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A young man with long, loose dark hair and an orange-saffron robe holds a coconut shell with a lit flame in his right hand, offering puja beside a large blue diesel generator with a silver exhaust pipe and a red-tipped pink flower placed on its metal base. Behind him stand other people in orange and white robes, one with a shaved head and tilak-marked forehead, and another man in white looks on through a barred window. The wall is whitewashed and the doorway opens onto green foliage.

A photograph inside a small whitewashed room where a blue diesel generator stands beside a wall with a metal exhaust pipe. A man in a long-sleeved checked shirt on the left presses his palms together in namaskar. In the foreground on the right, a long-haired man in a saffron-orange shawl and dhoti holds a brass bell in one hand and a brass lamp with a lit flame in the other, performing a puja before the generator. A red flower lies on the generator housing. Behind him, other devotees in white dhotis and saffron clothing stand with hands folded near a window with red frames and banana leaves outside. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), shown in the foreground performing the puja with a long, swept-back hair, saffron shawl and brass bell and lamp.

November 25 2004

A photograph in a small whitewashed room beside a blue diesel generator set with exhaust pipe and a red fuel hose. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes, a bare-chested figure with ritual adornments, holds a brass oil lamp burning with flame in one hand and a brass handbell in the other, performing a puja to the generator; a pink hibiscus flower lies on the blue generator housing. Several onlookers stand nearby, one man in a checked shirt and others in white clothes with palms pressed together in namaste, and a figure in white near the doorway. Barred windows and banana leaves appear outside.

November 25 2004

A photograph inside a small room with pale blue walls and a red-framed window. A man in an orange turban, orange shawl and a dark rudraksha mala smiles while holding a brass oil lamp (aarti) lit with flame, with yellow and white flower garlands at its base near a small deity murti on a shelf. Behind him a man in white clothes holds a tray, and on the right two men in white and orange stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. The scene suggests a puja or aarti inside a newly built room. The man in orange is an appearance-based a person candidate, but the page does not place a person at this event, so the identification is uncertain.

A photo inside a newly painted room with pale blue walls and a red-framed window. A man in an orange turban, orange shawl and rudraksha mala holds a lit oil lamp near the window while performing a ritual, with a brass lamp base and flowers in the foreground. Behind him, a smiling man in white clothes holds a tray, and a bald man in white with a rudraksha mala stands with hands folded in namaste. The setting suggests a house blessing or inauguration ritual.

Indoor photograph in a plain white-walled room with an arched doorway and a kitchen area at left. A man in an orange turban, orange robe and a multicoloured flower garland with a rudraksha mala holds up a lit oil lamp with his right hand, pointing toward a wall. A woman in an orange sari bends to light a small lamp near the wall. Behind them a man in white dhoti and shirt holds a bell, while on the right an older woman in a blue sari and a man in white with folded hands watch, and a woman in blue carries a child. The man in orange has distinctive long hair and rudraksha cues, so he is a probable Swamiji candidate in an appearance-based label. Smoke rises near the wall.

July 28 2008

A photograph of an office entrance being opened, with a long-haired figure in a flowing saffron-orange robe and a dark rudraksha mala walking through the doorway, hands held together at the chest. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, saffron robe and rudraksha mala. Behind him, an older man in white shirt and white dhoti walks in, and another man in white shirt carries a tray. The doorway is decorated with a green leaf torana and a strand of flower garland. Two or three onlookers in light clothing stand outside a barred window on the right. Bare white-tiled floor and pale walls.

November 25 2004

A small whitewashed room with a barred window opening onto a crowd outside. A figure in orange robes and an orange head wrap with a white flower garland stands at a wooden table with their back to the camera, facing the window. Beside them, a man in white shirt and white dhoti bends over the table, lighting or placing a small flame. An older man in white dhoti and shirt with a cream shawl stands at left, and a few heads of seated people are visible in the foreground. Outside the window, many people gather under trees. The figure in orange is described only by role and clothing; the appearance cues are a single orange head wrap and orange robes, which are not sufficient for an identification.