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Outdoor photo at a shrine in a leafy grove. In the foreground a man with swept-back dark hair, a thin tilak on his forehead, gold-hooped earring and an orange-brown dhoti-style cloth walks past a mound of red flower offerings. He wears a long rudraksha-style mala with gold bead ornaments and a gold armlet. Behind him a second robed figure in orange stands at the left. The shrine arch is white with carved detail, framing a dark deity murti draped in red with a red headband and a blue backdrop. Trees and bare red earth surround the scene.

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May 19 20132013-05-19July 02 20132013-07-02 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a man standing with eyes closed and hands folded before a black stone deity murti in a blue-curtained arched niche. The murti has multiple arms, a red cloth wrap, a white headband and a garland; a large heap of red offerings, possibly red flowers or fruit, is piled at its base. The man wears a long dark braid-like swept-back hair, a dark-orange rudraksha mala with gold beads, a gold armlet, and an orange-and-yellow striped cloth wrapped at the waist, bare-chested. Trees and dry red earth surround the shrine, with a kneeling mat and a stone basin nearby. A probable Swamiji candidate by appearance, with the long hair, rudraksha mala and gold armlet.2013-05-20May 26 20132013-05-26 +2 copiesJuly 03 20132013-07-03May 20 20132013-05-20A photograph of a man in profile standing outdoors with palms pressed together in a namaste-style gesture. He has long, wavy dark hair and wears an orange-saffron shawl over a bare upper body, with gold armlets, a gold bracelet and gold necklaces. Behind him, out of focus, is a dark blue-skinned deity murti in a white arched niche framed by red drapery, with trees in the background.2011-10-26A barefoot man in a rust-orange dhoti and matching shoulder wrap walks across a dark stone slab in an open-air garden courtyard. He wears a multi-strand beaded necklace and a white forehead marking, and his hair is worn long and loose. Behind him stands a deity murti with a purple face and body, dressed in a purple cloth and decorated with a long garland of red, yellow and green flowers, set within a white arched niche with a blue backdrop. In front of the murti, a mound of red-orange offerings sits on a circular stone platform edged with black and yellow dots.2013-04-17 +2 copiesJuly 02 20132013-07-02A man stands barefoot on a dark tiled platform before a black stone deity murti seated in an arched white niche, outdoors among tall trees with aerial roots. The deity wears a red cloth, red garland, red headband and a necklace of red beads, and a mound of red offerings lies at its base. The standing man wears an orange-brown sleeveless top, an orange dhoti with a yellow border, a rudraksha mala and bracelets, with his hair tied in a topknot, hands folded in namaskar. Small brass lamps sit near the base, and a red-and-pink mat lies on the floor. A green bucket sits at the right edge. The scene suggests worship at an outdoor shrine.2013-01-18December 15 20112011-12-15A man with long dark hair stands in profile on the right, hands pressed together in namaskar with eyes closed, facing a black stone deity murti in an arched white niche draped with green cloth and marigold garlands. He wears a bare chest, rudraksha beads, gold bangles, a peach-orange shawl and a light gold-bordered dhoti. A red cloth and red-smeared offerings sit at the base of the shrine, with trees and sunlit ground behind. Swamiji appearance-based cues are present (long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas, ornate gold jewellery and saffron-toned clothing), so the praying man is a probable Swamiji in devotional posture before the shrine.2011-11-20 +1 copies