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An empty indoor hall with a striped red and blue floor covering and a large red and gold patterned rug in front. Offerings are arranged on the floor: steel bowls of sweets and fruit, a brass lamp and small plates, and a stack of orange-wrapped boxes. On the right, a golden throne-like seat with a dark red cushion is decorated with golden lion or mythical beast figures and an orange cloth draped over one arm. A golden deity murti or ornate golden figure sits beside it. A small electric fan, a water bottle, and a purple chair are visible near the windows, which show green trees outside. No people are visible in the scene.

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Interior of a hall with a gold-finished ornate throne (peetha) on the right, flanked by gold lion-shaped carvings and draped with orange cloth and a red velvet cushion. Empty red and blue striped mats and a red patterned carpet cover the floor in front. Trays of offerings with fruit, bowls of food, brass vessels and orange cloth folds sit on the carpet, and a bowl of bananas lies nearby. Open windows show trees outside, with a fan and a chair in the background. No people are visible.2009-12-03Photograph of an empty ornate gold throne with red velvet cushions and red garland decorations, set on a red carpet in a hall. Before it stands a white-draped low table laden with offerings: fruit, sweets, and bowls of food, plus neatly folded orange-red cloths with gold borders and gold ornaments. Brass lamps and an incense holder sit at the left edge. No people are visible. Garland-wrapped floral decorations flank the throne on white-covered side tables holding fruit trays.2009-11-27A photograph of a shrine room with a golden ornate throne on lion-shaped feet, draped in red velvet cushion and an orange cloth, empty of any occupant. Beside it, a seated man in a pale pink shirt and white dhoti sits cross-legged on a red rug with hands together, and a woman in a teal sari sits on a striped mat beside him, both facing a brass-and-garland-decorated deity murti on a platform. A brass oil lamp burns nearby, a plate of offerings with flower petals sits before them, and a large flower-garlanded picture hangs behind the throne. Consistent with a pad-puja setting, the throne is unoccupied, so no a person candidate is visible.2012-01-08August 11 20092009-08-11Indoor photograph of a ritual hall with an orange-draped floor. On the left stands an ornate gold throne with carved lions, decorated with red and white flower garlands and a framed picture on its cushion. Behind it hangs a framed portrait of a woman in orange robes. In the centre, a woman in an orange sari with a dark braid sits cross-legged on the floor, tending a brass bowl. Several people in white clothes sit further back near brass vessels and offering plates. A ceiling fan and a white-walled room complete the scene.2010-11-12Interior of a bare whitewashed room covered with striped and patterned floor rugs. A gilded wooden throne with red cushioned seat stands against the wall, with a gold footstool in front and a framed portrait placed on the throne back. The framed portrait labelled with a printed caption shows a figure in orange robes seated cross-legged with a long mala necklace, holding a rudraksha-style bead strand. Red trays sit on the side pedestals. No physical people are visible.2009-12-12Devotees sit on red and patterned rugs in an open pavilion while a figure in saffron-orange robes with a white flower garland sits on an ornate gold throne with carved backrest, hands joined in namaskar. Around the rugs are brass bowls and plates of fruit, sweets and pineapple, with a brass lamp in the foreground. Several women wear white and yellow-bordered saris, one woman wears a red sari, and a man in white sits at left. Yellow curtains and a window with palm foliage are behind them.2009-11-19A wide photograph of an ashram hall prepared for satsang or puja. A large ornate golden throne with a red and orange cushion and a garland-draped seat stands on an orange cloth dais in front of a dark red curtain. Two white-draped chairs to the left each hold a framed portrait garlanded with marigolds and red flowers; one portrait is a black-and-white photograph and the other is a colour image. A framed painting of a figure in orange robes hangs on the curtain behind the throne. On the orange floor cloth in the centre, a woman in orange sits before brass vessels and a bowl, and several people in white and orange clothes sit or stand in the background near metal pots. A person in orange sits with hands folded at the right edge. Green leaves and orange cloth lie on the floor at the lower right.2010-11-12September 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesA ritual setting on an orange-draped stage at an ashram hall. A gilded ornate throne with red and orange cushions sits empty on the left, draped with a garland of red and white flowers and a framed image in front. Behind it a framed portrait shows a seated figure in orange robes with a mala. In the centre, a man with long hair, bare-chested and wearing orange cloth and a beaded mala, kneels on a mat while holding a large brass bowl. Along the right, white-clad priests and devotees sit before metal bowls of food offerings and banana leaves. A standing fan, microphone and white screen are visible in the background.2010-11-12August 24 20142014-08-24Indoor photo of a ceremonial reception room with red carpet, a tiger-striped rug, and an ornate gold table. Two gold-and-red thrones face the room; a man in saffron-orange robes sits on the left throne, holding a small brass dish, while a second robed person in dark red sits on the right throne beside a gold cobra-hooded seat. Along the right, three seated men in pink, orange and saffron clothing face the thrones. Gold ornaments, a gold palanquin frame and a large gold lion-like statue stand at the edges, with a framed colourful deity painting on the back wall. Hanging fabric with orange tassels frames the left side.2016-04-27