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A photograph of a man in a checked yellow-and-white shirt bending forward to touch his forehead to the hand of a seated elderly bald man on an orange tufted velvet throne with gold carved armrests. The seated man wears a dark red-maroon dhoti with a gold border, a gold-bordered shawl, a beaded rudraksha-style necklace, a beaded headband, gold earrings and white sacred ash markings on his arms and chest, and holds a small steel cup. Behind them stand a man in a bright orange turban and another in a yellow shopping-bag holding figure, with gold ornate throne furnishings and a painted backdrop of warriors on horseback.

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A photograph in a ceremonial hall shows a bald elderly man seated on an orange tufted gold-trimmed throne, bare-chested with white ash markings, wearing a maroon and saffron-bordered cloth and a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace, and holding a small silver vessel. A younger man in a yellow shirt and cream dhoti bends low, touching the seated man's hand and head in respectful greeting. Behind them, a deity murti stands in a golden arch with a trident, and two orange-robed attendants sit on a neighbouring throne, with a red carpet and a painted backdrop of figures. The seated man's distinctive adornments are visible, but his identity cannot be confirmed from appearance.2015-08-30May 08 20122012-05-08Photograph inside a temple hall with two ornate gold thrones with red cushions. On the left, a person in a rust-orange garment with a long dark braid and a headband sits on the throne, holding a small brass vessel. In the centre, a bare-chested, shaved-headed priest in an orange cloth and rudraksha mala sits on the second golden throne, his hands folded. Several devotees in white dhotis and checked shirts kneel and bow toward the thrones, one with hands raised in namaskar. Behind them, priests in white dhotis and orange garlands stand near a red flag and marble pillars.2012-05-09May 28 20122012-05-28 +1 copiesA bald, white-bearded man sits on an ornate gold-and-orange velvet throne, bare-chested with a long reddish-brown cloth, a rudraksha mala and a dark beaded necklace, white ash markings on his arms and chest, and a beaded band across his head. He holds a small silver container and lifts a hand over the head of a kneeling man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a yellow border, who bows low. Behind them, a man in orange robes sits on a second throne, and several men in orange and saffron turbans and robes sit or stand in the background beside gold carved pillars and a golden chair with a figure in red and orange. A red carpet covers the floor. The bearded man has distinctive long-hair and adornment cues only weakly visible, so identity is uncertain.2015-08-30June 05 20122012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated bald-headed man with white vibhuti markings on his forehead and body, wearing a beaded necklace of dark rudraksha-style malas, gold ornaments and a gold armband, sitting before a large ornate gold throne-back in a marble-panelled room. He rests one hand on the crown of a kneeling devotee in orange-red clothing who bows low with a gold headband and bangles; a silver vessel sits in the lower left. Two people are visible. a person is described by the appearance-based cues of the seated figure's ornate beaded malas, gold jewellery and throne setting, while the kneeling devotee is a devotee receiving blessing.2012-05-02June 05 20122012-06-05May 02 20122012-05-02A photograph of a ritual blessing on a gilded throne. On the left, a man with long dark hair in an orange-saffron cloth and gold ornaments on the upper arm bows his head forward, his hands pressed together, while an elder on the right, shaved-headed with white and orange sacred markings, rudraksha beads and a rudraksha headband, places his palm on the bowed man's head. The elder sits on an ornate gold throne with a carved gold lion-form base. A seated figure in the background wears red. The image shows a bowed devotee receiving a blessing, though the appearance of the bowed man is not certain enough to confirm an identity.2012-05-14 +1 copies