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A large hall audience sits on the floor in the background, many wearing saffron and orange shawls and lanyards. In the foreground, a seated figure with dark hair, a red-brown garment and a thick yellow marigold garland is bent forward on an ornate gold throne with carved gold panels and a gold lion-like armrest. An older woman in a purple floral sari bows forward, hands near the seated figure, while an older man in white shirt and glasses leans in beside her. A ceremonial silver trident-like staff stands at left. A young woman in a pink and orange sari sits at lower right. Roughly ten to twenty people are visible.

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A photograph taken in a dim hall where a woman with long dark hair, wearing an orange-brown garment and a thick yellow marigold garland, sits on an ornate gold-and-brown throne-like seat with a gilded lion-style carved base and a silver staff or trident-topped rod beside her, extending her hands forward in a gesture toward a man. A man in a white kurta with an orange-red shawl stands at right with palms pressed together in namaste, bowing. Behind them an older man in a white shirt with orange lanyard and badge stands among seated and standing attendees, some in orange shawls and a woman in a purple sari. Audience members fill the background.2015-12-20December 20 20152015-12-20December 19 20152015-12-19December 19 20152015-12-19A photograph of an indoor hall where a man in a white kurta and an orange shawl drapes a long yellow marigold garland over a figure seated on an ornate throne. The seated figure has long dark hair, wears a pink-and-white flower garland, rudraksha beads, and an orange-and-gold garment, and bows forward with hands raised. Behind them an older man in glasses wears a purple garment, and a seated audience in orange shawls fills the background. In the foreground a golden deity murti or ornament and a silver trident-like staff stand beside the throne. a person appears as the garlanded figure on the throne, based on long hair, rudraksha malas, orange-and-gold clothing and seated-throne presentation; the garlanding man is a devotee.2015-12-20December 20 20152015-12-20December 20 20152015-12-20A photograph of a seated figure on an ornate gold-and-brown throne with carved lion-faced armrests, a silver trident on a stand beside it. The seated figure wears a long black-and-gold-patterned garment, a large yellow-orange marigold garland, and has long dark hair; they extend a hand to a kneeling woman in a rust-orange sari with gold border, who holds their hands in greeting. Behind them, seated devotees in orange and saffron clothing, one man in an orange mala, and a standing man in a white kurta with an orange lanyard badge. A hall with wood-panelled walls and an audience in the background.2015-12-19A seated figure on an ornate gold-and-brown throne with carved lion heads receives a marigold garland and offering from a woman in orange sari kneeling before him. A tall golden trident stands at left. The figure wears a bare-chested top with a leopard-print wrap and a dark bouffant hairstyle, with a rudraksha bracelet on the wrist. Behind them a large hall is filled with seated devotees in orange, red and white clothing, several wearing lanyards, on a patterned mat. Several people are visible in the foreground and middle ground.2015-12-19December 19 20152015-12-19December 20 20152015-12-20 +1 copiesA seated man in a rust-orange robe wears a long garland of pink, red and white flowers and sits before a gilded throne with a golden lion and a tiger-striped cushion. A devotee in a white shirt and a woman in a bright yellow and purple paisley sari bend forward, and a kneeling person in white touches the seated man's feet. A man in orange robes with an orange rudraksha mala stands at left, and a woman in white with a red bindi watches at right. The setting suggests a darshan with a seated honoured figure receiving devotees. a person is seated on the throne, identified by the saffron robe, flower garland and ornate throne cues.2016-05-25