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Outdoor ritual puja at a riverside setting with a crowd of devotees seated on a stone floor. A central figure in long dark wavy hair and an orange robe leans forward, reaching toward a small gold deity murti on a carved wooden stand with a golden kalasha-style vessel and a flower garland. Devotees wear orange shawls and saffron robes; several sit with hands pressed in anjali, a woman in pink sari-style dress with grey hair and a man in white with an orange stole among them. An orange-robed attendant in the foreground tends offerings, with a marigold garland and a small brass dish. A microphone stand is visible behind the group.

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Outdoor puja scene with devotees seated on a white floor before a yellow-draped wooden altar table. A long-haired man in orange robes with a long orange shawl pours liquid from a brass bowl over a small golden sculpture of a deity murti and a golden stepped pedestal. Another man in orange kneels at the altar in front of him, handling an offering. Around them, devotees in orange and saffron robes, orange shawls and rudraksha-style beads sit listening; a white-clad man with an orange shawl sits among them. A microphone stand stands at the front, marigold garlands and flower offerings lie on brass plates, and a red pillar and banners appear behind. Probable Swamiji is the long-haired man pouring from the bowl: his long dark hair, orange robes and orange shawl are visible cues, and he is performing an abhishekam-style ritual.2008-07-03July 03 20082008-07-03July 03 20082008-07-03A seated woman in an orange sleeveless top and orange shawl sits on a white marble floor performing a puja at a small wooden stand. Before her is a deity murti in green and gold sari with a white floral garland, draped in a pink silk cloth with a gold border. Marigold garlands and small brass bowls with kumkum and offerings sit in front. Around her, a seated group of devotees in orange shawls and saffron clothing press their palms together in prayer, and a microphone stand stands nearby. A small red dot marks her forehead.2008-07-03A long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on the ground, pouring liquid from a small vessel over a golden shrivelled-style shrine or sri yantra-like stepped vessel placed on a carved wooden stool. A gold deity murti stands beside it, and a red flower and an orange-and-pink marigold garland lie in a brass dish. Around them, devotees in orange shawls and white and teal clothing sit with hands folded, and a microphone stands on a stand. A brass pot and bowls sit in the foreground, with a red pillar behind. The setting appears to be an outdoor ritual, possibly abhishekam or puja.2008-07-03Outdoor puja scene with a seated central figure in orange saffron robes and a rudraksha mala, long dark hair swept back, holding a lit oil lamp (aarti) over a brass vessel toward a gilded deity murti on a carved wooden stand. Flanked by seated devotees in orange clothing, a man in white kurta with orange shawl and folded hands, and a man in white robes at a microphone stand. Marigold garlands and flower offerings in silver bowls lie on the floor, and a gold kalasha stands beside the murti. A pillar and wall with painted script form the background. a person: the central figure shows long swept-back hair, saffron robes and rudraksha beads, presented as a performer of the aarti.2008-07-03July 03 20082008-07-03A photograph of a ritual abhishekam at an outdoor courtyard shrine. A man in orange robes on the left pours or tends offerings, while a central figure with long dark hair, wearing orange saffron robes and a rudraksha mala, sits on the floor holding a small plate of offerings before a golden deity murti on a wooden stand. Marigold garlands and flower petals lie on the stone floor, and yellow liquid runs across the ground. A man in white with an orange shawl stands beside the murti. Behind them, devotees in orange and yellow clothes sit and stand, some with hands folded in prayer, and a bald man in a white beard sits among them. A microphone stands near the shrine, and faded notices hang on the wall behind.2008-07-03July 03 20082008-07-03July 03 20082008-07-03July 03 20082008-07-03Photograph of an outdoor puja at a riverside-style setting with a yellow painted wall bearing Hindi text. A seated figure in orange robes with long, dark, swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala pours liquid from a silver bowl over a small gold deity murti on a carved golden wooden stand, while a silver abhishekam vessel and marigold garlands sit before it. Around them, devotees in orange and saffron shawls sit on the floor; a man in white with an orange shawl and a shaved-headed man in orange robes with a silver bowl are nearby, and women in orange and pink attend at the rear. A microphone stand and speakers are visible. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), the figure pouring the abhishekam with long hair, orange robes and rudraksha mala.2008-07-03