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A photograph of a seated man in saffron-orange robes with a long rudraksha mala around his neck, hands folded in his lap, eyes closed, on an ornate gold throne with red cushions. Behind him stands a deity murti draped with red and yellow garlands and a gold crown-like headdress. Two people in white and yellow clothing sit on the floor in front, one holding a lit oil lamp and the other with palms pressed together near a silver lamp stand. Brass and silver plates with flowers, fruit and oil lamps surround the base of the throne, and a small brass oil lamp burns on the floor in the foreground.

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August 08 20102010-08-08September 06 20102010-09-06August 16 20102010-08-16August 09 20102010-08-09February 22 20112011-02-22 +3 copiesA seated man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits on an ornate gilded throne with red cushions, eyes closed, hands resting in his lap with a red tilak on his forehead. Before him, devotees in white and yellow garments hold lit oil lamps in aarti toward him, with a gilded platform holding offerings and flowers in the foreground. Behind the throne, a golden deity murti wearing a crown and a garland of yellow and purple flowers stands beside a gilded arch, with a stone temple pillar and foliage visible on the left. Four people are visible, including partially seen figures at the edges.2010-08-06August 09 20102010-08-09A seated man in an orange saffron robe and a long rudraksha mala sits eyes closed on an ornate gilded throne with hands folded in his lap. He wears a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him stands a gilded deity murti with a trident, flanked by a second murti in green and pink silk with yellow and red marigold garlands. Two men seen from behind in the foreground, one in an orange shirt and one in white, face him, with an oil lamp flame at lower left and silver puja vessels with flowers below the throne. Pink and white decorative peacock-style panels frame the background, and a brass lamp stands at the far left. The setting is a temple-like hall with ornate carved columns.2010-08-21November 02 20112011-11-02A seated man in an orange saffron robe with long dark hair and a white tilak on his forehead sits eyes closed on an ornate gold and red throne, with a rudraksha mala around his neck. A microphone stands at the left of the throne and a fan is behind it. In front of the throne, several people in white and red clothing sit on the floor facing him, including a bald man in a white dhoti with a red mark on his scalp and women in white saris with red borders. A garland-decorated backdrop and a small table with fruit and offerings sit to the left.2010-11-30A seated man in saffron-orange robes, with a white jasmine and marigold garland and a rudraksha-style neck cord, sits eyes closed with hands folded on a gilded throne with red cushions in an ornate temple shrine. Behind him stands a golden-crowned deity murti with a gold arch and red drapes. Four devotees in white clothes and yellow shawls kneel before him, one with hands in anjali, another offering incense or sacred items, while saffron cloth, fruit, rose petals and sweets are arranged on the red floor in a puja or padapuja setting. Gilded oil lamps flank the shrine.2011-08-10A photograph of a seated man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala, hands joined in namaste, on an ornate gilded throne in front of a gold-framed shrine with a deity murti of a crowned figure with red turban and a consort, draped with marigold garlands. Five men and a woman in white dhotis and yellow shawls kneel on an orange cloth around the throne, several touching or washing the throne's base and feet, with brass oil lamps, incense sticks, silver cups and fruit plates in the foreground. The orange-robed seated figure matches the a person cues of saffron clothing and rudraksha mala, seated in a position of honour.2010-08-03