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Indoor photo in a simple room with lilac walls and a red patterned curtain. A man in a saffron dhoti with gold border and a gold necklace, with a tilak on his forehead, smiles as he offers a small plate of food to a seated monk in an orange robe and orange head wrap, who receives it with both hands. Behind them, two more monks in orange sit on a sofa, one smiling and wearing glasses; a table with steel plates of food and small steel containers stands nearby. A partially visible person in orange stands at the left edge.

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February 09 20132013-02-09Indoor photo of a man in orange robes with a gold necklace and white tripundra on his forehead leaning forward to offer a small white envelope or offering to a seated devotee. He has long swept-back dark hair and a smiling expression. Behind a steel plate of food with bowls of curry, flatbread and fruit on a table, another man in orange sits in a chair. On the right, an older man with glasses and a cream-colored shawl over orange cloth smiles as he holds fruit and greens, and beside him a man in an orange head wrap and glasses watches. Red wavy curtains hang on the right wall.2013-02-09February 09 20132013-02-09A photograph of a meal being served indoors in a room with a pale wall and a red wavy-patterned curtain. A man in orange robes with a gold necklace and a white tilak mark on his forehead leans forward at left, offering food from a steel plate. Seated on the right, a man in orange with glasses and a light shawl holds out his hands to receive food, and another in an orange headwrap sits at the far right. A third seated man in orange sits in the background. Steel thalis hold rice, bread and curries on a table at lower left. Four people are visible in total. The standing server's appearance does not clearly match the a person cues, so the candidate is uncertain.2013-02-09February 09 20132013-02-09Indoor photograph in a plain room with pale lavender walls and a beige bed or cot. A man in a rust-brown dhoti and shawl with a tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha mala and a gold bracelet, smiles as he offers a small basket with fruit and a folded paper or packet to a bespectacled man in orange robes and an orange head cloth. Another man in orange stands behind them. a person candidate with long swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala appears in the foreground, distinguished by his ceremonial dress, while the recipient is a devotee in saffron. Three people are visible.2013-02-08February 09 20132013-02-09A seated man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, sits on a white-draped chair in front of a red curtain, receiving a steel plate of offerings from a standing devotee in orange robes and a shawl who wears a rudraksha mala and gold bangles. A man in a white dhoti stands at left wearing a rudraksha mala and a purple forehead band, and a seated man in white at lower left holds yellow offerings. Plastic water bottles and sandals sit on the green-and-blue mat. The scene reads as a ritual offering, with no visible fire or deity murti.2012-01-02February 09 20132013-02-09Three men stand indoors against a pale lavender wall beside a beige sofa. On the left, a man with hair in a bun, a white tilak on his forehead, and a rudraksha mala with a brown wrap and orange cloth is handing an orange shawl to a companion. In the centre, a bespectacled man in an orange cap and orange shawl holds a woven basket of fruit. On the right, a smiling bespectacled man in an orange cap and light orange kurta claps his hands. A white cup sits on a table at the lower edge.2013-02-08January 12 20142014-01-12 +1 copiesA photograph of four men in a room with a red velvet and gold ornate throne at right and a red curtain behind. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with white hair and beard, wearing an orange beaded necklace and a red-orange beaded headband, holds his hands out to a man in a red-orange turban and saffron-gold wrap who is adorned with a long gold chain and gold bangles and is offering or giving something in his palms. Behind them two men in red and saffron robes with rudraksha malas smile, one holding a small white object. The scene appears to be a devotee-and-teacher exchange in a ritual setting.2015-08-20