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October 06 2014

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October 06 20142014-10-06June 17 20132013-06-17February 17 20152015-02-17A photograph of a padapuja-style ritual in a temple room with black stone walls and a closed wooden door. A bare-chested man with swept-back dark hair, a white tilak on his forehead, a long orange-and-maroon wrap and a long garland of beads sits on a gilded throne with a golden lion-form base, smiling and resting his bare feet on a tray of red flowers. Several devotees kneel around silver trays holding small silver bowls, red flowers and offerings: a woman in a green sari, a woman in white, an older woman with grey hair, and a man in a grey shirt touching the flowers. Brass oil lamps and hanging bells stand near the throne, and a colourful deity statue stands at the right edge. Two people are visible at the back among the offerings.2014-10-06A seated figure in a golden ornate throne with a carved lion-head armrest sits on the left, wearing a red-orange garment with a matching shawl and a long rudraksha-style garland, with a white forehead mark and swept-back hair; the figure has distinctive ceremonial cues, so this is Swamiji (probable) receiving devotion. In front, a gold table holds steel thalis with flowers, yellow marigolds, kumkum and offering plates. Around it, a woman in a green sari with grey hair, a woman in white, a younger woman in red, and two men, one in a yellow-checked shirt and one in green, sit with palms pressed together in namaskar. Behind, a woman in white stands near a tray of fruit, and a brass hanging lamp and bells hang from the ceiling beside a pink-painted door.2015-02-01August 17 20142014-08-17September 07 20142014-09-07February 17 20152015-02-17August 17 20142014-08-17August 29 20142014-08-29August 24 20142014-08-24May 27 20132013-05-27