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A photograph of a hall with pink walls and ceiling lights. A man in an orange-and-gold turban and an orange-red robe with a gold border, wearing a gold-and-rudraksha necklace and rudraksha malas, stands in the centre holding a folded white paper, smiling. Several women in saris and salwar kameez stand in a queue with hands folded in namaste, one holding a phone. A man in white dhoti with an orange sash stands at right. A framed portrait of a deity pair hangs on the wall behind, with bookshelves and a counter beyond.

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A photograph of a satsang-style gathering in a bright hall with a red curtain and framed portrait at left. A central man wears a rust-orange and gold turban, a gold-trimmed saffron wrap, a long gold-and-bead necklace and rudraksha mala, and holds a folded white paper while smiling at a woman in a pink and green-yellow salwar with a brown shawl who gestures toward him. Behind them a crowd of men in white and dark shirts stands in a queue behind a silver barrier. At right a man in a white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha beads stands beside him, and at left a shaven-headed man in orange robes watches. The central man's appearance carries several candidate cues (ornate turban, saffron clothing, rudraksha mala, ceremonial gold necklace), so he is described as a person.

A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stands bare-chested in a bright hall, holding a sheet of paper and reading from it while devotees with palms pressed together stand before him. He wears a white vibhuti tripundra on his forehead with a red kumkum dot, layered rudraksha malas and a gold pendant, and a gold-coloured bowl or plate of offerings sits on a tray beside him. Around him women in red, white and orange saris and men in white stand in a line with hands folded in anjali. The person is a priest or sannyasi; no clear identification of the central figure can be made from appearance alone.

July 07 2013

A man in saffron-orange robes with a bare upper body and a long gold ceremonial necklace with large gold pendant stands at right, long dark hair swept back, a red tilak on his forehead, extending a small white paper or card to a woman. Around him, several devotees in orange and saffron saris with rudraksha malas wait by metal railings in a hall with a wall painting and a man in white kurta holding a blue folder. The room has ceiling lights and a relaxed gathering atmosphere. The orange-robed man has long swept-back hair and gold adornments, cues consistent with the page's claim, so this is a person appearance in a hall, distributing a paper or prasad to devotees.

A photograph of a satsang-style gathering in an indoor hall with a red-draped backdrop. In the centre, a man in saffron and orange robes with a matching orange-and-gold turban, a gold-and-rudraksha necklace, rudraksha mala beads and gold armbands holds a small white paper and reaches out to touch the forehead of a devotee with folded hands. Other devotees in white and maroon clothing stand nearby, and a man in white with a yellow-bordered dhoti stands at the right edge. Several more people are visible in the background. Only the centre figure shows distinctive ceremonial cues consistent with the page's reference, so the identity is uncertain and described by role here.

A man in a rust-orange turban and orange-brown dhoti stands at right, wearing long multicolour garlands of pink, white, yellow and red flowers over rudraksha beads and a large gold pendant. He holds a white paper or card in one hand while extending his other arm toward a line of people at left, who have their hands pressed together in namaskar. Several women in white and green saris and light tops stand close to him in an indoor hall with a blurred background. The man's appearance with turban, garlands and rudraksha is consistent with the page's reference to a person, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone, so he is described by role as a presiding figure receiving devotees.

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September 28 2012

A photo of a darshan line at an indoor event. A man with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, a dark-red and saffron wrap, layered rudraksha and gold bead necklaces, gold armlets and bangles stands at right holding a folded paper, his other hand resting on the head of a young girl in white who bows with palms joined. Several women in white and yellow-gold clothing wait in line behind a metal stanchion, hands folded in prayer, with a camera operator and onlookers in the background. a person: the long hair, rudraksha malas, gold necklaces and saffron-red wrap are the appearance cues; the page names the event but no caption on the image names him.