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Indoor ritual photograph in a plain room with a pale wall, a red curtain and a golden throne-like seat with a trident-style ornament in the background. Several men in saffron-orange dhotis stand barefoot before a decorated area, one in the centre wearing a long black rudraksha mala and holding a small metal vessel, another at right holding a small cup, and a shirtless man at left holding a brass pot. Two people in white kneel in the lower foreground with hands folded, a woman in orange-red robes is at left, and a woman in a dark red sari with a beaded necklace films with a large video camera at right. Offering plates with pink petals and fruit sit on the floor near garlands. The visible people number about seven.

Indoor photograph of a crowded ritual gathering in a hall with ceiling fans and hanging banners. In the right foreground a man with long hair tied up, wearing an orange saffron shawl over bare skin, and rudraksha beads, holds a small spoon and offers a substance to a woman in white and gold sari with rudraksha mala who cups her hands. Her forehead bears white ash markings. Around them devotees in white and orange robes, some with white-painted foreheads and rudraksha malas, stand closely together. Several women wear white saris with gold borders. The scene resembles a prasad or vibhuti distribution during a puja.

Photograph of a ceremonial water-pouring ritual in a crowded temple setting. A bald elderly man in an orange saffron robe with a red-beaded headband and a long white flower garland pours water from a silver vessel over the cupped hands of another elder who stands beside him. Priests in orange and saffron robes with rudraksha malas, gold necklaces and gold armlets stand behind and around them, and several devotees watch from the background.

A photograph of a ritual scene against a white backdrop. A central man in saffron-orange robes with a gold-trimmed cloth, a long beaded rudraksha-style mala, a thick gold-toned necklace and a red bindi and chandan on his forehead smiles while reaching toward a brass vessel and a small metal plate. Other devotees in saffron and orange-red robes stand around him, including a shaved-headed man with yellow tilak on the right holding a metal ladle and a shaved-headed man with white marks on the left. A woman in a red-orange garment stands behind, and a seated person with close-cropped hair bows toward the offering in the lower left. Brass implements and a bell-shaped copper pot are visible at the edges.

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A long-haired man with a rudraksha headband and multiple rudraksha malas, wearing an orange cloth, stands with hands folded near his face, facing a man in orange clothes at right who holds a brass plate with an oil lamp. Several men in white and orange dhotis and shawls stand behind, one with a bald head and orange wrap, another in white with gold-bordered cloth and rudraksha mala. Rudraksha malas and a gold chain are visible. Ornate blue-and-red domed structures line the background, with a camera held up by a person in the upper area. a person cue is the long hair with rudraksha headband and malas, though the appearance is uncertain.

June 05 2012

A seated devotee in an orange and red sari with a white jasmine garland and red flower garland sits with palms joined in namaskar while a ritual is performed in a plain pink-walled room with a metal stand and a ceiling fan. A man in a white dhoti and shirt with a pendant chain sits and holds a small brass oil lamp, while a shaved-headed priest in orange and saffron cloth with rudraksha malas sits nearby. Women in saris and glasses kneel at a brass plate, and several robed devotees in orange and maroon stand behind, some wearing rudraksha malas and holding hands together. This appears to be a padapuja in a devotee's home.

September 16 2015

A photograph of a ritual scene in red-lit surroundings. On the right, a bearded sannyasi with long dreadlocked hair wrapped in a turban-like coil, adorned with rudraksha malas, sits bare-chested in a red-orange shawl and smiles while raising his hand toward a seated devotee. In the centre, a bare-chested man with short hair, rudraksha beads and a white sacred thread, hands pressed together in anjali, bows toward him. Behind them, another person in orange cloth stands, and a figure in orange clothing is visible at the left edge. a person candidate: the seated sannyasi has distinctive long dreadlocks, rudraksha malas and orange attire, but his appearance is not clearly identifiable, so this is an uncertain in-person candidate.

October 12 2017

Indoor photo of a small group in a plain white-walled room with a wooden door frame at left. A central seated man with long dark hair, white vibhuti lines and a red kumkum mark wears a saffron shawl and a garland of white and red flowers, smiling. Around him stand several shaved-headed men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas, one holding a brass plate with a white offering, and a man in white shirt and glasses. A younger man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala holds a small silver vessel. At lower right a bald elderly man with white vibhuti and a flower garland sits, and a woman with a gold-trimmed brass lamp appears at lower left. Probable Swamiji: the seated central figure's long hair, saffron shawl and garland match the candidate cues, so this is an appearance-based label only.