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A photograph of a padapuja-style honouring under a white canopy. A central figure in orange robes with a crown-like headpiece and a long rudraksha-style necklace sits on a gold and floral-decorated throne (peetha), smiling as a hand reaches toward them. Before them a man in white dhoti and shawl with folded palms bows, while a bald man in white with gold necklaces stands at left. At right a man in orange with garlands and curly hair looks on, and a bald man in the foreground is partly visible. The throne is heaped with red, pink, white and purple flowers, and a golden kalasha-style finial rises above.

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July 15 20112011-07-15July 15 20112011-07-15A seated man in saffron robes and an orange turban sits on a richly decorated golden throne under a white tent canopy, heavily garlanded with marigolds, roses and multicoloured flowers. He wears a gold necklace and rudraksha-style beads and smiles. On his left a bald priest in white dhoti and shawl, with gold bead necklaces and an armband, performs a ritual with a metal implement. On the right a man in orange robes and a beaded necklace holds the throne's orange cloth, smiling. A flower-decorated golden palanquin-style seat and a kalasha-topped gold canopy frame the scene. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), seated on the throne with orange turban, saffron robes, gold necklace and flower garlands.2011-07-15A seated figure on a gilded throne-like seat is decorated with long strings of golden-yellow beads, gold medallion ornaments and a crimson-and-gold headpiece, wearing saffron-orange robes with an orange head covering. Behind him a backdrop of marigold and red flower garlands, yellow fruit and greenery frames the seat. Around him, a bald older man in white dress kneels and reaches toward the seated figure's feet, while a man in saffron robes at right adjusts the orange cloth and holds a flower garland. Gold and fruit offerings sit at the left edge. The seated figure smiles broadly.2011-07-15July 15 20112011-07-15July 15 20112011-07-15July 15 20112011-07-15July 15 20112011-07-15July 15 20112011-07-15February 07 20102010-02-07A ceremonial photo in a white tent where a man in a white dhoti and shirt with a red rudraksha mala offers a plate or cup to a seated figure in saffron-orange robes, long dark hair, a sheer orange head wrap and a long beaded necklace. The seated figure sits on a throne-like seat framed by a golden canopy and a large arch of marigolds, roses and green foliage. A smiling man in orange with a garland stands at right, and a bald man in the foreground raises his palms in greeting. A woman in a yellow sari stands at left.2011-07-15A photograph of a ceremony beneath a golden canopy whose frame is wrapped in garlands of red, yellow, white and purple flowers. A seated central figure with long dark hair, a white forehead band and an orange robe with a red-and-white garland laughs while raising hands in a gesture. A man in white with a red-beaded mala and spectacles stands at left, reaching toward the figure. At right, a bespectacled man in orange with a gold-beaded necklace smiles and gestures. A tray of ritual items is visible in the lower foreground, with a blurred head at the bottom edge. a person: the central figure has long hair, a crown-like forehead band, orange ornate clothing and layered ceremonial garlands.2011-07-15