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A photograph of a ceremony in a hall with a crowd seated and standing against a pale wall. Behind, devotees in white and cream clothes, including women in saris and men in white shirts, watch closely; a woman in an orange top holds a camera on a tripod in the middle. A framed picture hangs on the back wall above a doorway, and a small digital clock display shows numerals at the lower left. Smoke or haze drifts through the room.

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A crowded indoor doorway scene in a pale green-walled room. In the centre, a long-haired man in an orange-saffron robe and wooden rudraksha mala, with a red tilak on his forehead, smiles and gestures with open hands while people press around him. Behind him stands a younger man with curly hair in an orange shawl over white clothes, and a bare-chested man with long hair at the right edge. Men in white shirts and a woman in a sari press through a brown folding gate, with a large crowd visible in the room beyond. The central figure shows distinctive long hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha beads; the appearance is a probable match for Swamiji, though this is an appearance-based label only.2007-01-12Indoor photograph in a plain hall with pale blue walls, a ceiling fan and tube lights. A central figure in a saffron-orange robe and matching orange turban, with a long dark rudraksha mala, walks forward smiling with one hand raised in greeting. Beside him a man in an orange dhoti and shawl holds an orange object. Around them devotees in white dhotis and shirts stand with palms pressed together in namaste, some wearing rudraksha malas. Blue and gold festoon drapes decorate the back wall, and a red carpet runs across the floor.2010-02-18A photograph of a large hall with many seated devotees, most wearing white headbands. In the centre foreground, a man with long dark hair, a red bindi and multiple rudraksha malas stands in an orange saffron robe, both palms raised outward as he smiles and gestures toward the seated crowd. Behind him a person in white with a yellow cloth stands near the wall, and a wall-mounted poster with a portrait and blue text hangs above. Windows with greenery line the right side.2009-08-09A photograph inside a hall where a man in a saffron-orange dhoti-style wrap and a long rudraksha mala walks forward with both palms raised toward the audience, smiling. He has long swept-back dark hair and a small red bindi. Behind him, a large seated crowd, many wearing white head bands over their eyes, fills the hall; some people in white and orange clothing are visible. Overhead hang red, yellow and blue striped banners with orange tassels, and a screen shows colourful imagery on the back wall. The man has long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala and saffron wrap, and the page indicates the event involves him, so he is a probable Swamiji in person. The people visible number in the dozens.2010-10-23 +1 copiesA photograph inside a plain hall with pale blue walls, ceiling fans and tube lights, with blue draped cloth and yellow garlands along the walls. In the foreground a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe, with a rudraksha mala around his neck, walks across a red carpet; a person appearance with long swept-back hair and saffron robes, identity uncertain from appearance. Beside him a younger man in an orange robe and long hair carries a small red-covered book. Along both sides of the hall, men in white dhotis and shirts with rudraksha malas stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, and a mat-covered floor is visible on the right.2010-02-18A photograph taken at night in an indoor hall. A standing man with long dark wavy hair wears an orange-saffron shawl and orange robe, with a long beaded rudraksha-style mala around his neck, and holds a wooden staff while smiling. Around him sit many young people in white kurta-style clothes with orange shawls, several smiling and some wearing orange scarves over white garments. Plastic chairs and striped decorative pillars are visible in the background. The standing figure has distinctive long hair, saffron clothing and a mala, which matches the a person appearance cues; the identification remains uncertain.2007-12-25Outdoor satsang on a stone step beneath a terracotta-coloured arched wall. A long-haired figure on the right wears a saffron/orange shawl and a rudraksha mala with ceremonial gold ornaments, gesturing with one raised hand while speaking; this appearance is consistent with a person, though the face is not visible, so identity is uncertain. Beside him sits a man in a white shirt with a saffron shawl, orange headband and rudraksha mala, looking toward the speaker. Behind and around them, a large crowd of devotees in saffron and orange clothing sits and listens, some smiling. Sunlight and a bright sky fill the upper left.2006-06-04October 23 20102010-10-23A man in a saffron-orange robe and a long gold bead necklace with a pendant stands at the right, long dark hair swept back, holding a silver bowl and an ornate silver arati lamp with a lit flame over a group of seated devotees. Several seated women in saris, shawls and jewellery sit with hands pressed in anjali, while men stand against a white wall behind them with framed landscape art and hanging greenery. The scene is an arati offering inside a meeting hall. Swamiji (probable): the robed figure with long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and gold necklace is performing the arati, which fits the page's description of Maha Arathi.2006-05-21A standing man in an orange saffron dhoti-style wrap and a long rudraksha mala stands with one hand on his hip and eyes closed, a red tilak on his forehead and long dark hair. He stands in front of a large seated audience, many wearing white clothes and white blindfold-style cloths over their eyes, some in yellow. Orange tassels and a decorative hanging hang at the top of the hall.2010-10-23A central bare-chested man in an orange turban and orange dhoti, with long swept-back dark hair and a rudraksha-style necklace, smiles with palms pressed together in a namaskar gesture. Around him, a crowd of devotees in orange shawls and white or grey clothing claps and stands in a room with a patterned tiled ceiling and white curtains. A young girl in glasses on the left wears an orange shawl and claps, and a woman in white with a red bindi stands at the centre-right. The white-clad man at the right holds a red object. The scene looks like a satsang or group devotional gathering.A man in a saffron-orange sleeveless wrap stands in a hall holding a black microphone in his right hand and smiling. He has long, swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and a long rudraksha mala of dark seeds across his chest. Behind him, a large seated audience wears white clothing with white blindfolds or head cloths tied over their eyes. Some attendants in white and yellow-gold shawls stand near the rear. Windows, a blue banner and green foliage are visible at the right.2009-08-09