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A priest kneels on a striped rug in a richly decorated room with arched doorways, lifting a tiered multi-flame aarti lamp toward a seated figure on an ornate golden throne with red cushions. The kneeling priest wears a white dhoti and white shawl with a gold border. The seated figure wears saffron-orange robes and has long dark hair. Beside the throne, a second person in orange sits on the floor near the steps, and a white pedestal fan stands at left. A tall garland of flowers hangs at center.

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A photo inside a decorated shrine hall. A figure in saffron robes sits on a gold ornate throne with red cushions, flanked by pillars wrapped in green vines and flowers. Below, a shaved-headed devotee in orange robes kneels on a striped rug with hands pressed in anjali, facing the throne. A small offering stands near the steps and a blue patterned mat covers the floor.2012-06-03A kneeling priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold border holds up a tiered brass aarti lamp lit with many oil flames, offering it toward a seated figure on a gilded throne with red cushions. The seated figure wears saffron/orange robes, has long dark hair, and holds hands folded in namaskar. A shaved-headed devotee in orange robes sits cross-legged on striped rugs to the right beside a brass plate with flowers. White pillars, arches, yellow curtains and a wall-mounted cooler frame the room. Aarti is being performed during a puja in an ashram hall; the lamp offering is the main action. Swamiji (probable) appears as the seated figure in saffron robes with long hair, receiving aarti.2012-06-03January 27 20122012-01-27May 11 20122012-05-11May 21 20122012-05-21 +1 copiesPhoto 11680799 +4 copiesJune 03 20122012-06-03 +2 copiesA shaved-headed man in white ritual clothes sits at the left edge, seen from behind, facing a large ornate hall. In the background a seated figure in saffron-orange robes with long hair sits on a raised throne-like seat beneath an arch, surrounded by floral garlands and flower arrangements on tiered offering stands. Pillars, arched alcoves and a framed picture decorate the hall, with a dark monitor at lower right.2012-05-11June 03 20122012-06-03 +1 copiesJune 03 20122012-06-03 +1 copiesPhoto 11729373Night-time ritual indoors at an ashram-style hall. A woman with long dark hair, wearing an orange sari with a green garland, sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne with a red cushion. A shaved-headed man in white kneels on a gold footstool with a red cushion and applies a mark or medicine with a small tool to her forehead area while she holds a small object in her hands. Behind them, several people in white and saffron clothing stand under a fluorescent light near a red curtain and a wall board. A brass plate sits on the ground near the footstool. The scene appears to be a formal initiation-style ceremony.2009-02-23