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A smiling man with long dark hair and a full beard stands before a salmon-pink wall, wearing a rust-brown robe and a long rudraksha mala across his chest. He wears a multi-coloured garland of yellow, red, white and pink flowers with green leaves, and a white tilak on his forehead. In his left hand he holds a brass lamp with a flame, and in his right hand a brass bell. A woman in orange clothing is partly visible at the top right, her hands raised together. Smoke rises beside the lamp.

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A photograph of a smiling man with long dark hair and a full beard, wearing a rust-brown sannyasi-style wrap and a long multicolour flower garland of red, white, yellow, pink and green blossoms. Rudraksha malas hang across his chest and a thin gold chain is visible. He holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a silver handbell in the other, with a white vertical mark on his forehead. A woman with folded hands watches from a balcony at the upper right. The setting is a pink plastered wall. Swamiji (probable): the man wears long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala and a ceremonial gold necklace, with the page noting his presence at this event.2016-11-23A man in a rust-brown robe stands before a pink wall, eyes closed and smiling, holding a silver oil lamp with a flame in his left hand and a silver bell in his right. He wears a long multicoloured flower garland of marigolds, roses and jasmine, a long rudraksha mala across his chest, a gold chain, and a vertical tilak on his forehead. A second person in an orange robe peeks from a balcony above, hands pressed together. a person (long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and garland cues), performing an aarti-style lamp offering during a bhumi puja setting.2016-11-23November 23 20162016-11-23November 23 20162016-11-23A bearded man with long swept-back dark hair and a white-and-red forehead mark stands with eyes closed against a salmon-pink wall, holding a silver oil lamp with a visible flame in one hand and a silver handbell in the other. He wears a long garland of red, yellow, white and pink flowers, multiple rudraksha malas over his brown-orange robe, and a thin gold chain. A second person in orange clothing is partly visible on a balcony at upper right. Ritual puja setting.2016-11-23A barefoot man in a rust-brown robe stands on a patterned kolam of red, green and yellow on freshly dug earth beside a pink wall, holding a lit brass oil lamp in one hand and a small brass bell in the other. He wears a long garland of yellow, red, white and purple flowers and a rudraksha mala across his chest, with a tilak on his forehead and long swept-back hair. Behind him a woman in an orange sari stands on an upper balcony with her palms pressed together in prayer.2016-11-23November 23 20162016-11-23A smiling man in a rust-red turban decorated with green beads and gold ornaments stands in a red-brown dhoti and shawl, wearing layered gold necklaces, a gold armlet and multiple rings. He holds a lit oil lamp with a flame and a silver bell or lamp stand in the other hand, performing aarti. Garlands of white jasmine and pink and red flowers hang around his shoulders. Smoke rises behind him and ornate, flower-covered deity murti are visible at right. The setting appears to be a temple ritual. Swamiji is named on the page, and the appearance cues (turban, gold necklaces, rudraksha-style adornment, saffron-red clothing) are consistent, so this is a probable match.2018-04-27November 23 20162016-11-23October 03 20162016-10-03 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple hall with a red-patterned floor, showing a bearded man with long dreadlocked hair and a tripundra mark on his forehead, wearing a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a large rudraksha mala and a gold chain, standing with hands joined at his waist and smiling. Beside him stands a large polished silver bowl on a gold-cloth-draped stool, surrounded by orange and yellow flower garlands, next to a lit silver oil lamp. On the right, a tall garland of pink lotus, green leaves and marigolds drapes over a gold brocade-covered seat or peetha. A small silver cup sits on the stool. The scene reads as a puja setting with offerings.2018-05-30December 19 20162016-12-19