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A photograph of a man with long, voluminous dark hair and a red kumkum dot on his forehead, wearing an orange sleeveless garment and an orange shawl draped over his shoulders. He wears a long necklace of large gold-toned beads with black bands. He holds a brass oil lamp with a bright flame in his raised hands, and he gazes down at the flame, smiling slightly against a dark background with smoke. A second brass lamp stand is partly visible at the bottom edge.

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A man with long, voluminous dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead stands in profile, smiling, wearing an orange sleeveless top with an orange shawl draped over his shoulders and a long strand of gold beaded necklaces. He holds a brass lamp with a flame in one hand while his other hand, dusted with yellow powder, gestures outward. Smoke rises from the lamp against a dark background.2010-02-12A photograph of a man with long, curly, dark hair wearing an orange sleeveless garment draped over one shoulder, with a large gold-beaded necklace of gold and dark-banded beads around his neck and a red dot on his forehead. He looks downward and smiles while holding a gold vessel in his right hand and gesturing with his left hand, against a dark background. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, saffron-orange robes and ornate gold beaded necklace, appearing in a live satsang-style setting. Single person visible.2010-02-12Close photograph of a long-haired man in saffron-orange sleeveless robes and a draped orange shawl, wearing a heavy gold bead necklace and a red bindi with white tilak on his forehead. He looks down and reaches toward a bright golden vessel at the right edge, appearing to perform a ritual offering. Another orange-clad figure is partly visible at the lower right, and the background is dark. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back curly hair, saffron robes and gold bead necklace, shown performing a ritual with a golden vessel.2010-02-12A man with long, wavy dark hair stands at night in front of a black background, wearing a sleeveless saffron-orange garment draped over his body and a long necklace of gold-coloured beads. He has a red tilak on his forehead and holds a brass oil lamp with a flame in one hand and a brass bell in the other, raising the bell toward a grey stone lingam decorated with pink and white flowers on its top. Wisps of smoke rise in the air, and a brass vessel sits at the right edge beside the lingam. Swamiji (probable): long hair, saffron garment and gold bead necklace, performing the lingam worship as a priest.2010-02-12A photograph of a man in saffron-orange draped clothing with long dark hair and rudraksha mala strands crossing his chest, holding a brass lamp from which a bright flame and smoke rise against a black background. He wears a white sacred ash line and red kumkum dot on his forehead and smiles with eyes lowered. The sequence of a lamp held before him suggests aarti. Cues: long swept hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha malas match the page's a person claim, so this is a probable appearance-based candidate present in person.2006-10-19A man in a rust-red dhoti and wrap, with a long orange rudraksha-style bead mala and a gold-coloured bead necklace draped over his shoulders, performs a night ritual with eyes closed. He holds a silver lamp with a flame in one hand and a silver handbell in the other, with wisps of smoke rising to the left. A red-and-gold decorated edge of a ceremonial seat is visible at the left, and a few people sit in the dim background. Dark trees fill the background. Appearance-based label: a person, a ritual performer with ornate beads and orange-red garments.2013-04-01June 01 20122012-06-01 +2 copiesSeptember 24 20102010-09-24 +2 copiesFebruary 27 20112011-02-27 +2 copiesJanuary 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesA photograph of a smiling man in an orange-saffron shawl draped over one shoulder, wearing long rudraksha mala necklaces and a red bindi and vibhuti marks on his forehead, holding a brass aarti lamp with a bright flame and rising smoke against a dark background. Swamiji (probable): long, swept-back dark hair, saffron clothing and multiple rudraksha malas mark him as the person in the frame, performing aarti.2006-10-19A man in an orange saffron robe stands against a plain black background, holding a small brass bowl with camphor flame rising from it, a ritual flame gesture (aarti). He wears a rudraksha mala with multiple beads draped across his chest, a red bindi and white tilak on his forehead, and has long dark curly hair falling to the shoulders. Smoke and flame light his face and robe warmly. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), shown performing aarti with the lit camphor bowl, with long hair, saffron robe and rudraksha mala as qualifying cues.2006-10-19