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A photograph of a colourfully painted temple-style hall with pink, green and yellow decorative trim. A gilded throne with a crown-shaped back sits in a dark alcove, draped with a zebra-striped cloth. A seated figure in orange-red robes with a mala, lifting both hands in blessing, occupies the throne. Two people in orange sit on the steps to the left of the throne. In the foreground, a bald priest in orange-and-gold shawl and rudraksha beads holds a tiered brass oil lamp with several lit flames, aarti style. Brass lamps stand at the sides of the doorway, and a small offering tray is set on the white floor.

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April 07 20132013-04-07A priest in an orange-red cloth with a shaved head and white markings on his arms and shoulders waves a tiered brass aarti lamp with many burning flames toward a golden ornate throne. Seated on the throne, against a tiger-skin-covered seat with lion-faced armrests, is a figure in orange-red robes wearing a beaded mala, with a gold crown-shaped backrest behind him. Hanging brass lamps and beaded strings decorate the dark alcove, and the walls are painted blue, pink and green. Several other devotees in orange sit at the sides, and a red carpet lies in front of the dais. a person: the seated figure in orange-red robes and mala on the golden throne matches the page's reference to a person, though the face is not clearly visible.2013-04-06April 04 20132013-04-04A bald priest in an orange-red dhoti and shawl, with a sacred thread and wrist bands, holds up a large multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with many lit flames in the foreground. Beyond him, a figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a bindi/tilak sits on an ornate gold throne with a tiger-striped cloth, framed by a doorway with hanging oil lamps and a colourful painted temple facade in turquoise, pink and green. Devotees in orange and white sit near the throne, one wearing a white shawl, and additional brass lamps stand on the floor.2013-03-16Photograph inside a richly painted temple-style hall with pink, green and blue decorative pillars and a painted guardian figure holding a club on the left. A seated figure in red robes and a rudraksha mala sits on an ornate gold throne draped with a tiger-striped cloth, hands raised in a gesture, with strings of small lamps behind. In the foreground a shaven-headed attendant in orange-red robes holds a multi-tiered lit oil lamp (aarti) toward the throne, with brass lamp stands flanking the dais and other attendants in red seated nearby.2013-04-04March 05 20132013-03-05April 04 20132013-04-04March 07 20132013-03-07A photograph of a satsang inside a temple-style hall with blue walls and ornate pink, yellow and green painted borders. A man in an orange-saffron robe and a long red-and-white garland sits on an elaborate gilded throne with a zebra-striped cushion and holds a small golden object raised above his head. Seated devotees in white dhotis with gold borders and one person in a yellow top sit on the floor, a microphone stands nearby, and a tall brass lamp stand with multiple lit oil lamps glows on the left. Brass lamp stands flank the throne and a red rug lies on the white floor. Watermarked archive photo of a ritual setting.2013-03-02 +1 copiesA seated figure in an orange-red robe and a long rudraksha mala sits on an ornate gold throne with a tiger-skin cloth draped over its seat, framed by a painted blue and pink temple-style shrine. A tiered brass oil lamp with many flames is held in the foreground by hands, and attendants in orange and white sit beside the throne. Hanging brass lamps and small lights glow behind the throne, and the glossy white floor reflects the scene.2013-03-05A photograph of a ritual aarti in a temple hall with brightly painted blue and pink walls and two large painted dvarapala guardian figures holding clubs flanking a doorway. In the centre a tiered silver lamp with many lit flames is held up by a shaved-headed priest in an orange-brown dhoti with a white tilak and rudraksha mala, at left. Beyond the lamp, a seated figure in orange robes and a red-bead mala sits on an ornate gold throne draped with a striped cloth, with a dark background of small lights. At right a man in white clothes sits with hands folded in anjali, and brass oil lamps stand on the floor. The scene reads as an aarti or puja offered before a seated teacher.2013-03-13A shaved-headed priest in an orange-red robe and rudraksha beads raises a tiered brass aarti lamp with many flames toward a seated figure on a gold throne. The throne sits within a colourful painted shrine doorway of pink, green and yellow. The seated figure wears orange-red robes, long beads and sits on a zebra-striped cloth. Brass lamp stands flank the doorway, and a man in white sits at the base of the throne, with a small bowl and flower offerings at the lower corners. Oil lamps and fairy-light sparkle create a festive glow. The scene looks like an aarti performed before a revered seat in a temple-style hall.2013-03-16