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Indoor photograph of a seated sannyasi in saffron-orange robes, wearing a garland of yellow marigold-like beads and red and white flower garlands, bowing forward with both hands raised around a tall silver ceremonial staff topped with a silver finial and a silver vessel. Behind him, a man in white dhoti and shirt wearing a red and white flower garland bows with hands folded, and a woman in a white sari with gold border stands with palms joined. Several white-clad devotees and onlookers stand in the dim room behind, with a lit doorway and a red cloth visible in the background.

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June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24A photograph of a ceremonial welcome inside a house interior. A man seated on an orange-draped chair with a tiger-stripe cloth wears a red and white flower garland with lime garland, and raises one hand toward a tall metal pole or stand. Beside him a sannyasi in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits and gazes up. In the foreground a man in white clothes kneels and washes or attends to the feet of the seated figure, with a silver tray of fruit and flowers nearby. Behind them a crowd of devotees, many in white dhotis and saris, sit with hands folded in namaskar, and a glass display cabinet is visible on the back wall. Mood is devotional and reverent.2014-06-24 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesA photograph of an indoor ritual in a small room. On the right, a seated man with a long swept-back hairstyle, a red-orange turban with ornate ornaments, a garland of white and red flowers, a bare-chested body with coral bangles, and a red-orange wrap, sits with eyes closed while a trident-like staff rises beside him. Hands are raised in front of him. Before him, a shaved-headed man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a yellow cloth, and a woman in red bends forward with a white flower garland in her hair. Other women in saffron and green saris stand behind with hands folded, and a man in white and gold dhoti stands at the left edge. Floral petals are scattered on the floor. The swami figure with the turban and garland is a person by appearance, though it is uncertain.2014-07-01A seated central figure in maroon-red robes with a white forehead mark and a white and yellow flower garland holds up a silver trident in a home interior. A seated woman in a white sari with gold border bows low at their feet, cupping a small brass vessel. Saffron-clad sannyasis with rudraksha malas stand along the right, hands folded, and a tiger-striped cloth draped over a seat appears at left. A framed picture hangs on the wall behind, and a flower garland decorates the ceiling. The scene reads as a pada puja at a devotee's house.2014-06-26July 03 20142014-07-03A seated figure in a saffron-orange robe with a red and gold-bordered shawl, wearing a long garland of red roses, white flowers and yellow beads, holds a silver trident aloft while smiling. Beside them a devotee in an orange-red and gold cloth kneels at a brass tray of offerings, and an elderly man in a white shirt bends forward in reverence. A woman in a red sari and an older woman in white stand nearby. A cameraman in white stands at the back with a camera, and a young man in orange robes with rudraksha beads stands by the window. Posters with garlands hang on the left wall, in a small room decorated with a red carpet.2014-07-03A seated woman in a deep red sari with a gold border receives a Pada Puja-style offering while wearing a thick garland of red, orange and yellow marigolds and bangles. Her hand holds a tall silver ceremonial staff. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a red shawl kneels at a silver plate of jasmine flowers and a small mound of flowers, placing flowers. A bald priest in an orange-gold shawl with rudraksha beads presses flowers on the plate, while another shaved-headed man in orange robes sits behind. Two seated men in white and an orange-robed standing attendant stand nearby. Purple zigzag streamers hang on a pale wall.2014-06-22