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February 15 2013

February 15 2013

A person in orange robes kneels with palms pressed together in namaste before a wall draped in floral pink, orange and red fabric with a green garland hanging down the center. They wear a white vibhuti line on the forehead, a white and pink flower garland, and gold rings. Behind them, a pink-robed figure stands in a bamboo-walled pandal beside an orange-covered altar, and a few devotees in white and orange sit in the background. A brass bowl sits on the floor in the lower right and a camera is partly visible at the edge.

A photograph inside a decorated shrine entrance draped with floral fabric printed in orange and pink flowers, with green leaf garlands hanging from the top. A young man in a pink top and orange-and-cream lower cloth with a white head wrap stands in the doorway behind a small altar lit by oil lamps and decorated with orange and white marigold garlands. In the foreground a person with long dark hair wears an orange shawl and a white and pink flower garland across the shoulders, while another person at left presses palms together in greeting. At right a photographer in white shirt holds a camera. Visible people total roughly four.

A photograph of saffron-robed sadhus gathered in front of a small shrine tent draped with pink and red floral fabric. Marigold garlands hang from the shrine, and two framed portraits of deities or saints sit within it. A steel plate with offerings rests on a raised platform in front. Four men are visible: a shaved-headed monk in orange with rudraksha beads at left, a seated monk at the back wearing orange, a man in orange with folded hands at right, and a bearded man in orange at far right. Palm fronds decorate the sides of the tent.

Outdoor ceremony under a canopy of palm fronds and marigold garlands. Several saffron-robed sannyasis stand in a row at left; the central figure in orange with a shaved head and light beard, and a bearded monk beside him in orange, are labelled as candidates for a person by their saffron robes and presence at the event, but their appearance is uncertain, so this is marked unsure. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a red-and-gold shawl stands with his back to the camera at centre, near a second man in white holding a green-wrapped offering. At right a large framed portrait of a smiling saffron-clad teacher is garlanded with white and orange flowers. Below, a carpet of marigold and rose petals and offered bananas lies on the ground. A readable caption on the portrait's base reads partly as Paramashivam.

A temple courtyard with a corrugated metal roof and orange-painted walls. In the centre, a long-haired man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl with a beaded garland stands facing a draped orange cloth hanging on a pillar and a stone altar decorated with flowers, brass vessels and a kalasha. Behind him, a row of men in orange and white robes stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, some wearing rudraksha malas, while a man in a white dhoti and red shawl stands at left. A red carpet runs across the floor at left. The scene resembles a devotional gathering, with the central figure appearing as a probable Swamiji wearing saffron clothing, a garland and long swept-back hair.

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December 30 2008

A outdoor ritual scene beneath a canopy of orange and yellow marigold garlands and palm fronds. A bare-chested priest with a long topknot, white dhoti and a red shawl, holding a brass tray or plate, stands on a carpet of petals and flowers in front of a pink-and-white stone shrine. Beside the shrine, a large framed portrait of a smiling bald man in orange robes is wreathed in white and yellow flower garlands. Four to five men in saffron-orange robes stand in a line on the left, hands folded or at chest level, while white-clad devotees and onlookers gather behind. Bright gerbera and marigold arrangements fill the foreground.

Outdoor temple courtyard with an orange-painted wall and a grey stone shrine plinth carved with floral and scroll motifs. A long-haired man in an orange saffron robe with a flower garland stands at the shrine, one hand raised in a gesture of devotion and the other holding his cloth. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands with hands folded, and a cameraman in orange filming behind. Brass oil lamps and a brass kalasha sit on the left. A small orange-cushioned seat is in the foreground.

December 30 2008

A photograph of a barefoot person in an orange sleeveless top and orange dhoti-style wrap bowing forward at a grey stone ledge decorated with carved scrollwork and heaped with bright flower garlands in red, yellow, orange, purple and white. A black rudraksha mala hangs from the bowing person's hand. Behind the ledge, a red-and-gold metal railing, a red-draped figure at the left edge, and an orange wall with white and red striped base sit under a corrugated roof, with orange cloth hanging from a wooden pillar. The person's face is hidden from view. Visible physical people: one.