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Several men in white dhotis with gold borders sit cross-legged on a marble floor performing a ritual. The man in front holds a lit oil lamp near his chest in one hand, and another seated man beside him holds a small lamp and a brass bell. Both have white ash markings on their foreheads and bodies and wear rudraksha malas. Behind them, an older man with folded palms and a man in a white shirt are seated. Brass cups and a pink and orange cloth lie on the floor. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is named.

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Several men seated on the floor in white ritual dhotis and shawls with maroon borders hold small brass oil lamps lit with flames during a ritual. The men in front have white horizontal tilak marks across their foreheads and rudraksha malas around their necks; one wears a gold bangle. Behind them, other participants in white are bending and seated, with a red curtain and a white wall in the background. The scene suggests a lamp-lighting worship ceremony.2011-10-02September 26 20112011-09-26Several men in white dhotis with gold borders sit cross-legged on a mat in a hall with a deep red curtain behind them. The foreground man, shaved-headed with white forehead markings and wire-rimmed glasses, holds his right hand toward a lit oil lamp and a brass bell, with a rudraksha mala around his neck. Behind him, other men in white hold lamps and brass vessels, with brass plates, incense smoke and a small pot on a mat in front, as in a puja. The men are shown in ritual practice; no visible figure is identified as a person.2011-11-18November 10 20102010-11-10 +1 copiesNovember 10 20102010-11-10Photograph of a group ritual in an indoor hall with pink walls. Many men in white dhotis and shawls, some with yellow shawls and rudraksha malas, sit and hold lit oil lamps (diyas) in raised hands, while some hold small brass bells. Several have white vibhuti or tilak on their foreheads. In the upper background a man in white stands near a table holding a lamp, and an orange cloth hangs on the right. The scene reads as a lamp-lighting ritual with aarti-style devotion, with no clearly visible Swamiji figure.2011-01-28Dozens of men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged on orange mats during a ritual arati. Many hold lit oil lamps and brass bells, and several have white and red tilak marks on their foreheads. Multiple men wear rudraksha malas. Brass plates with flowers and offerings sit before them on the floor. The front-centre man, bare-chested with a red-and-white forehead mark and gold border dhoti, raises a flame toward the camera. The scene resembles a group puja led by priests in ritual dress.2010-10-26A photograph of a group of men in white dhotis and shawls performing a ritual with lit flames. Most are seated on the floor holding up lit oil lamps or camphor flames in their raised hands, several wearing rudraksha malas and gold bangles, some with yellow shawls and white-painted foreheads. Brass bells and a small brass vessel rest on the floor in front. A man standing in the background also holds a flame. The room has pink walls, shelves, and a white door. No single figure is identifiable as the a person from appearance; all visible people are ritual participants.2011-01-28November 29 20112011-11-29Photograph of three seated men in white dhotis, bare-chested, holding small brass oil lamps with lit flames during a ritual. The man on the left has a shaved head and holds a lamp in his right hand while wearing gold bangles and a rudraksha mala. The man in the centre has a white forehead marking and white paste on his arm, holding a lit lamp and chanting. The man on the right, wearing spectacles and gold bangles, holds a brass lamp aloft. Background is a pale wall and blurred figures.2011-11-09January 04 20132013-01-04Photograph of a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and white shawl with gold border, wearing a long beaded necklace of gold-toned beads, holding a silver tray with a multi-flame silver aarti lamp, the flames rising and smoke drifting. Behind him another priest in white and a younger man in saffron-orange robes with a beaded necklace stand in an orange-walled courtyard. A hand at the left edge holds a bell-like object. The priest with the aarti lamp is not an identifiable a person candidate by the given cues, so this is an aarti ritual by priests and devotees.2011-12-01