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A three-panel photo collage. Top left: an ornate carved wooden shrine-like canopy or palanquin structure decorated with pink and white flower garlands, set against palm fronds and bright sky. Top right: a smiling man with a shaved head and a red vibhuti mark on his forehead, wearing a rudraksha mala over a maroon-red robe with a gold border, holding a brass oil lamp with a lit flame in one hand, with palm leaves behind him. Bottom: a close view of an ornately carved wooden chariot or palanquin frame with a saffron-orange flower and a green leaf tied to a bamboo pole against a blue sky. Overall this is a ritual procession and aarti scene; the figure's appearance does not clearly establish a candidate for the page's named teacher.

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A photograph of an ornate copper-coloured pillar or lamp stand with a carved base, wrapped in marigold and red flower garlands. A man in a reddish-brown dhoti and shawl stands at right, wearing a red-and-gold flower garland and a beaded rudraksha-style mala, holding a flame or lamp in one hand and a small handbell in the other, with a palm tree behind him. The scene suggests a puja or aarti offering at an outdoor shrine.2014-09-09October 03 20162016-10-03March 10 20132013-03-10 +1 copiesAugust 27 20162016-08-27March 11 20132013-03-11A 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.2014-10-05February 23 20152015-02-23October 03 20162016-10-03October 05 20142014-10-05Outdoor photo beside a carved wooden pillar-shrine wrapped with a red and gold cloth and draped with yellow marigold garlands and red flowers. A person in saffron-orange clothing and layered white and red flower garlands stands at right with one hand raised, wearing a rudraksha-style mala, a gold ceremonial necklace, and gold bangles. Tall coconut palms and greenery form the background. The person has long dark hair and appears to be speaking or gesturing.2013-04-14Outdoors under palm trees and a bright sky, a smiling man with long dark hair stands beside an ornate reddish-brown wooden shrine pillar draped with white and gold-bordered cloth and garlanded with yellow marigolds. He wears a dark orange-brown garment, a brown rudraksha-style mala, and a long white and red flower garland. In his right hand he holds a brass oil lamp with a tall flame, and in his left a small brass bell. The scene reads as a temple-style ritual of aarti offered beside the decorated pillar. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, saffron-orange clothing and rudraksha mala, ceremonial garlands; performing aarti.2013-04-14Outdoor evening photograph of a figure in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a long red and gold garland, holding a small bell in one hand and a small oil lamp or incense vessel in the other while looking up toward a tall copper-toned ceremonial kalasha-style pillar or flagstaff. The pillar is wrapped with yellow marigold garlands and topped with bundled grass, with flower offerings at its base and palm trees behind.2013-03-11