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December 27 2009

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Warm candid photo of a devotional music performance indoors. A man in a light blue silk kurta with white shawl and a red bindi on his forehead, long swept-back hair, gestures with his right hand toward the lower frame. Beside him a young girl with long dark hair, a white headband and a red bindi sings into a microphone while wearing a white and orange garment. Behind her an older woman in a gold and red sari with a bindi and pearl necklace watches attentively. Blurred orange and white fabric and a warm, dim background complete the scene.2009-12-27A photograph of a stage performance with a man in the foreground wearing a light blue embroidered kurta with a white shawl and a red tilak on his forehead, gesturing with his hand. Beside him a young girl with long dark hair, a white headband, a red bindi and drop earrings sings into a microphone, wearing a white and orange top with a yellow garment. To the right an older woman in a yellow sari with a gold necklace and a red forehead mark watches. Behind them a man in white clothes sits, and a saffron-orange flag hangs at the right edge. A blurred round clock is visible on the wall.2009-12-27April 30 20062006-04-30Evening stage performance with a man in a light blue silk kurta and white shawl, long dark hair swept back, singing or speaking into a handheld microphone with his hand raised. Beside him a woman in a yellow shawl and red bindi sings into a second microphone, and a young girl in white with a headband sits to the right. A boy in white with rudraksha beads sits at left. Behind them a man in white stands near a soft-lit wall with an orange flag at the right edge. Watermarked archive photo from a cultural programme.2009-12-27October 26 20152015-10-26A photo of a seated man in an orange (saffron) sleeveless robe with long dark hair swept back into a low bun, speaking into a gooseneck microphone at a wooden lectern. He sits in a tall yellow ornate throne with carved wooden backrest and gold-trimmed details, in front of deep red velvet curtains. A pink notepad rests on the lectern beside him. The setting appears to be a hall stage during a discourse. Appearance-based label: a person, seated on a throne with long swept-back hair and saffron robe, delivering a talk.2009-12-08December 15 20062006-12-15May 24 20182018-05-24 +1 copiesA bare-chested young boy with long dark hair, white sacred ash and a red vertical mark on his forehead raises a bundle of green palm fronds above a woman in a white saree with a gold border, who has her back to the camera and is holding a brass bowl. Behind them, several people in saffron and orange robes and rudraksha malas stand with white ash on their foreheads and chests, one holding a small bowl, with a drummer and orange-cloth decorations in the background. The scene looks like a welcoming or blessing ritual at an outdoor ashram event.2015-05-13A photograph of a ritual moment in a gilded temple setting. A man with long dark hair swept back, a white tilak on his forehead, bare-shouldered in an orange-red shawl and wearing a multi-strand rudraksha mala and rudraksha earrings, reaches forward and places his hand on the head of a second person. That person has curly dark hair, wears a white kurta with red embroidery and an orange-red shawl over the shoulders, and holds up one hand. Behind them stand a gold kalasha-style finial, a gold deity murti, and a peacock-feather fan on the left. Another hand holds a stick at the right edge.2014-09-13A man seated on an ornate golden throne shaped like a seven-headed cobra hood, with coiled golden serpent base, raises both hands palm-out while speaking into a microphone on a stand. He wears a peach-coloured shawl over his bare chest, yellow dhoti, gold necklaces, rudraksha-style beaded mala, a gold headband and gold bangles; long dark hair falls to his shoulders. Flanking golden carved pillars, a red-and-gold backdrop painted with peacock feathers, marigold and white flower garlands, and a hanging oil lamp frame the stage discourse.2009-12-25 +2 copiesDecember 26 20142014-12-26