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A photograph of a home ritual inside a tiled room with a white wall and arched doorway. A woman in a dark red and orange sari, wearing a red and yellow flower garland and a beaded necklace, sits on an orange cloth-covered seat, holding a long silver ceremonial staff. Several people kneel in white clothes around her, and a shaved-headed monk in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala stands nearby. Family members in pink, maroon and patterned saris, a young girl and a child stand behind, and a white-dhoti-clad man stands at the right beside a flower-decorated pillar. A small statue sits on a table at right.

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A photograph of a house visit ritual in a plain indoor room. A woman in a red and orange sari with a red and white flower garland and a green-and-yellow bead garland sits on an orange-draped seat, holding a trident-topped staff with flower garlands. Before her, several men in white dhotis kneel on a patterned blue rug, one bowing with hands near her feet. A bald man in orange robes and rudraksha beads stands nearby, and a bald man in white with a mala stands behind her. Family members in white shirts, saris and pink dresses stand along the wall, and a bowl of bananas sits on the rug.2014-06-27June 27 20142014-06-27June 27 20142014-06-27June 27 20142014-06-27June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJuly 01 20142014-07-01July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJune 27 20142014-06-27A photograph of a padapuja-style honouring inside a room with cream walls and a marble floor. Seated on a raised orange-draped seat at right is a figure with a long swept-back hairstyle, wearing a rust-red cloth, multiple rudraksha malas and garlands of white and red flowers with pink blossoms; they hold a silver trident and rest bare feet on a plate. A white-clad man in glasses kneels with palms pressed together at lower left, and a woman bends forward to wash or offer at the feet. Shaved-headed young men in orange and white robes with rudraksha malas stand and kneel behind, one holding a brass tray. A photographer with a flash camera stands among onlookers, and a red and white table with fruit and brass vessels sits behind. Probable Swamiji is seated, showing distinctive long hair, rudraksha malas and floral garlands.2014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesA seated figure in orange robes and a long hair bun sits on a raised orange-draped seat, wearing a garland of white jasmine and red and pink flowers, with a rudraksha mala and a silver trident held upright beside him. Around him devotees in white and orange sit on the floor offering flowers, and a standing young man in white with a rudraksha mala watches. A tray with fruit and flowers, a kalasha-like offering and a deity poster on the wall are visible. A seated man in a white shirt holds flowers and a photographer with a camera stands at the back. Several people watch from the doorway.2014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 01 20142014-07-01