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Indoor photograph of a religious ceremony in a pink-walled room with a framed deity print on the wall and a brass oil lamp at right. A man with long, swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, a dark rudraksha mala and an orange saffron wrap stands at left with hands folded. Beside him, a bald man in orange robes reaches out to clasp the hands of a bare-chested priest wearing a red shawl with gold border and white dhoti, who stands before brass vessels and a bell. A bearded man in orange robes sits at right, and a yellow-saree-clad woman is partly visible at far left. Several figures in the room are visible, and the scene appears to be a formal blessing or ordination exchange.

August 09 2007

A photograph inside a white-walled room at a house visit. A wall-mounted shrine with framed deity pictures is decorated with white and marigold garlands, and flowers and offerings sit at its base. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a marigold garland stands with hands folded in namaste before the shrine. In the foreground, a figure with long dark hair wears an orange robe with a pink-edged shawl and faces the shrine. On the right, an older man in white shirt and white dhoti folds his hands in prayer beside a silver tray holding a kalasha-style arrangement with flowers. a person: the central figure in saffron-orange with long swept-back hair and a marigold garland is a candidate for a person, though the cues are limited.

A photograph of an indoor room with plain light walls, a framed devotional picture hung with marigold garlands at upper right, and colourful bedding on low cushioned seating at right. A man in a loose peach-orange kurta, with a long dark beard and rudraksha mala, stands at right lifting an orange and yellow marigold garland high above a seated-or-standing person in a red turban, gold necklaces and gold-trimmed red-and-orange dhoti. That person bows their head to receive the garland. At left, a bald man with white forehead markings wears wooden rudraksha beads and an orange-and-gold cloth, holding a zebra-print cloth and a phone. Another bald figure is partly visible at far left edge.

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August 08 2009

December 24 2009

A photograph of a small room with cream walls and a garland of marigolds and orange flowers strung along the ceiling edge. Several saffron-clad sannyasis stand conversing. On the left, a man in an orange robe and orange turban faces right, while behind him a bald man in white stands near an ornate gilded chair. In the centre, a figure in an orange robe with a marigold garland gestures while speaking to a man in an orange robe wearing a rudraksha-style necklace and a marigold garland. On the right, a bearded man in an orange turban and orange shawl stands beside white plastic chairs and a small table with a steel tray. A man in a blue shirt stands in the background. A framed photograph hangs on the upper right wall.

November 26 2011

July 28 2008

November 26 2011

December 30 2009

A seated man in an orange turban and orange robe, with a rudraksha mala draped across his bare chest and a gold chain at his neck, receives a decorative gold ceremonial fan from a man in a cream short-sleeved shirt. Behind them a standing man in white dhoti and an orange shawl watches, and a camera operator with a video camera films at right. The setting is a plain room with white walls, a wooden wardrobe and a yellow checked curtain. The seated figure has distinctive orange turban, rudraksha and gold cues consistent with a probable Swamiji depiction in this in-person ceremonial presentation.