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A photograph of an outdoor ritual beside a carved wooden shrine or pillar-like structure wrapped with marigold and white jasmine garlands and small brass lamps hanging from it, with palm fronds and trees behind. On the right, a man in a rust-red robe with a dark rudraksha mala and a long white flower garland holds a silver lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a small handbell in the other, smiling. a person candidate is present, identified only by appearance and setting; the page title and excerpt concern a satsang discourse.

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Outdoors under a pale sky, a bearded man with long dark hair stands at right in a rust-brown robe and a long brown rudraksha mala, wrapped in a garland of white flowers with red blossoms. He holds a small silver cup in one hand and a brass handbell in the other. At left stands a tall ornate bronze-coloured shrine with a seated deity murti, decorated with white and red flower garlands, yellow marigold strands and a crown of palm leaves on top. Green trees and palms fill the background.2017-01-01October 05 20142014-10-05Outdoors among palm trees, a man in a maroon-red dhoti and wrap with orange-gold borders stands beside a carved reddish-brown stone shrine pillar wrapped in garlands of yellow marigolds and red flowers. He wears long garlands of white and yellow flowers and a rudraksha mala across his chest, holds a brass kalasha-style vessel and a small handheld bell, and performs an offering or puja at the shrine. Ornate carvings decorate the shrine. a person cues are weak here, so identity is uncertain; the figure is a priest or devotee performing puja.2014-10-05Outdoor photo of a man in a dark maroon-red robe with a long dark rudraksha-style bead mala draped over his shoulders, wearing white and red flower garlands. He holds a silver bell in one hand and a silver lamp or aarti vessel with a flame in the other, performing a puja beside a richly carved bronze shrine or ratha decorated with white and red flower garlands. Palm fronds and blue sky fill the background. He has a tilak on his forehead and a short beard; his shoulder is bare.2017-01-01January 01 20172017-01-01A man in a maroon-red dhoti and wrap with a saffron-orange band stands outdoors beside a carved reddish stone shrine adorned with yellow and pink marigold garlands. He wears a long white and yellow-orange flower garland and a rudraksha-bead mala, holding a lit oil lamp in one hand and a small handbell in the other. Palm fronds and green foliage fill the background.2014-10-05A man in a rust-red and saffron-bordered dhoti and upper cloth, bare-chested with a long garland of marigolds and red flowers, performs aarti with a brass lamp beside a carved brown wooden shrine draped in yellow and pink flower garlands. He holds a small brass bell in his other hand. Palm trees and green foliage surround the outdoor setting.2014-10-05October 05 20142014-10-05August 27 20162016-08-27October 03 20162016-10-03March 11 20132013-03-11October 03 20162016-10-03