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A framed portrait of a smiling bearded man in an orange-red turban with a small emblem, wearing a flower garland and saffron clothing, is placed on a golden throne-like seat decorated with marigold garlands. A devotee in a yellow-and-red patterned shawl and red trousers bends low in prostration before the golden seat, which holds a small white-clad figure. A large painted image of a multi-headed deity is behind the portrait. Offerings on a tray include bananas or oranges, corn cobs, sweets and small brass bowls, and red cloth covers the seat. The setting appears to be a home-temple shrine decorated with orange marigold garlands for a puja. The portrait is a depiction, not a physical person.

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A woman with dark hair pulled into a bun bows forward with her forehead pressed to a gold padukas or throne-like pedestal draped with a white cloth. She wears a multicoloured patterned shawl over white clothing and a red bangle. Behind the pedestal, a framed portrait shows a smiling bearded man in a red-brown turban and gold-toned garments, garlanded with orange marigolds and a yellow-green flower garland, which suggests a Swamiji (probable) image on a shrine. Marigold garlands drape the gold altar, a red cloth backdrop hangs behind it, and offerings of fruit, corn cobs, cucumbers and small steel bowls sit on a teal cloth in the foreground, consistent with a Guru Purnima puja.2021-07-23KAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 7/23/20212021-07-23 +1 copiesKAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 6/14/20212021-06-14A man in white ritual clothing kneels at a gilded throne-like seat draped with a white cloth, adjusting or offering it with both hands. Marigold garlands in orange hang around the golden seat and along the walls. Behind it is a framed portrait of a smiling man with a red turban, garlanded with yellow and purple flowers, labelled as a portrait of Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Above is a large painted deity murti with many heads and arms, and a red backdrop with a temple scene lies to the right. A red cloth covers the floor with scattered marigold petals. The setting suggests a Guru Purnima puja at Kailasa Dhumbarahi, Nepal. One physical person is visible.2021-07-23KASHI SARVAJNAPEETAM on 12/28/20212021-12-28October 14 20152015-10-14KAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 7/23/20212021-07-23KAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 7/23/20212021-07-23Photo inside a yellow-walled temple shrine. A large framed image on the wall shows a deity figure with a glowing halo beside a sage-like figure. In front, a seated life-size figure in an ornate gold throne with a red cushion wears an orange-red turban, a long garland, multiple rudraksha malas, gold ornaments and an orange-red shawl; this is a depiction, a statue or portrait rather than a living person. At lower left, a bare-chested man with a shaved head and white sacred markings, wearing a rudraksha mala, presses his palms together in prayer. Golden trident-shaped standards, a brass kalasha-style offering bowl and small oil lamps stand on the floor.2022-08-26 +1 copiesA photograph of a home shrine where a woman in a red garment lights a tray of oil lamps before a large printed portrait. The portrait shows a smiling bearded man in a red turban, ornate gold necklaces, rudraksha-style beads and a raised hand, adorned with garlands of yellow and pink flowers. Beside it stands a gilded deity murti decorated with red and gold cloth, a golden canopy shrine holding fruit, and a small brass figure in the lower left wrapped in gold ornaments. The woman is the only physical person visible; the portrait is a depiction on paper.2021-04-18Photo 82835022022-06-18 +1 copiesNovember 14 20212021-11-14