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A small room with white walls and a brown wooden door has a large framed poster on the back wall showing a smiling man with long dark hair in a saffron-orange robe and rudraksha mala, seated before green foliage, with a printed caption at its top. Below it, a central figure in a dark red-brown robe and matching turban sits on a rattan armchair draped in red cloth, wearing a ceremonial gold necklace and a decorative white ornament on the turban. Garlands of white and orange flowers hang near a framed portrait. Oil lamps and a lit flame sit on a red-draped table at right. A man in white shirt and glasses in the foreground holds a red fruit. Two other men in saffron robes and rudraksha malas stand at right, and a bearded man in a saffron robe is partly visible. The scene reads as a visit and reception in a shrine-like room.

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July 02 20142014-07-02July 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesA photograph inside a small home room with pink walls and a floral-patterned tile border. A person seated on a red-cushioned chair wears a red-and-saffron head wrap, saffron robe with gold border, a white and red flower garland and a rudraksha mala, smiling as devotees honour her. Beside her a shaved-headed young person in saffron garb with rudraksha beads holds a lit oil lamp for a pada puja. A man in white shirt and red shawl also reaches toward the lamp, while a devotee in the foreground holds hands in prayer. Flowers and fruit lie on a tray before the seat; a framed photo and a small deity murti sit on a wall shelf. The seated person is a devotee-hosted guest, but no appearance-based cues are strong enough to name a specific individual.2014-07-01A seated man in a maroon-red dhoti and shawl, wearing a red and white floral garland and rudraksha beads, holds a silver trident upright in a home room with an orange cushioned chair draped in orange cloth. Behind him hangs a framed portrait of a bare-chested figure in saffron-orange robes with a long garland. Around him, devotees sit on the floor: a young man with a shaved head in orange robes and rudraksha malas, a man in white dhoti with a rust-coloured shawl, and a woman in a red sari with flowers in her hair kneeling before the chair. A brass tray with offerings sits on an orange-draped table at right. The a person candidate in the center wears the maroon robe and red garland and holds the trident, but the appearance cues are not clearly distinctive enough to confirm identity.2014-07-08A photograph inside a small room during a padapuja house visit. A figure with long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and gold bangles sits on a red-cushioned throne decorated with pink and white flower garlands. Wearing a red-orange garment, he holds offerings with both hands while attendants in orange robes, one with a rudraksha mala, stand at left with a wooden tray of fruit, a red apple and marigold garlands. Two devotees sit in the foreground with their heads turned toward him, and a wooden door and yellow wall frame the scene. Swamiji (probable) is seated on the throne, identified by his long hair, rudraksha malas and ceremonial clothing.2014-07-07 +1 copiesIndoor photograph of a devotee home with a seated figure on an orange-draped couch, dressed in maroon-brown robes with rudraksha malas and gold-toned armlets, holding red fruit and draped with white flower garlands. Pink rose petals carpet the floor around the couch. Several saffron-robed sannyasis and a white-clad devotee stand nearby; one priest in maroon with a rudraksha mala gestures toward the seated figure. A wooden cabinet, bamboo blind and hanging flower strings decorate the room.2014-07-01July 08 20142014-07-08July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJune 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01