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A smiling man with long dark swept-back hair and a red bindi sits cross-legged on a leopard-print cloth on bare earth in front of a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots. He wears a flowing saffron-orange robe draped over his shoulders and a long ornate gold necklace with bead-like pendants, and raises his right hand in a blessing gesture.

A framed printed portrait of a seated man in saffron-orange robes, long dark hair swept back, a small red bindi on the forehead, smiling and raising one hand in blessing. He wears a long gold bead necklace with a gold pendant depicting a seated deity. Behind him is a large banyan tree with thick hanging aerial roots. Appearance-based label: a person, shown as a depiction in print.

A seated man in saffron-orange robes raises his right hand in blessing against a backdrop of large, twisting banyan tree roots and trunk. He wears a red bindi on his forehead, has long dark hair, and a long necklace of gold-toned beads with a gold pendant. He smiles at the camera.

A framed portrait photograph, edged with marigold and white-and-maroon garlands, shows a smiling man seated cross-legged in meditation posture, raising one hand in blessing. He wears saffron-orange robes, a long ornate gold necklace with large beads and a central golden pendant, and a red bindi on his forehead. A large banyan tree with aerial roots forms the background.

A seated man in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged on a maroon cushion in front of a large banyan tree, its thick aerial roots and trunks filling the background. He wears an orange turban with a red bindi on his forehead, has long dark hair, and wears a long rudraksha mala around his neck. His right hand is raised in a blessing gesture while he smiles. Swamiji (probable): the saffron robes, long hair, orange turban and rudraksha mala are the appearance cues; he sits in outdoor meditation and blessing posture beneath the sacred banyan.

A large framed printed photograph of a smiling man with long dark hair, a red bindi and an orange saffron robe, raising one hand in greeting. He wears a heavy gold bead necklace with a gold pendant. Behind him are thick, twisting aerial roots of a banyan tree. The printed photo shows a single subject, and the photograph is of a printed image rather than a live person.

A smiling man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red forehead mark stands before a large banyan tree with exposed aerial roots. He wears an orange saffron shawl over his shoulders and a long necklace of pale gold ceremonial beads, and raises his right hand in a greeting gesture. Photo appears to be a still image from a video.

2011-05-10 +4 copies

A photograph of a man with long, dark, wavy hair and a small red bindi standing outdoors before a large banyan tree with thick, spreading aerial roots. He wears a flowing saffron-orange robe draped over one shoulder and a long necklace of rudraksha beads. His right hand is raised in a blessing gesture, and he smiles gently toward the camera. Dappled sunlight falls on the ground and tree trunks behind him. The appearance of this man, with long swept hair, saffron robes and rudraksha malas, is consistent with a person candidate, shown in person giving a blessing. The orange robe and rudraksha beads are visible cues of his sannyasi presentation.

A seated man in an orange-saffron robe sits cross-legged before a large gnarled banyan root backdrop, one hand raised in blessing. He wears long dark hair, a red bindi on his forehead, a heavy gold-and-white bead necklace with a pendant, and a thick garland of white jasmine, purple and red flowers draped across his body, with a yellow rose at the centre. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), shown as a seated portrait with orange robe, long hair, gold bead mala and garland, in a printed image.

2010-01-02 +1 copies

A photograph of a young man with long, swept-back dark hair sitting cross-legged on a pink mat beneath the large, pale, twisting roots of a banyan tree. He wears a saffron-orange dhoti and a matching shawl with gold border, a bare chest, a large rudraksha mala with gold spacer beads, and a gold ornamental pendant. He has a red bindi on his forehead and raises his right hand in a blessing gesture while smiling calmly, with his left hand resting on his knee. The setting is a dusty sandy ground with fallen leaves. a person is visible here as the seated figure, identified by long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha mala and gold pendant; the page does not state an event.

A smiling man with long dark hair sits cross-legged on a carved wooden seat with a dark red velvet cushion, in front of a large banyan tree whose tangled aerial roots and grey trunk fill the background. He wears an orange turban with a red bindi, an orange robe draped over his shoulders and body, and a long rudraksha mala hanging to his waist. His right hand is raised in a greeting wave while his left rests on his knee. The seat stands on bare sandy ground. The page dates the scene to 2004.