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A photograph of a seated man in saffron-orange robes at a tulabharam, the weighing ceremony. He sits on a low platform beneath a brass-framed scale, its pans hung from chains and decorated with red, pink, white and green flower garlands. He wears a gold-colored crown or headpiece, a gold necklace, gold armlets, and a pink-and-white garland draped across his chest. Behind him stand two painted wooden attendant figures with crowns, also garlanded, flanking a large wooden door. To the right, a heap of gold-and-yellow silk bundles rests on the floor, and a red curtain and gold drapes frame the scene.

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August 16 20172017-08-16 +1 copiesAugust 16 20172017-08-16 +1 copiesAugust 16 20172017-08-16 +1 copiesAugust 15 20172017-08-15 +1 copiesA photograph of a tulabharam ceremony in a decorated shrine hall. A seated man in an orange-brown robe, wearing a golden crown, several flower garlands and gold armlets, sits on one pan of a large balance suspended by chains. Garlands of red, white, yellow and green flowers hang from the chains. Opposite him, a heap of gold-and-yellow cloth fills the other pan, with a second man in white dhoti and gold ornaments behind it. Behind them stand statues of deities with crowns, a large wooden door and red drapes with gold fringe.2017-08-16 +1 copiesA seated man in an orange-brown robe and gold crown-like headdress sits on a low gold-trimmed seat before a wooden door, ornate carved columns and a gold-fringed canopy above. He wears a long garland of pink, white and green flowers and gold armbands, and his hands rest on his knees. Two standing painted wooden figures with crowns and gold necklaces flank him, each holding a gold-and-yellow scale with chains and flower garlands, and a pile of gold-yellow cloth sits on the right scale, consistent with a tulabharam weighing ceremony. Red draped fabric and a patterned rug frame the scene. Swamiji (probable) is shown in appearance-based cues of a crown, ornate gold adornment and saffron-orange clothing, seated in a ceremonial setting.2017-08-16 +1 copiesAugust 16 20172017-08-16 +1 copiesAugust 16 20172017-08-16 +1 copiesAugust 16 20172017-08-16August 15 20172017-08-15August 15 20172017-08-15 +1 copiesAugust 16 20172017-08-16 +1 copies