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A photograph of a man in white clothes with long brown rudraksha malas around his neck and shoulders, holding open a children's picture book with a green leafy illustration of a fox and a monkey. Beside him a woman in white with a brown rudraksha mala points at the page, and a child's hand touches the book from below. Behind them stand ornately dressed deity murti figures with gold crowns, jeweled headdresses and red and gold garments in front of a gilded arch.

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August 24 20142014-08-24August 24 20142014-08-24August 24 20142014-08-24August 24 20142014-08-24October 28 20142014-10-28A photo taken indoors at a temple-style hall in front of a golden deity murti wearing a red-and-gold garment and a dense bead necklace. A smiling woman in white with a dark rudraksha-style mala stands at left, holding an open picture book toward a young girl in a yellow and blue outfit whose eyes are covered by a black blindfold with a white patch. A second blindfolded child in a green-striped top holds a pointer toward the book. A boy in white stands behind them, and a bare-chested man with beaded necklaces sits at right, watching. A small bright-clothed figure stands at the far right edge.2014-08-24May 20 20162016-05-20January 24 20162016-01-24A satsang-style gathering indoors, with a seated figure in saffron-orange robes and a golden throne-like chair in the background. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with a ceremonial beaded mala and bangles, wearing saffron cloth and a shawl over the shoulder, hands out a book to a young girl in a blue top and a white-and-pink-trimmed saree-clad woman stands at left. Other devotees in saffron and brown robes with rudraksha malas and tilak marks stand and sit nearby, some holding hardback books, and a red-cushioned seat is at right. A printed credit line overlays the image, and the book covers show a temple scene with a deity image. Several people are holding out copies of the book.2013-10-28A photograph in an ornate room with a gold-embossed throne and a painted backdrop of a multi-armed deity murti. A man in an orange shawl over a white shirt and a red-and-orange vest holds an open book with photographs and a large framed album while showing it to a seated figure. The seated figure wears orange robes, a long swept-back hair, and a rudraksha mala, and sits on a leopard-print cushion while holding an open green book. Behind the man, a younger figure in orange robes with a gold necklace stands by. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure has long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala and orange robes, and sits on the gilded throne.2016-04-29A photograph of a woman in a red long-sleeved top and orange-red beaded necklaces standing and holding a small red-covered booklet, speaking with a man seated on a leopard-print cushioned throne-style chair in front of an ornate gold repoussé backrest. The seated man wears a dark upswept hair bun, white forehead markings, a rust-red robe, layered gold and rudraksha-style necklaces, and gold armbands; he gestures with open hands. Behind them, a framed painting shows a deity figure on a peacock-like bird, and a man in white with a beaded necklace stands partly visible at left.2016-05-20Indoor temple-hall scene with gilded carved wooden architecture and a deity murti with a crown at left. A bare-chested man with long dark swept-back hair, rudraksha malas, bangles and gold earrings wears a white dhoti-style cloth and stands at left, touching a white-cloth-wrapped object held in his hand. Beside him a woman in a white sari with rudraksha mala holds a small instrument, and a young person in a maroon robe with a black blindfold and rudraksha mala sits at right near a yellow illustrated book. Gold arch and red curtain behind. Appearance-based candidate: a person, with long swept-back hair, ornate gold-and-rudraksha adornment and white ceremonial dress, shown in a ritual demonstration.2014-08-24