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Photograph inside an ornate gold-leaf shrine with carved floral and scrolled panels and a cut-out lattice window. A kalasha-like pot draped in red and gold cloth with white lace and green leaves sits in a niche on the left. In the foreground a bare-backed priest in orange saffron cloth and white underwear raises his cupped hands toward the niche, with a rudraksha-style necklace and an elaborately knotted hair bun decorated with gold ornaments. A tall orange, yellow and green striped banner stands behind him.

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June 20 20212021-06-20June 20 20212021-06-20June 20 20212021-06-20June 20 20212021-06-20A seated man in orange saffron robes and a brown beaded shawl performs a ritual at a gilded shrine canopy decorated with mango leaves. His right arm reaches toward a small silver lamp and offerings on a golden-brown table draped with a blue and red checked cloth. Near him stand a microphone on a stand, brass plates, a silver kalasha-style vessel and fruit offerings. A golden lion-faced figure and banana leaves are visible behind. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair with gold ornaments, ochre clothing and rudraksha malas align with the page's reference to Swamiji, so this is a probable identification.2021-06-20A man with long matted dreadlocks, a full beard and white ash markings on his forehead and arms sits beside a golden shrine in a temple setting. He wears orange ochre robes, a dark rudraksha mala and gold ornaments, and holds a red-and-white thread toward a golden lion-faced deity murti. Behind the shrine are golden pillars, a golden canopy of fruit, green leaves and flowers, and colourful striped banners with bird emblems. Plates of fruit and a golden mango-leaf torana frame the scene.2021-06-20June 20 20212021-06-20June 20 20212021-06-20June 20 20212021-06-20A seated priest in an orange-saffron robe performs a puja before a golden shrine holding a deity murti decorated with a white jasmine garland and a green leaf. The priest, with a shaved-top topknot, rudraksha malas and a white tilak on his forehead, raises one hand while holding a silver tray of white offerings. Brass and silver puja vessels, a small oil lamp and a kalasha-like pot sit on a green cloth in front of him, with ornate gold pillars and carved gold panels behind. Appearance-based identity is uncertain, so the priest is described by role only.2021-05-27June 20 20212021-06-20June 20 20212021-06-20