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A covered outdoor courtyard during a ritual offering, with many stainless steel bowls of food, fruit, nuts and grains arranged on tables draped in magenta and white cloth in the foreground. A man in white dhoti and shawl with a long garland of white flowers and gold necklaces stands centrally, holding a ceremonial object, while a man in white kneels and bows before the table. Around them, several men in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas stand in a line, and a woman in a blue salwar holds a tray. A colourful multi-panelled parasol shades the central figure. Behind, rows of seated devotees, many women in saris, watch and fold hands in prayer beneath orange streamers, a shell and a brass vessel sit on the floor. a person identity cannot be confirmed from appearance.

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January 01 20092009-01-01Ritual offering scene with rows of silver steel bowls filled with cooked foods (naivedyam) arranged on red-draped tables and a floor spread. A long-haired man in a white dhoti and shawl with a red flower garland and gold necklace stands center, flanked by men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas. A man in white kneels at a low altar to the right. A golden ornate umbrella with fringe and a golden kalasha-like finial rises above, and a cameraman with a camera stands at the lower left. Garlands of orange marigolds hang on a blue backdrop behind. The scene appears to be a festival offering of 1008 naivedyam.2009-01-01January 01 20092009-01-01A photograph inside a covered open-sided hall with a corrugated roof and white walls. A long-haired man in a cream and gold-bordered dhoti and shawl, wearing a red and white flower garland and layered gold necklaces, walks forward with hands folded in front of him. Behind him, several men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand near a colourful umbrella with a trident finial. Nearby, a silver covered vessel rests on an orange cloth beside rows of stainless steel bowls on a red cloth. Girls in orange, blue and green salwar kameez stand along the wall with hands pressed in namaste, and a woman in white sits on the floor with folded hands. A blue sign reads Silence please. Swamiji (probable): the central long-haired figure in cream and gold with a flower garland and gold necklaces fits the candidate appearance cues, shown in person in the procession area.2009-01-01A photograph of a ritual scene indoors on a plain concrete floor before a white wall. A standing man in orange robes, a rudraksha-style necklace and an orange waist sash gestures with his hand beside a small raised altar draped in orange cloth, with a golden staff and a garlanded deity murti behind him. A multicoloured parasol stands over the altar. Several people sit in prayer with palms pressed together: a woman in white with a red garland, a seated young man in white, and men in orange and cream clothing with orange shawls. Rows of metal bowls filled with food offerings cover a red cloth on the right, and a brass lamp stand with lit oil lamps and a covered steel vessel sit in the foreground beside a seated person in white. The setting suggests a puja or naivedya offering.2009-01-01Outdoor-style covered hall with corrugated roof and orange triangular bunting. A priest in orange robe and dhoti raises a large lit brass aarti lamp toward a seated figure. Rows of stainless steel bowls filled with offerings are stacked on pink-draped tables and on the floor in front. A seated man in white dhoti and a white shawl sits with an orange cushion and garland, flanked by devotees in orange and saffron clothing. A decorated multicolored umbrella and a gold deity murti stand at the right, and a crowd of devotees sits behind a metal railing.2009-01-01January 01 20092009-01-01January 01 20092009-01-01January 01 20092009-01-01January 01 20092009-01-01January 01 20082008-01-01A covered outdoor courtyard ritual with a multicoloured parasol canopy held over a procession. A bald saffron-robed man in orange sannyasi clothing walks at the centre beneath the umbrella, with several men in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls around him and a woman in a white sari beside them. Rows of brass plates and offering bowls are arranged on a table and red cloth at right, with a brass kalasha and oil lamp at front. On the left, robed men stand near garlanded deity murti and a brass vessel. Onlookers with folded hands watch from the right, and a few seated devotees sit along a barrier on the left. Hanging orange festoons and framed photographs decorate the back wall.2009-01-01