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July 13 2009

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Indoor ritual scene in front of a red draped curtain and white tiled wall. A man with long dark hair, white tilak on the forehead, orange robe and multiple rudraksha malas with a gold ceremonial necklace sits smiling in a white chair, apparently a probable Swamiji by appearance cues. A bare-chested man in white dhoti kneels beside him, touching his arm, and a shaven-headed man in orange robes with a gold chain sits at left beside a small wooden table holding a brass lamp and a tall trident-topped staff garlanded with red, pink and white flowers. A brass bowl sits on the table. Several devotees with folded hands and white garments are visible at the edges, and a woman in white sits in the lower right foreground.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13A seated man in an orange-red robe and red head cloth, with rudraksha beads and a gold-and-bead garland, smiles while applying sacred ash to the upper arm of a bare-chested devotee in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala. Several shirtless men in white dhotis, some with white and yellow sashes and ID lanyards, stand or sit behind them, marked with vibhuti and tripundra. To the left, a brass bowl and a flower-wrapped trident stand against a red draped curtain. The setting appears to be a temple or ritual hall with a tiled wall.2009-07-13A photograph of a ceremonial exchange in an indoor hall with pale tiled walls and a red draped backdrop decorated with white and pink flower garlands. A man with long dark hair, white tilak on his forehead, an orange-saffron shawl and a heavy gold necklace with dark rudraksha beads sits in a white plastic chair and reaches to clasp the hands of a bare-chested, shaven-headed man in orange cloth with a sacred thread, who bows forward. Seated devotees in saffron and a woman in pink with a red bindi watch. A golden ritual vessel sits in the foreground. Several people are visible at the edges. The seated man in saffron, rudraksha and gold adornments is a person candidate.2009-07-13June 22 20142014-06-22September 24 20122012-09-24July 13 20092009-07-13June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesJune 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesA seated woman in a deep red sari with a gold border receives a Pada Puja-style offering while wearing a thick garland of red, orange and yellow marigolds and bangles. Her hand holds a tall silver ceremonial staff. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a red shawl kneels at a silver plate of jasmine flowers and a small mound of flowers, placing flowers. A bald priest in an orange-gold shawl with rudraksha beads presses flowers on the plate, while another shaved-headed man in orange robes sits behind. Two seated men in white and an orange-robed standing attendant stand nearby. Purple zigzag streamers hang on a pale wall.2014-06-22A photograph inside a room with cream walls and red curtains, showing a seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a red-orange turban, a white jasmine and rose garland, rudraksha mala, and bangles, holding a long silver trident-like staff upright. Around him, devotees in white shirts and dhotis bend or kneel, one washing or offering to his feet from a brass vessel, while others in orange-striped cloth and bare-chested monks with rudraksha malas stand behind. A woman in pink and a woman with flowers in her hair watch at lower left. a person: the seated figure in orange robes with flower garland and trident-like staff is receiving padapuja from devotees.2014-07-02 +1 copiesJune 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copies