograph of a seated figure in saffron-orange robes receiving ritual honour on a gold-carved throne with red cushions, hands joined at the chest, a long white jasmine garland and green-leaf garlands draped over the shoulders, and a rudraksha-style mala at the neck. A standing man in orange robes with long swept-back hair holds a lit flame. Seated devotees in white and yellow clothing, some with hands joined, fill the foreground. A large framed portrait sits at left, a steel plate of flowers and offerings rests before the throne, and gold lion-shaped throne supports flank the seat under white and yellow draped cloth. Appearance of the seated figure with long hair, saffron robes and ceremonial gold and garland adornments is consistent with a person candidate, seated and being honoured.

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December 08 20092009-12-08August 09 20092009-08-09A seated man in an orange saffron robe and a white flower garland with red blossoms sits on an ornate gilded throne with a red cushioned back, hands folded in prayer with eyes closed. A silver-rimmed tray of flowers and offerings sits on a gold-and-red table before him, and a devotee in white bows to it. Around him, several people sit on the floor in white, blue and yellow clothing, including a woman in white and a woman in a blue-striped top. A table to the left holds fruit, bottled water and a plate. Visible behind is a draped cloth backdrop and a red-framed doorway.2009-12-08December 01 20092009-12-01 +2 copiesA photograph of a pada puja at an ashram hall. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a rudraksha mala sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne, wearing a saffron-orange robe, with his hands pressed together in prayer. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure on the throne, identified by his long swept-back hair, saffron robe and rudraksha mala. Before the throne, a shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti with a gold necklace kneels with palms joined. A woman in a white sari sits at the left edge, and a bald man and other devotees sit in the lower foreground. A brass plate holds fruit and flowers on a golden stand beside the throne, and a pink flower garland lies on the floor near the feet. A pada puja is a ritual where devotees honour and wash the feet of a guru.2010-10-19 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated man on an ornate gilded throne with a red cushion, palms pressed together in namaskar. He wears an orange-saffron robe and a long white and red flower garland, with a vertical tilak on his forehead. In front of the throne, several devotees sit on the floor in white, yellow and blue clothes, with a silver tray holding flowers and a lit oil lamp on a red cloth. Gold lion-like figures flank the throne, with fruit and a water bottle on a side table and a pink draped backdrop.2009-12-08A seated man in saffron-orange robes, with a multicolour garland of white, pink, red and green flowers and a red bindi, sits with palms pressed together in namaskar on an ornate gold throne with red zebra-striped cushions. Probable Swamiji: long swept-back hair, flower garland and saffron robes on a golden throne. Before him a man in white clothes washes his feet in a silver bowl as a woman in a red-trimmed sari and a young girl kneel with folded hands. At right, a man in orange robes bows with hands folded. On the left stands a tray with apples and flowers. This is a padapuja feet-washing ritual in an ashram hall.2009-08-09A seated man with short dark hair wearing a saffron-orange robe and a long white and red flower garland sits on a gilded throne with hands folded in prayer and eyes closed. Gold ornate carvings frame the throne, and a small pot of white flowers sits nearby. Behind him, seated devotees in white with yellow shawls and saffron-clad sadhus press palms together, and a woman in red kneels at the lower left beside brass plates of flowers and offerings. Red curtains and a beige wall form the backdrop. a person: the seated figure in saffron with a long garland on a throne matches the page's claim, though the face and presentation cues are not distinctive enough to confirm.2009-12-20A photograph inside an open-sided tent with a bamboo-matted roof and yellow cloth hangings. A man in a saffron-orange sleeveless robe with long swept-back hair sits on an ornate gold throne carved with a lion, hands folded in prayer with eyes closed. Before him, a seated devotee in a white shirt and white dhoti is bending forward to offer padapuja, with a brass tray of small silver and brass vessels, flowers and kumkum at the foot of the throne. Around them, devotees in white clothes with yellow shawls sit on the floor, some with hands pressed together. A woman in a patterned sari sits at left, and a speaker sits at right.2009-12-06October 29 20102010-10-29December 03 20092009-12-03October 11 20102010-10-11