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A photograph inside a small room with pale turquoise walls and a red-painted lower wall, during a temple inauguration. A figure in a rust-red turban, rust-red robe and long flower garland with a rudraksha-style mala stands centre with palms pressed together in greeting, smiling, with long dark hair falling down the back. Her appearance shows several cues matching the Swamiji candidate (swept hair, turban, saffron-toned robes, mala), so she is described as Swamiji (probable). To the left a bald priest in a white dhoti and vest holds a brass tray with a lit oil lamp, flowers and offerings. A boy in a yellow shirt and red trousers stands at far left with hands joined. Two men in white kurtas and a man in a striped shirt stand at right and centre, also with palms together. A wooden window and a door frame sit behind them, and scattered flower petals lie on the red floor.

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A photograph inside a small plain room with pale turquoise walls and red-painted lower walls. A tall figure in an orange-red turban, bare-chested under a red-orange shawl with a long dark swept-back hair and a white and red flower garland, holds a brass tray with a lit oil lamp and flower petals, as a bald man in white kneels at the floor on the left. A boy in a yellow shirt and red trousers stands with palms pressed together, a man in a white striped shirt and dark trousers stands behind with hands joined, and a man in white kurta stands at right by an open wooden door. Small metal vessels sit on the floor. People look through a window in the background.2016-03-29March 29 20162016-03-29Inside a small whitewashed shrine room, a woman in a red-orange turban, red-orange robe and a white-and-red flower garland holds a brass aarti tray with a lit oil flame and flower petals, as a bald man in a white dhoti and white top stands beside her with a brass lamp in front of him. A boy in a yellow shirt and red trousers stands with hands folded in namaskar, and a man in a white checked shirt stands behind them. At left, a deity murti is decorated with white and yellow marigold garlands, feathers and tinsel, with a small brass lamp on the floor. A kalasha-like brass vessel sits near the floor. The scene reads as a puja or aarti at a temple inauguration.2016-03-29A photograph of a person in an indoor room with pale turquoise walls and a red-brown floor performing an aarti. The central figure wears a rust-orange turban, a rose-red sleeveless robe with a matching shawl draped over the shoulder, long white and red flower garlands, and multiple strands of brown rudraksha beads. Long dark hair falls down the back. They hold a brass tray with a lit oil lamp, a small steel cup, and purple and white flowers. Behind them stands a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with red edging, hands folded at his chest, and a man in a white striped shirt and dark trousers with hands pressed together. The setting appears to be a temple interior. a person: the central figure wears a turban, long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and saffron-toned robes, matching the page's inauguration context.2016-03-29September 10 20152015-09-10 +3 copiesA woman in a red-orange turban and red-orange sari, garlanded with white and pink flower strands, holds a brass aarti plate with a lit flame, flowers and a small vessel in a blue-walled room. A bald man in white dhoti with a red waist cloth and a red tilak mark stands at left holding a brass bell, and a man in white shirt with hands folded watches beside her. At right, a man in white kurta has his hands folded in namaste and wears rudraksha beads and a red shawl, while another man in white stands at the open wooden door. The room has a red-painted lower wall and a wooden-framed window with a small lit deity shrine visible beyond. Rose petals and flower scraps lie on the floor.2016-03-29A devotee in white shirt and white dhoti bows forward with hands folded and head lowered while a man in saffron robes and a black rudraksha mala smiles and touches the devotee's head with a hand. A silver tray holding gold-coloured objects is offered by a man in white dhoti with a sacred shawl, and another attendant with white forehead markings stands on the right. Several other men in white clothes stand around in an indoor hall with coloured decorative pillars and a whitewashed wall. The saffron-robed man has long swept-back hair and gold necklaces, a distinctive cue, so this is an appearance-based a person blessing a devotee, with the rest of the scene showing a darshan or blessing.2010-10-20A photograph of a man in a bright red turban and red saffron-toned robe, wearing a white beaded necklace and a gold chain, smiling as he places his right palm on the forehead of a seated devotee in glasses and a red-and-white checked shirt. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand nearby with palms pressed together in namaste, and a silver tray is visible at the right edge. The setting is an indoor hall with a white projection screen and a large window showing trees. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable) for the man in the red turban and robe, who is in the act of blessing a devotee.2011-02-23September 28 20122012-09-28October 27 20042004-10-27A photograph inside a room with pink walls and a framed portrait of a woman in gold jewellery hanging high on the wall. A bare-headed man in a white shirt on the left holds his palm up toward a bald man in orange and saffron robes who bows his head. On the right, a smiling man in a red-orange turban decorated with rudraksha beads wears a red-orange garment, multiple rudraksha mala necklaces and rudraksha bracelets, and extends his arm toward the bowing figure. Behind them, a man in a purple striped shirt and others stand, and flower garlands and flowers are visible at lower right. The smiling man in the turban and rudraksha cues is a probable match to the page's Swamiji reference.2014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01