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A photograph of a small indoor room with plain white walls, blue carpet and red-cushioned chairs. A figure with long dark hair in a flowing saffron-orange robe sits cross-legged on a raised white seat with hands pressed together in namaste. Probable Swamiji by visible appearance: long hair and saffron robe. Before a low white cloth stand holding fruit, flowers, brass oil lamps, a plate and a kumkum bowl, a seated devotee in orange robes folds hands in prayer. Behind them, a woman in a white sari with orange border and a girl with a braid sit on the floor with hands folded. To the right, a man in white with an orange shawl films with a video camera. Several people in white and yellow sashes sit on chairs and the floor with palms joined in prayer, appearing to be a puja or darshan session.

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A photo of a small room with blue carpet and white walls where a seated figure in orange robes sits on a white-draped seat with palms pressed together in namaskar. In front, a group sits on the floor in prayer: a man in white, a woman in a white sari with a long braid, a girl in white, and a woman in orange and yellow-clad devotees with hands folded. Before them is a low white-covered table with a plate of red flowers, small oil lamps, bowls, and a kumkum tray. A cameraman in white with an orange shawl films from the back right. Seats with red cushions line the wall. The seated figure in orange has long hair and matches the appearance cues of the page's subject, so this is a person presence, though the face is not used for identification. Several people are visible, so the count is in the 6-20 range.2009-07-12July 12 20092009-07-12July 12 20092009-07-12July 25 20092009-07-25A photograph of a padapuja ritual in a plain room with patterned wall paper. A figure in orange robes and a white garland sits on a white-draped seat with hands pressed together in prayer, a person in orange wrap behind him. Seated on a blue and yellow mat in front, women in white and teal and a woman in white sari with pink blouse hold their hands in anjali. Men in white dhotis with yellow shawls kneel with folded hands. Before them lie brass plates of fruit, sweets, flowers, small oil lamps and a bowl, with a tray of mangoes and oranges and a cardboard box. Some people sit in orange garments in the background.2009-07-25A small whitewashed room during a puja. A central figure seated on a white cushion wears an orange robe, a white and orange floral garland, and a long-haired swept-back style, with hands pressed together in namaste. Before him on a blue cloth are fruit, sweets, brass vessels, a plate of offerings, and a lit oil lamp. Around him, a woman in a cream sari with gold border kneels with hands folded, a young man in white kneels at left, and young men in orange robes and yellow vests sit with palms joined along the right side. Floral petals are scattered on the blue mat.2009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25A seated figure on an ornate gold throne with red cushions, wearing an orange robe and a white garland, presses palms together in namaste in a plain white room. Around the throne, devotees sit on white cloth: a woman in a grey blouse and white sari at left, a woman in red and orange, a child in orange, and several women and men in white with yellow shawls at right. Offerings of fruit, flowers and a brass vessel are arranged on the floor before the throne, and a small red tray sits on a side table.2009-08-13A seated figure in a saffron-orange robe with long swept-back dark hair sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne (peetha) with hands pressed in namaskar, while devotees in white clothes and yellow shawls sit on the floor around him. Several devotees hold brass thalis with oil lamps and offerings, and a cameraman stands at the right near the open doorway. The room has cream walls and tiled ceiling, with a small table of books at left. Visible cues on the seated figure are saffron robe and long hair, so the appearance-based label is probable Swamiji, seated as the honoured guest of a pada puja-style aarti.2010-02-07A photograph of a padapuja ceremony in a small tiled room. A figure seated on a white-draped chair with a red and gold shawl, wearing an orange robe and a white flower garland, sits with hands folded in namaskar. Nearby, a devotee in an orange sari holds a lit oil lamp toward the seated figure while another kneels with hands joined. On a blue cloth spread on the floor are fruits, sweets, steel bowls, a brass plate, flowers and a coconut offering. Men in white dhotis with yellow shawls and a young woman in a pink and polka-dot outfit sit around the arrangement in devotion. Whether the seated figure is a person cannot be determined from appearance alone, so the figure is described by role.2009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25Indoor photo of a seated figure in an orange sleeveless robe with long dark hair and a white flower garland with red roses, palms pressed together in prayer, on a red cushioned seat. The figure matches the Swamiji (probable) appearance cues of long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and floral garland. Before him on a brass tray are silver and brass bowls, a plate of apples and sweets, and a kalasha-like brass vessel on a counter. Around him sit devotees on the floor, including a man in white shirt and dhoti, girls and children, and a woman in a cream sari with red border praying with folded hands. A woman in purple sari sits on a chair, and a woman in cream and yellow sari with a rudraksha mala stands at right. A cameraman films from the doorway, and a framed picture hangs on the wall with red and orange floral decoration.2010-01-10