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April 29 2016

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Close-up photograph of a ritual offering: a hand wearing a black thread bracelet holds a red fruit. A golden staff or pillar-like ritual object rises on the right, and a blurred person in a green sari stands in the background, with another hand holding a red fruit at upper left. Warm red tones dominate the scene.2016-04-29April 29 20162016-04-29September 21 20102010-09-21August 14 20162016-08-14January 03 20142014-01-03A photograph of a ritual offering in an open hall. A man in an orange saffron shawl and white dhoti, with a sandalwood-marked forehead, holds a silver tray piled with red apples and money. Beside him, a woman in a red and gold sari with a red bindi and gold necklace looks on. A younger woman in an orange garment and white jasmine flowers in her hair bends forward toward the tray, hands near the offering. Men in white shirts and dhotis stand behind in the crowd. a person cues are not clearly established, so the saffron-clad man is described as a sannyasi or devotee.2012-05-08November 28 20112011-11-28August 02 20092009-08-02A close-up photograph of a devotee in white clothes holding a red apple on a small silver plate, offering it toward a gold-carved ornate shrine or throne. Beside them, a man with glasses and a shaved head, wearing a white top and a dark beaded necklace, holds another red apple on a plate. A woman with dark hair in a blue patterned garment is seen from behind at the right edge. The gold carvings and fruit offerings suggest a padapuja offering setting.2010-08-28A photograph of an indoor ritual exchange in a hall with pale walls and barred windows. In the foreground a man in a checked brown-and-yellow shirt, glasses and a silver wristwatch holds out his open hands toward a woman in a rust-red sari with a red bindi and gold necklace, who holds a red fruit and a small packet. On the right a person in a red sleeveless top with a white flower garland reaches toward the fruit. Behind them several people in white and yellow clothes sit and stand, and a child in a white shirt is visible. Red fruits lie on the lower edge of the frame.2009-08-02A photograph of a ritual offering in progress. A person with long dark hair, wearing a red-orange garment and a floral garland, sits on a red and gold throne-like seat, holding an apple. Beside them, a man in a white dhoti with a gold-toned neck garland kneels and holds out apples toward a golden trident-shaped ritual object, with a metal tray of apples on the floor. Around them, devotees in orange and saffron robes, rudraksha malas and white clothing stand and watch, with some hands folded in namaskar. Gold-trimmed red cloth and offering items lie in the foreground. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure with long hair, garland and red-orange clothing is the presumed Swamiji.2016-04-28Close photo of a man in a teal kurta in the right foreground, smiling and holding a red apple cupped in both hands while leaning forward toward an outstretched hand entering from the left. Behind him a woman in a white and teal outfit with a tilted head, and a blurred woman in white with glasses and an orange shawl, stand in a softly lit indoor room with a plant. A red-clad arm is visible at the left edge. The scene suggests a seated class or gathering with fruit being passed, with no visible deity, throne or ritual setting.2011-11-06