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A woman in a deep red sari with gold border sits on a low orange mat with her hand resting on the shoulder of a young boy in a white t-shirt, who kneels before her holding a small tray. She wears a thick garland of red and yellow flowers and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, and a row of green lemons is strung around her neck. To the right an older man with grey hair, glasses and a rudraksha mala sits watching. Behind them a man in an orange-red dhoti and shawl, wearing a rudraksha mala, photographs the scene with a DSLR camera. The room has cream walls, a wooden cabinet, red curtains and a hanging garland.

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June 27 20142014-06-27Indoor photograph of a home visit in a tiled room with a cream wall and a window with maroon curtains. A central figure sits on an orange-draped seat, wearing a maroon-and-orange cloth, layered red, yellow and white flower garlands, a bead mala and a red bindi. He extends a long flower garland with white and orange blooms toward a seated older man in a white shirt with grey hair and glasses, who holds his hands together in namaste. A younger person in orange kneels beside him, and a woman in the foreground watches. Behind, two men in saffron-orange robes stand near the stairs, one holding a camera. A small flower arrangement and a green-cased speaker are on a table at left. Five people are visible in the scene.2014-06-27A photograph of a devotional blessing in a small indoor room. A bare-chested figure in a red-and-orange dhoti-style wrap with a rudraksha mala draped across the chest and neck is raising a hand toward the forehead of a young man in white who kneels, holding a red fruit in cupped hands. The figure has a long dark hair bun. Nearby, an elderly woman in a cream sari with a red and white flower garland and a rudraksha mala looks on, and a man in white with an orange cloth stands behind. On a table draped in orange cloth sit bananas, a plate of fruit, a small bowl and a white electric fan. Orange curtains and a framed picture appear at the right edge, and other devotees stand in the background.2014-07-04 +2 copiesA photograph of a home darshan or padapuja visit. A central man with a shaved-looking head and forehead markings wears a maroon dhoti-style garment, a red-and-gold shawl over his shoulders, a rudraksha mala and gold earrings, and smiles while an elderly man in a white shirt and an older woman in an orange-brown sari bow and lean in to embrace him. Both wear yellow rose garlands. Behind them, a young man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands beside a wooden box holding fruit, and another robed figure bends over at left. Sheer white curtains fill the background, and rose petals sit on a tray at lower left.2014-07-07A devotee in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala kneels with palms pressed together while a woman in a maroon-and-orange sari with a red and yellow marigold garland touches his face with her raised hand, smiling. Behind them a standing man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a shaved-head monk in orange also appear, and a family group, including a man in a striped shirt holding a toddler and a woman in a teal patterned sari with folded hands, watches from the left in a small domestic room with a television, calendar and tiled walls.2014-06-27July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesMay 28 20132013-05-28July 07 20142014-07-07July 07 20142014-07-07Indoor photo of a man seated on red cushions wearing a white floral garland with blue and yellow accents and a rudraksha mala across his chest, a red-brown robe over a leopard-print cloth, with white sacred ash on his forehead and a red dot. He smiles and extends his hand toward a devotee bowing low at the bottom right, dressed in a brown top, with fruit visible on a red cloth. Behind them a woman in an orange sari with a long rudraksha mala and another woman in a cream sari stand near a red curtain and white wall. A watermarked copyright line appears on the right.2014-04-27A photograph of a seated figure with long dark hair, wearing a maroon-red robe and an orange-and-red floral garland, extending one arm forward to bless a man in white dhoti and shirt who sits with palms joined in namaskar and a red rudraksha-style mala. Beside the seated figure, a young shaven-headed monk in maroon robe with rudraksha mala holds a small plate of red fruit. Around them, many men in white shirts and dhotis, some in orange cloth, sit or stand close together on a floor scattered with red and white flower petals. A man at upper center holds up a camera. The setting appears to be an indoor hall with wooden windows and light coming through.2014-06-24 +1 copiesJuly 01 20142014-07-01