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Photograph of an indoor ritual setting with dark red drapery and gold carved panels behind. A figure seated on the left wears a red turban, orange and gold shawl with a red-and-gold patterned cloth across the chest, and a yellow flower at the shoulder, extending a hand toward a man in the centre. The central man is shaved-headed with a tripundra on his forehead, wearing glasses, a red-orange cloth and rudraksha-style beads, seated with bangles on his wrists. On the right, a man bends forward in white dhoti and shirt holding a yellow fruit, while two smiling men in white with orange-saffron shawls stand behind. A tray of oranges and a small framed picture sit in the foreground.

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July 03 20152015-07-03A photograph inside a decorated hall with a large gold-ornate throne at right. A seated figure in an orange-red turban and saffron-orange shawl, with a white floral garland and gold bangles, extends an orange toward a man in white kurta and white dhoti with a yellow tilak on his forehead, who leans in holding a small silver plate. Behind them, saffron-robed monks with rudraksha malas and shaved heads stand near a heap of oranges and pink flowers. Standing spectators in white clothes, one wearing a red garland, watch from the background, and a camera operator is visible at right. A rose lies in the lower right corner.2015-05-27May 05 20152015-05-05July 02 20152015-07-02A photograph of an indoor satsang setting with a dark red curtain and gilded carved pillars. On the left, a smiling woman in a red turban and orange shawl with a yellow flower garland reaches toward a seated man. He sits in the centre with a shaved head marked with orange vibhuti, wearing thin-rimmed glasses, a rudraksha mala and an orange robe, his bare arms adorned with bangles. On the right, a man in a white dhoti and kurta with a red-bordered shawl bows forward, holding a yellow fruit in his cupped hands, while another man in an orange-trimmed white garment stands behind him.2015-05-05A photograph of a seated man in a red-orange turban and matching saffron robe with a rudraksha mala, a long dark ponytail and a gold-trimmed shawl, holding a small orange fruit and leaning toward a bald, bespectacled priest with a red tilak who sits in orange robes and beads. A third man in a white dhoti and shawl with striped borders bends forward with palms joined in reverence. Oranges sit on a black tray in the foreground, and another robed figure stands in orange in the background. The scene reads as a devotional blessing or greeting.2015-05-05A seated figure on a gold ornate throne, wearing an orange-red turban with a small emblem, orange-red and gold robes, a long beaded rudraksha-style mala and gold necklaces, receives mangoes from a bald man in a light grey shirt kneeling on a red patterned rug. A second seated robed man with a yellow vibhuti line on his forehead, glasses and beaded mala holds a yellow paper. Behind them stand a man in orange-red robes with a beaded necklace and a woman in a white sari with a brown beaded necklace and a red-brown bag. Gold lamps and mangoes lie in the foreground; a studio light is at upper right.2015-10-12October 10 20152015-10-10July 10 20152015-07-10October 11 20152015-10-11October 13 20152015-10-13October 10 20152015-10-10