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Outdoor photo at a dirt-ground compound beside a red-painted wall with a white patterned border. A long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes, with a rudraksha mala and ceremonial beaded necklace, sits on a blue plastic chair with one bare foot raised. A man in an off-white striped shirt kneels and bows his head toward the seated figure's foot. Standing behind, a man in white kurta and dhoti watches, and people in orange and red saris stand at left, with orange-robed attendants at right. Rubber sandals sit by the wall and a black water drum stands nearby. The seated figure's identity cannot be confirmed from appearance, so only the role of a seated figure receiving a foot-reverence is described.

January 20 2009

A photograph of an outdoor satsang on a raised platform with red-and-white striped edging and a steel-framed orange cushioned chair. A man with long swept-back hair, wearing an orange shawl, orange ceremonial garments and a rudraksha mala with gold necklace, sits on the chair with one hand raised in gesture while smiling and speaking. Several men in white dhotis and white kurtas with orange shawls stand or sit around the platform, and devotees in white with hands folded in namaste face him from the foreground. Banana leaves and a potted plant frame the scene, with a few people standing in the background near a building.

Outdoor photo on bare reddish earth at an ashram gathering. A long-haired figure in orange robes sits on a folding chair, bare-shouldered, wearing rudraksha beads, with hands extended toward a kneeling devotee in white. Beside them, a bearded man in an orange shawl over white clothes with a red tilak holds a trident-like staff. Standing devotees in white clothes surround them, and a man in white wears a rudraksha mala. Several people kneel with heads bowed and women in white saris sit in front. A seated figure in orange robes with a sweeping black hairstyle is the central figure, with probable Swamiji cues of long swept-back hair, orange robes, rudraksha beads and a ceremonial setting.

A photograph inside a hall with banners and a ceiling fan. A central figure sits cross-legged in an orange-saffron robe and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, with long dark hair swept back, raising one hand in blessing toward a devotee. A woman in a cream sari bows with her head lowered toward his lap, where orange cloth holds stacks of banknotes, an offering known as biksha. Around them, men and women in white and orange clothing stand and kneel. He is receiving an offering of money from devotees during a gathering.

A seated man in an orange saffron shawl and orange garment, wearing a long gold-beaded necklace, sits with eyes closed on an orange-cushioned throne draped with a leopard-print cloth, with a short orange canopy pole behind him. Two men in white dhoti-style clothing with bare shoulders and gold necklaces sit in the foreground, one with a shaved head and one holding a small object near a golden vessel. The setting is an outdoor terrace with trees behind. Appearance-based probable Swamiji (probable) seated with long dark hair, saffron clothing and a rudraksha-style gold necklace, presiding over a ritual gathering during a Himalayan Yatra pada puja.

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Photograph inside a plain brick hall with exposed concrete pillars and a striped rainbow-coloured mat on the floor. A man in orange robes, rudraksha mala and a gold-beaded ceremonial necklace sits on a wooden chair draped with a white cloth, hands folded, with vibhuti marks on his forehead. Probable Swamiji (long swept-back hair, gold necklace and orange clothing). Beside him, a shaved-headed young man in orange with a rudraksha mala kneels on the mat. Standing behind are a young man in white with an orange-red shawl holding a small object, a shaved-headed man in orange, and several standing men in white dhotis and shirts, with a woman in a red sari at the right edge. Several devotees in white and orange stand at the back.

Photograph of a seated man in an orange-saffron garment with a long gold-beaded necklace, white marks on his upper arm and forehead, hands folded in his lap, gazing upward from an orange cushioned chair. Standing behind him are several men: an elderly man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala and wristwatch, a man in white with an orange shawl, and a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and pendant on the right. Orange backdrop wall. A central figure with distinctive long swept-back hair, gold necklace and saffron robe matches the page's candidate description, presented as a Swamiji (probable) seated in a throne-like chair.