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A photograph of a ceremonial honouring inside a hall with a pale ceiling and recessed lights. A bearded man with long grey hair and a white beard wears a garland of white and orange flowers over orange robes, and holds an orange cloth stretched between his hands. Facing him, a man in a maroon turban and maroon-brown robes with a heavy gold necklace and bangles smiles and holds the other end of the cloth. A bald man in glasses and a brown garment stands at left holding a small tray. Behind them a colourful striped pillar and onlookers in orange and white are visible. The bearded man in orange is a person by appearance, presenting the cloth in a ceremonial honouring.

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October 18 20152015-10-18Indoor ceremony in a banquet hall with red walls, chandeliers and tall decorative banners with coloured patterns. In the foreground a person with a long dark hair decorated with white flower garland kneels or bows, wearing a light peach-coloured wrap. Facing them a standing figure in a rust-red turban and matching red-brown garments, with layered beaded necklaces, gold bangles and an orange cloth being unfolded and offered. Garlands of orange marigolds and white flowers hang from the right. Audience members sit in chairs behind, and a bald man with a tilak mark on his forehead and gold-beaded necklaces smiles at right.2015-10-18A ceremonial event in a banquet hall with red walls and tall decorated pillars in orange, green and red. In the foreground, a figure in a red-brown turban and bare-shouldered red-brown garment wears a dense rudraksha mala and gold necklace and bangles, reaching forward to take an orange shawl and white garland from a bald priest in a saffron-orange garment. Behind them, two shaved-headed men in brown and orange robes with rudraksha malas stand in the centre. On the right, a bearded man with long dark hair and red-rimmed glasses wears an orange robe and white jasmine garland; a grey-bearded man in an orange shawl sits at the lower right. Seated devotees fill the background, with orange and white floral garlands and flower petals in the foreground.2015-10-18A photograph of an indoor satsang setting with cream walls, recessed lighting and a red floral backdrop. On the left, a man in a red-maroon turban and maroon robe with gold trim, wearing a long brown rudraksha-style mala and gold earrings, smiles while reaching forward to touch the hands of a bearded man on the right. The bearded man wears a saffron-orange shawl over a rust-orange robe and bows slightly. Behind them, a red-and-gold patterned cloth covers a low platform, and two women in white and green sit near a golden-backed chair. Swamiji (probable) is the man in the maroon turban and gold-trimmed robe with a long rudraksha mala, shown here as the one receiving the gesture.2014-03-18July 21 20152015-07-21Indoor hall with white chandeliers and decorative painted pillars. In the foreground, a man seen from behind with grey hair and white beard wears an orange robe and a rudraksha mala. Center, a smiling man in a deep red-brown turban and dark red garment with ornate gold necklaces holds an orange cloth and garland. Right, a bald man in a maroon and gold robe wears layered white-and-beaded garlands of orange marigolds and white flowers. Behind them, more saffron-robed and red-robed men stand among the garlands.2015-10-18A photograph in a large ballroom-style hall with a seated crowd in the background. Centre right, an older bearded man with long swept-back dark hair, a floral garland and an orange shawl is bowing forward. A standing man in a maroon-red turban and red-brown robe with a gold necklace and rudraksha mala holds an orange cloth raised above the bowing man's head in a blessing gesture. To the left, a bald man in dark-rimmed glasses and a rudraksha mala holds a small red cloth. Orange-and-white fabric decorations hang from pillars behind them, and a chandelier hangs overhead.2015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18Indoor event in a hotel-style hall with a red patterned carpet and a gold-finished chair edge in the foreground. A man in a rust-orange turban and orange robe with a beaded necklace and bangles bends forward, adjusting or receiving an orange garment, while a man with a bald head in orange robes and a long beaded mala stands behind him. On the right, an elderly man in a pink turban and orange shawl and a bearded man in an orange cap hold and fold orange cloth. A woman in white with a red-bead necklace stands in the background near a standing lamp. Chairs and camera equipment are visible at the back.2014-03-21May 10 20162016-05-10December 21 20162016-12-21