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A photograph of a man seated cross-legged on an orange cloth and wooden seat at an outdoor ritual site with bare earth and fire-pit ash. He wears a sleeveless orange robe, a long orange shawl, and a dark rudraksha mala, with a red tilak on his forehead and long dark hair. Hands rest in his lap. To his left stands a polished brass kalasha-style vessel with a handle and spout. Behind him, several people in white clothes sit in meditation on low stone platforms, and a woman in white with an orange shawl sits with hands in mudra.

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A photograph of a long-haired man seated cross-legged on a wooden mat on bare ground, eyes closed in meditation. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulders and a long dark rudraksha mala, with a red mark on his forehead. A brass kalasha-style vessel with a handle sits beside him. Behind him, small fires and smoke rise from fire pits, and a kneeling man in white clothes tends the ground. Probable Swamiji by appearance: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala, seated at a fire ritual in meditation.2010-06-13June 13 20102010-06-13Outdoor fire ritual at dusk. A man in saffron-orange robes with a long swept-back hair, a red bindi and a long rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a low wooden seat, eyes lowered, hands resting on his knees. Beside him stands a brass kettle-shaped vessel on the ground. Smoke rises from shallow fire pits in sandy earth, with flames visible at left. Behind him a person in white clothes and a white shawl tends the fire, and another seated figure in white with a red cloth is at upper left. Probable Swamiji, identified by long hair, saffron robes and rudraksha mala cues, seated in a homa-style fire ritual.2010-06-13A man in orange saffron robes sits cross-legged on a woven mat with eyes closed in meditation, hands resting in his lap. He wears a long rudraksha mala of dark seeds around his neck and has his long dark hair tied back, with a red mark on his forehead. Beside him on the mat is a brass kalasha-style vessel with a spouted handle. Behind him, two seated people in white clothes, one with a yellow shawl, sit near blackened ground that suggests a fire pit. The setting is an open sandy ground with a temple-like structure in the background.2010-08-26July 20 20102010-07-20A man with long dark wavy hair and a red tilak on his forehead sits cross-legged on an orange cushion with eyes closed, meditating outdoors. He wears a bare-shouldered orange saffron garment and a heavy necklace of large gold-toned beads with dark bands. A silver kalasha-style vessel with a spout sits in the foreground on a woven mat. Behind him is an open dirt ground with white and pink rangoli-style floor patterns and a row of dark stone statues on a low wall. The scene suggests a meditation or satsang setting. Swamiji (probable) appears as the seated man with long hair, saffron clothing, and a gold bead necklace.2010-11-21 +1 copiesJune 13 20102010-06-13A man with long dark hair sits cross-legged in meditation on a low wooden seat on bare ground, eyes closed, hands resting in his lap. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange cloth draped over his body and a long necklace of brown rudraksha beads, with a red mark on his forehead. A brass vessel with a spout sits at the lower left. Behind him, two seated people in white with yellow shawls sit on the ground, and palm trees and a wall are visible in the background, with pale ash-covered patches scattered on the ground.2010-07-07A man with long dark hair and a red bindi sits cross-legged in meditation on a wooden platform on bare ground, eyes closed. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange robe and a long rudraksha mala. A brass kalasha-style vessel with a handle stands at his left. Behind him, men in white dhotis and yellow shawls sit in meditation, and palm trees and a low wall frame the outdoor setting.2010-07-10February 23 20112011-02-23July 20 20102010-07-20July 20 20102010-07-20