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A photograph taken in a display area beneath a black banner with gold lettering reading "...s Used by Paramaham..." in English and Kannada/Tamil-script text. A man with long, curly black hair and a bare-shouldered orange cloth stands at a glass display case, reaching in to adjust an object on a shelf. Inside the case a framed printed portrait of a deity with a red-and-pink garland and a halo, a smaller framed image, an orange cloth, a silver box and a purple cloth sit on the shelf. The man's body is turned away from the camera.

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July 07 20062006-07-07A photograph of a man in an orange saffron robe and orange turban, seen from behind and to the left, lighting a brass oil lamp with a visible flame on a small home shrine. The shrine shelves hold small clay oil lamps in rows, a brass lamp stand, a copper vessel and a small metal figure. Framed religious prints of deities hang on the pale wall above, including a blue-toned image of a standing deity group and a figure in a red-bordered frame. Dark long hair falls past his shoulders. The scene suggests a puja at a household altar.November 12 20082008-11-12A photograph of a person in an orange saffron wrap and orange turban seen from behind, holding a lit oil lamp toward a wall shrine. The shrine holds a framed Himalayan mountain landscape photo with a Tamil heading, a purple framed print of a deity in an ornate arched frame with garlands, and a blue print of a deity below. Jasmine-style garlands hang along the frames, and a carved wooden frame and red flowers appear at the right edge. A white-clad person is partly visible at right. Lamp lighting at a home shrine.2007-08-17A person in a saffron-orange turban and orange wrap stands with their back to the camera, lighting an oil lamp at a wooden wall shrine. Long dark hair falls over the shoulders beneath the turban. Beside them, a framed picture of a hilltop temple under a blue sky carries a garland of white flowers, and a framed purple-background image shows a deity murti with a crown and ornate garlands. Garlanded picture frames and a small blue devotional print sit on the shrine ledge, with a white-clad person partly visible at the right edge.2007-08-17July 07 20062006-07-07A photograph taken inside a small shrine room. In the left foreground, a deity murti in a red garment with gold and garland adornments sits behind a brass lamp and metal ritual vessels on a low wooden stand. A marigold garland hangs on a marble-panelled wall beside a framed printed poster. A person with long, dark, curly hair and a sleeveless saffron-orange top stands with their back to the camera, facing the shrine, beside a red-draped table holding a white marble yantra-like tray with flowers and offerings. Books lie on a small wooden table to the right.July 29 20082008-07-29A photograph of a man in profile wearing an orange saffron sleeveless garment and a thick white jasmine garland with orange flower accents, his long dark hair swept back and a tilak mark on his forehead. He holds his hands cupped together, receiving flower petals from a brass tray held by a person in orange at the left edge. Behind him are a temple altar with colourful multi-strand flower garlands, a deity murti partly visible, brass lamps and offering plates. The person is a devotee receiving a puja offering; the scene has a probable Swamiji appearance cue of long swept-back hair, orange saffron clothing and rudraksha beads, so this is a probable Swamiji, shown in person during a temple ritual.2008-12-25 +1 copiesA photograph of a long-haired man in an orange robe with a red waist cloth leaning over a dark tiled surface, pressing or placing a thin gold-coloured metal plate that bears a raised relief design. Behind him hang a red velvet curtain and a vertical banner with a green top, a blue flower emblem on maroon, and a gold-yellow skirt. Garlands in white, red, yellow and green and a brass kalasha-style finial sit on the left.2007-11-15August 11 20092009-08-11A photograph of a long-haired man seen from behind, wearing a saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulders, reaching toward a glass display shelf of memorabilia beneath a black sign with gold lettering. On the shelf are a framed black-and-white photograph of a bare-chested older man, a framed colourful image of a deity murti with red and pink tones, small metal figurines, and a brass lakshmi-style figure in the lower right. A second person in white clothing stands at the right edge holding a notebook. Walls are pale painted block.2006-07-07