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A photograph of a seated man in a dark red-brown robe with a gold-bead necklace and rudraksha mala, smiling as he reaches toward a woman's offering basket. He sits before a large arrangement of yellow, orange, red and white flower garlands. On the left, a figure in a white garment with a dark rudraksha mala and armband watches. In the foreground a woman with a long dark braid, in white, and a man in white with an orange shawl are seen from behind. A microphone stands at the left edge. a person's appearance cues: a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklace worn over a red-brown robe while receiving a devotee's offering.

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A photo of a seated man in rust-red saffron-toned robes and multiple rudraksha malas, smiling broadly in front of a floral backdrop of yellow, orange and red marigolds. He is adorned with a gold-beaded garland and a vermilion bindi. Beside him a man in white with long hair, a rudraksha mala and a beaded armband smiles; a woman with a long dark braid in a white garment is seen from behind in the foreground, and another figure in white stands at right.2015-07-31July 31 20152015-07-31July 31 20152015-07-31July 31 20152015-07-31A photograph of a satsang at a temple-like hall. A seated man in a rust-red garment with an orange shawl and a long white and yellow flower garland sits on a throne-like seat in front of a large floral backdrop of yellow, orange, red and white flowers. A man in a white shirt bends forward, leaning in toward the seated figure, while a shirtless priest with a rudraksha mala and white sandalwood markings stands at the left holding a ceremonial staff. A golden deity murti sits at the right edge, and a few other attendants in saffron and maroon stand in the background. a person: the seated figure has long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklace, and an orange shawl.2015-07-31A photograph of a seated man in a rust-orange robe and ornate gold-and-bead necklaces smiling toward a devotee at the left, beside a golden figure at a temple event. Behind him is a wall of marigold and red-white flower garlands. A man in white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala stands at the left, holding a golden item. A woman in a red-brown saree with a dark-haired head at the right and another person in white in the foreground are visible. A microphone on a stand is at the left edge.2015-07-31Photograph of a seated man in rust-orange robes with a flower garland of pink, white and purple blooms and a wooden-bead necklace, receiving an offering from a woman in a rust-orange sari with gold border, her hair in a bun and a dark mala around her neck. He extends his hand over a tray of red and orange flowers and an orange cloth. Behind him stands a large floral backdrop of yellow, orange, red and white garlands, and a gold deity murti is visible at right. Other devotees in white and orange sit nearby, including a woman in a white sari with a long mala. Possible a person: the seated man wears a wooden bead mala, flower garland and orange robes, with a swept-back hairstyle and ornate gold bracelet.2015-07-31July 31 20152015-07-31A photograph inside a decorated hall before a large floral-garlanded deity murti with a golden peetha in front. A seated man with a bare upper body wears a red-orange dhoti-style wrap, a double strand of yellow beads and a red-orange garland, and hands a folded white paper or card toward a golden vessel. Around him, a woman in an orange-red shawl with a rudraksha mala smiles, a woman in white with a rudraksha mala and a gold-trimmed red-orange shawl stands nearby, and several women in white saris and devotees with folded hands gather at the right. Gold carved pillars and a dark red curtain frame the scene. a person is not established by visible cues here; the seated man in red-orange with bead garlands is shown without distinctive identifying presentation cues beyond ritual dress.2015-07-31A photograph inside a decorated temple hall during a Guru Purnima satsang. A man with shoulder-length hair, wearing a rust-red shawl, a rudraksha mala and a white flower garland, sits smiling on a golden throne-like seat draped in yellow cloth and covered in marigold and red-and-yellow flower garlands. Before him, a woman in a white sari with a long braid bows with folded hands, and a woman in a white sari with a red-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala kneels nearby. A bald priest in an orange-brown dhoti and rudraksha mala stands at left beside a standing man in white with a rudraksha mala. Golden lion-figure ornaments and a gilded pillar frame the scene, with a fan and white walls in the background.2015-07-31July 31 20152015-07-31July 31 20152015-07-31