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Photograph inside a plain white-walled hall with a corrugated metal roof and a raised red-tiled platform on the right. A man with long swept-back dark hair, a rudraksha mala and an orange saffron robe walks barefoot toward the camera, looking up. Behind him, four men in orange and saffron robes and one man in white dhoti with an orange shawl follow through a doorway. Brass oil lamps stand on the platform beside a row of orange cloth banners hanging on the wall. A framed photograph of a city at night hangs on the left wall.

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March 24 20082008-03-24March 24 20082008-03-24March 24 20082008-03-24A group of six men walks barefoot across a bare concrete hall decorated with hanging cloth banners in red, blue, yellow and orange with tassels. On the left a small altar holds a deity murti with garlands. In the foreground, a man in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala on the right smiles at the camera, while beside him a bare-chested man in an orange cloth reaches out a hand. Two men in saffron, a man in white dhoti with an orange shawl, and another in saffron walk behind. Framed photographs hang on the right wall. The setting appears to be an ashram hall.2008-03-24March 24 20082008-03-24January 07 20082008-01-07March 31 20082008-03-31Evening photo at a temple-like courtyard at night beside a carved stone pillar and red curtain. A long-haired figure in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala walks at the right beside steps, appearing to be Swamiji (probable), with a bare-chested elderly man in orange shawl holding hands with another saffron-robed devotee, and a shaved-headed monk in saffron walking ahead. Two more people in white and orange follow in the background near a tree and white wall. Six people total, walking together.2008-03-24A procession of devotees walks indoors through a hall decorated with hanging colourful tassels and textile banners. In the centre, a young man with long dark hair wears an orange robe and smiles while walking, a long wooden staff held in his right hand. Beside him, a bearded man in an orange robe with a red border carries a white cloth at his waist. Surrounding them, men in white dhotis and orange shawls, some with rudraksha malas, and a woman in an orange sari with a yellow-shawled attendant walk together, with forehead markings visible on several faces. Round ornamental ornaments hang at the upper left.2008-03-22Indoor ritual stage with orange-robed attendants. On the left, a shaved-headed man in orange clothes with white tilak stands with hands pressed together, and beside him another shaved-headed man in orange with a red-bordered cloth holds his chin. In the centre, a long-haired person in an orange robe sits cross-legged with white bands on the arms and a white forehead band. Behind them hang bamboo poles with saffron tassels and brass kalasha pots on the floor. A large framed portrait on the right, labelled with a printed name, shows a figure in orange with a rudraksha mala and a crown-like headdress seated in meditation. A tall silver trident stands beside a golden-and-red throne-like pedestal with a brass bowl.2008-03-31June 19 20082008-06-19January 03 20082008-01-03