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A man in a rust-brown robe stands before a pink wall, eyes closed and smiling, holding a silver oil lamp with a flame in his left hand and a silver bell in his right. He wears a long multicoloured flower garland of marigolds, roses and jasmine, a long rudraksha mala across his chest, a gold chain, and a vertical tilak on his forehead. A second person in an orange robe peeks from a balcony above, hands pressed together. a person (long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and garland cues), performing an aarti-style lamp offering during a bhumi puja setting.

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A photograph of a smiling man with long dark hair and a full beard, wearing a rust-brown sannyasi-style wrap and a long multicolour flower garland of red, white, yellow, pink and green blossoms. Rudraksha malas hang across his chest and a thin gold chain is visible. He holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a silver handbell in the other, with a white vertical mark on his forehead. A woman with folded hands watches from a balcony at the upper right. The setting is a pink plastered wall. Swamiji (probable): the man wears long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala and a ceremonial gold necklace, with the page noting his presence at this event.2016-11-23A smiling man with long dark hair and a full beard stands before a salmon-pink wall, wearing a rust-brown robe and a long rudraksha mala across his chest. He wears a multi-coloured garland of yellow, red, white and pink flowers with green leaves, and a white tilak on his forehead. In his left hand he holds a brass lamp with a flame, and in his right hand a brass bell. A woman in orange clothing is partly visible at the top right, her hands raised together. Smoke rises beside the lamp.2016-11-23November 23 20162016-11-23November 23 20162016-11-23November 23 20162016-11-23November 23 20162016-11-23A barefoot man in a rust-brown robe stands on a patterned kolam of red, green and yellow on freshly dug earth beside a pink wall, holding a lit brass oil lamp in one hand and a small brass bell in the other. He wears a long garland of yellow, red, white and purple flowers and a rudraksha mala across his chest, with a tilak on his forehead and long swept-back hair. Behind him a woman in an orange sari stands on an upper balcony with her palms pressed together in prayer.2016-11-23October 03 20162016-10-03October 03 20162016-10-03 +1 copiesOctober 03 20162016-10-03 +2 copiesA bearded man with long swept-back dark hair and a white-and-red forehead mark stands with eyes closed against a salmon-pink wall, holding a silver oil lamp with a visible flame in one hand and a silver handbell in the other. He wears a long garland of red, yellow, white and pink flowers, multiple rudraksha malas over his brown-orange robe, and a thin gold chain. A second person in orange clothing is partly visible on a balcony at upper right. Ritual puja setting.2016-11-23A bearded man in a rust-brown saffron-toned robe stands barefoot on bare earth at the base of a salmon-pink wall, lighting a small flame or incense stick held in his right hand. He wears a long multicolour flower garland of yellow, red, white and purple blooms, and a rudraksha mala around his neck. Beside him a bare-chested man with a sacred thread and a white dhoti with an orange border stands by. Spread on the ground is a coloured floor design of flower-like kolam with white lines. Several people watch from a balcony above. This appears to be a bhumi puja, a ground-blessing ritual, with the flame lit over a decorated patch of soil.2016-11-23