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June 24 20142014-06-24A smiling man with long dark hair and white ash marks on his forehead, with a red dot between his brows, wears an orange-rust robe and a long gold bead necklace with a pendant. He is draped in a thick garland of white flowers alternating with red, yellow and green foliage, and a bright red-and-yellow floral bunch is held in the lower right. Blurred onlookers stand behind him in a hall. Appearance-based candidate, Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, saffron-orange robe, ornate gold necklace and garland cues, shown in person receiving a garland.2013-03-03August 06 20142014-08-06A photograph at night under a corrugated roof, showing a long-haired man in saffron-red robes and a red shawl, smiling as a man in a white shirt drapes a garland of white and red flowers around his neck. Several people in white and orange clothes stand nearby, and a woman in a white sari watches. Plain white walls and a doorway frame the scene, with a bright light overhead. a person: the long swept-back hair, red-orange robes and ceremonial garland fit the a person candidate; a figure in the middle of a garlanding gesture.2014-07-03Close photograph of a smiling man with a white vertical tilak and red bindi on his forehead, wearing a white jasmine garland with gold ornamental beads and an orange-red shawl over bare shoulders. Behind him is a gilded ornate backdrop beside deep red velvet drapes. The face is downcast and joyful. Appearance-based label: a person, seated in person, wearing a saffron-orange wrap, rudraksha-style gold beads and a floral garland, though the cues are limited.2014-08-06A smiling man in saffron-orange robes with bare shoulders stands in a temple hall, wearing a long gold necklace of large beads, a white and green-leaf garland with red flowers, and a gold chain. He has a white vibhuti stripe and red kumkum dot on his forehead, and a red and white garland around his neck. A man in a white shirt bends forward and reaches toward his forehead, hands pressed together in respect. Behind them a video camera on a tripod and a shaved-headed attendant in orange are visible, along with a blue door and a gold-framed seat. The orange-robed man with long swept-back hair and ornate gold beads matches the a person cues, but the face is not used for identification; the role is a sannyasi receiving a devotee's blessing.2012-09-11Close-up photo of a smiling man with short dark hair, eyes lowered, wearing a white vertical tilak and a red kumkum dot on his forehead. He wears a white jasmine garland over a red-maroon sannyasi-style wrap and multiple rudraksha beads on a red-thread mala, with a thin gold chain at his neck. His raised right hand is blurred in the left foreground. Behind him is a golden ornamental backdrop with a silver-toned decorated seat edge on the right.2014-06-15August 06 20142014-08-06August 06 20142014-08-06June 28 20122012-06-28 +2 copiesA seated man in orange-saffron robes sits on an ornate brown leather throne-style chair, smiling broadly and wearing a small headset microphone. He has a white horizontal sacred mark on his forehead with a red dot, a brown rudraksha-style bead mala and gold ornaments at his neck, and holds long white jasmine garlands interspersed with red roses. A seated audience of about seven people in white and orange attire, some wearing event lanyards, watches; one woman in the left foreground is partly visible. Behind them a golden deity murti and framed pictures decorate the hall. Probable Swamiji by appearance cues: long swept-back hair, saffron robes, rudraksha mala and ornate gold necklaces, seated in a throne-like chair being garlanded.2015-07-11A photograph of a man in profile looking to the left and smiling, wearing a saffron-orange garment on his shoulders and a long garland of white flowers with red accents. He wears a heavy gold chain with large gold beads (rudraksha-style gold necklace) and a gold pendant. Behind him stand carved grey stone pillars with decorative relief and a wooden post, with green leaves and a gold-coloured ornamental piece at the right edge.2013-01-01