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A photograph of an indoor ashram-style room with a wooden table in front. A woman in an orange shawl with gold border and a rust-red sari with gold waistband offers a brass bowl containing a wrapped offering and fruit to a man in a saffron-orange turban and orange robe, who reaches to receive it. Beside him a shaven-headed man in a rust-coloured dhoti and shawl with white tripundra markings and a rudraksha mala stands with hands joined at the chest. A saffron-robed man in a tall orange turban stands at the right, looking down at the exchange. Glass partitions and fluorescent lights are visible behind them. Four to five people are visible.

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November 21 20142014-11-21November 21 20142014-11-21November 21 20142014-11-21Indoor photo in a office-like room with grey metal cabinets and glass partitions. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand at a wooden table: the man on the left, wearing a marigold garland and an orange shawl with gold border over a maroon-and-gold dhoti, smiles while receiving a woven basket of bananas and fruit from a man in an orange turban, orange shawl and orange garment. Behind them, a bare-chested man with a white forehead mark and rudraksha mala holds a fruit basket, and another shaved-headed attendant in maroon dhoti stands further back. Two men in orange appear related to the fruit offering, which is wrapped in clear plastic.2014-11-21May 04 20162016-05-04A photograph of a shawl being draped over a seated man's head in an indoor room with glass walls and a wire-mesh panel behind. A woman in a red-brown top and a gold-bordered orange shawl stretches both arms forward to drape the cloth. Behind her a bald man in white with a tilak watches. On the right, a standing man in an orange turban and orange robe, looking down, is partly visible. The seated man wears orange and holds his hands together in greeting.2014-11-21Indoor photograph in a plain room with pale lavender walls and a beige bed or cot. A man in a rust-brown dhoti and shawl with a tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha mala and a gold bracelet, smiles as he offers a small basket with fruit and a folded paper or packet to a bespectacled man in orange robes and an orange head cloth. Another man in orange stands behind them. a person candidate with long swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala appears in the foreground, distinguished by his ceremonial dress, while the recipient is a devotee in saffron. Three people are visible.2013-02-08Photograph of an indoor ritual gathering with an orange-robed figure on the right wearing an orange turban, a long beaded rudraksha-style mala and a bare shoulder, smiling as he receives a gift wrapped in cellophane and orange cloth from a bearded man in an orange-yellow shawl on the left. Behind them an elderly bearded man in orange robes and garland stands, another man in maroon robes with gold garland folds his hands, and a man in pink turban watches at the edge. A tray of apples and boxes sits on a leopard-print seat; gold-framed decorations and a wall painting are in the background. The right-hand figure has distinctive long swept hair, orange turban and rudraksha cues, consistent with the a person appearance label; he is physically present.2016-05-04 +1 copiesIndoor scene in a wood-panelled room with a framed sepia photograph on the left wall. A man in an orange-saffron turban and orange robe, with a black rudraksha mala, smiles and receives a small silver kalasha or vessel with flower garlands from a bald, saffron-robed monk who faces him. Behind them a third person in orange stands with a mala, and a fourth orange-robed figure is partly visible at right.2010-01-28 +1 copiesIndoor photo in a room with framed religious paintings on the wall and a bookshelf at right. Three men in orange-saffron robes stand together. Two wear orange turbans-style head cloths and orange shawls; the man at right holds a wooden tray of bananas and an orange, which the man in the centre is receiving. The central man has long, swept-back dark hair, a rudraksha-style necklace, a red-brown shawl and a gold-toned garland, with white markings on his forehead and a red tilak, and is smiling. The man at left holds a red folder or card. A brass figurine and a small table are near the centre. Two people are fully visible and one partially at far right edge. Swamiji candidate appears in the centre by distinctive long hair, a garland and a red-brown shawl, with the page reporting his presence.2016-01-27A photograph of an indoor exchange in a temple-style room with a framed sepia picture on the left wall and a checkered tile dado. A man in saffron-orange robes with a bright orange turban and a long dark rudraksha mala holds a small silver-toned kalasha-like vessel decorated with marigold and red flower garlands, while a bald man in pale saffron robes reaches to receive or support it. Behind them a third man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala watches, and another orange-clad figure stands at the right edge. The setting is warm and ceremonial, consistent with a ritual offering or blessing.2010-01-28October 20 20132013-10-20 +1 copies