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February 18 2013

Three men in ritual settings. In the centre, a man in a maroon and gold-bordered cloth with a rudraksha mala and a small pendant holds a glass vessel with a crystal-like object and water, while looking down at a laptop on the left. Beside him, a shaven-headed man in maroon and gold garments with a rudraksha mala and a bindi stands near the laptop. Behind them, a bare-chested man with a tilak and a white dhoti with gold border stands against a wooden door. The scene appears to be a satsang-style ritual setup with a laptop on a table.

A group of smiling men in saffron and maroon robes stands together in a plain cream-walled room. The central figure wears a saffron robe, a white tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha mala and a pendant, and holds a small green leaf offering in his hands. Men beside him wear maroon robes, dark rudraksha malas and orange shawls, some with glasses.

July 16 2012

A photograph of a bare-chested man in a rust-red and gold-bordered dhoti walking forward through an ornate hall. He wears a heavy multi-strand gold bead necklace with a large gold pendant, and a white sandal-paste tilak with a red dot on his forehead. Behind him, saffron-robed attendants move about, one at left holding folded orange cloth on a white-draped table. A golden throne with red cushions stands at right, and a laptop sits on a dark table. The appearance-based label is a person: he has distinctive ceremonial gold necklaces and ornate attire, and the page states he is present, but the cues are not conclusive.

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March 04 2013

Four men stand and sit in front of a dark maroon curtain and gold-framed throne-style chairs. A bald man in a white shirt and white dhoti on the left smiles and holds a small object toward a low wooden table. Beside him a priest with a shaved head, tripundra markings and saffron robes with a rudraksha mala smiles. A bald young man in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala reaches toward the table. A seated man in a brown leather throne chair, wearing saffron robes, a gold ceremonial necklace and a headset microphone, raises his hand in a greeting gesture. Other props include a small table with papers and a gold-trimmed cushion behind.

A seated man in a red-orange robe with a long rudraksha mala around his neck smiles while sitting cross-legged on a stage. He has a white tilak and red bindi on his forehead and holds his hands together in his lap. Behind him, two people in orange and saffron clothing stand, one at left holding a book and one at upper centre. Clear water bottles sit on a table in the foreground beside the stage.

A photograph of a shaved-headed man standing in front of a gold-framed portrait on a red-draped stage. He wears a rust-red and maroon wrap with a gold-bordered cloth, a dark wooden rudraksha mala with a pendant, a beaded necklace, bangles and a red bindi, and holds a finger to his lips. The framed portrait shows a smiling man in an orange turban and saffron robe, with a printed caption reading "PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA". Two golden lion sculptures flank the stage against deep maroon velvet drapes. The man's appearance does not clearly match the portrait's described cues, so identity is uncertain.

A smiling, shaved-headed man in thin wire-rimmed glasses sits at the centre of a gathering, wearing a saffron-orange sannyasi wrap over bare shoulders and a dense necklace of brown rudraksha malas with a small pendant. Around him, people laugh and smile; one man on the left raises a hand and wears beaded malas, a man behind wears an orange garment, and a man on the right wears a white embroidered kurta. A white plastic water bottle with a pink cap sits in the background. The appearance is consistent with a sannyasi in a saffron wrap and rudraksha malas, but the page does not establish a clear identity from the image alone, so this is recorded as an uncertain candidate in person.

A photograph of a bald man in a saffron-orange robe seated in front of a row of devotees in maroon garments holding small oil lamps. The central man wears a white vertical forehead mark with a red bindi, round-rimmed glasses, a long orange-brown rudraksha mala draped over his shoulders, a gold-toned pendant, hoop earrings, a gold bangle and a dark wristwatch, and his forearms bear white painted markings. He holds a small lit lamp in one hand and a shallow metal vessel in the other while speaking. Blurred devotees in maroon robes with lamps occupy the background. Appearance-based identification is probable: a person is seated centrally, performing a lamp ritual with cues including the rudraksha malas and saffron clothing.

A photograph of a crowded ashram hall. A central figure with long, swept-back dark hair, a white vibhuti band and red bindi, wearing gold-coloured round beads and a gold chain over an orange-brown robe, raises one hand in blessing toward a line of devotees. Beside him stands a shaved-headed man in an orange-brown robe with rudraksha beads and a red bindi, observing. At left, a man in an orange striped shirt and a younger man with hands in anjali stand before them. Behind, draped maroon curtains with yellow and blue patterned bands and many onlookers in saffron and white clothing fill the room.