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A photograph of a temple shrine room with a silver deity murti dressed in orange cloth and draped with multicolour flower garlands, under a red and gold canopy. Seated before it on a white cloth is a man with long swept-back hair, wearing an orange robe, a gold necklace and a white garland, with a microphone stand in front of him. A man in white clothing with a maroon-edged shawl sits to the right, and a third man in white is seated at the lower left before a small gold pyramid-shaped Maha Meru object on a gold tray. Silver staffs stand at the edges and the walls are decorated with green leaves and yellow flowers.

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May 21 20062006-05-21A seated man in an orange saffron robe with a gold necklace, a rudraksha-style mala of white and multicolored flower garlands around his shoulders, and a vertical tilak on his forehead sits on a white cushion speaking into a microphone on a stand. Behind him stands a richly decorated deity murti with a silver crown, a golden face and an orange and green garland, set against a blue wall with a gold-and-green hanging. A silver ceremonial staff stands at left. In the lower foreground, the back of another seated person's head is visible, and at right a man in white dhoti and shawl with a red border sits beside a gold kalasha-like vessel on a tray. Green flower decorations hang on the wall at upper right.2006-05-21Indoor ritual scene in a room with blue and orange walls and a decorated canopy. On the left, a deity murti in a silver-and-gold crown stands under a fringed red-and-white canopy, draped with white and orange garlands. A seated man with long hair, a tilak, a saffron-orange dhoti and cloth, a white flower garland and a gold necklace sits on a white cushioned seat behind a microphone, smiling. A young man in white clothes with a red-bordered cloth sits on the floor to the right. Foreground shows a brass kalasha and a brass vessel on a tray, with a person in white seated before them. A man in a light shirt sits at the right beside a camera on a tripod, and a ceremonial silver staff stands near the wall. Flower decorations hang on the wall. The people are seated in ritual puja setting.2006-05-21May 21 20062006-05-21May 21 20062006-05-21A seated man in saffron robes, with long swept-back dark hair, a rudraksha-style mala, a gold necklace and a white-and-multicolour flower garland, speaks into a microphone with one hand raised. Behind him is a deity murti draped in orange and a small orange-cloth backdrop. In front stands a golden Maha Meru on a gold tray, topped with a red flower. Two men in white clothes sit nearby: one in profile at lower left and one at right in a white garment with a maroon stole.2006-05-21May 21 20062006-05-21May 21 20062006-05-21A seated man in orange robes with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead raises his right hand while speaking into a microphone on a stand. He wears a white garland with red, blue and pink bands, a gold chain and a rudraksha-style bead necklace. Behind him, an orange-draped deity murti decorated with garlands sits on a white-covered platform. In the foreground, a seated devotee in white with his back to the camera faces him, and a gold Meru-shaped vessel with a pink flower sits on a gold tray. On the right, a man in white with a red-bordered shawl sits near the wall. This appears to be a satsang or discourse setting.2006-05-21May 21 20062006-05-21A seated man in saffron-orange robes wears a long white and multicoloured flower garland and a heavy gold necklace, with a red tilak on his forehead, and gestures upward with one raised hand while speaking into a microphone on a stand. Behind him is an orange and red draped backdrop with garlands and a deity murti partly visible at top left. A brass or gold kalasha-shaped vessel sits on a gold tray in the foreground, and a second seated person in white clothes is in the lower left foreground with their back to the camera, while another person in white stands at the far right edge.2006-05-21A photograph of a seated figure in orange saffron robes and a white-and-multicolour flower garland, with a rudraksha-style bead and gold necklace, leading a ritual with hands joined in namaskar before a microphone stand. The figure has long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi. Behind on the left is a decorated deity murti draped in green, pink and white garlands, under an ornate canopy. A silver pyramidal Maha Meru vessel sits on a brass tray on the white-covered table, with silver pots in the foreground. A second man in white dhoti and shawl with a red border sits at right with hands folded. Appearance-based cues are consistent with a person leading a puja or arathi.2006-05-21