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January 15 20172017-01-15A smiling bearded man with long dark hair sits in a wooden-walled shrine decorated with fresh green leaves, brass bells and a golden trident. He wears a saffron-brown robe, a thick garland of red roses, yellow flowers and yellow fruit, gold necklaces, a red bindi and a beaded armlet. A devotee in a dark shirt holds a red fruit over a large brass vessel with an ornate spout, while other people in the foreground, including a bare-chested man in white, partly frame the scene. a person: the bearded man in the saffron robe and floral garland matches the page's presence claim. Figures in the foreground are devotees attending the ritual.2017-01-15A photograph of a seated bearded man in a rust-orange robe on a wooden throne-like seat, wearing a long garland of red roses and yellow marigolds with gold beads and a gold pendant, hair long and swept back, smiling and extending both hands toward a kneeling devotee. The kneeling man in a peach-colored shirt with grey hair bows and holds a phone. A standing woman in orange sari at right and a man in white dhoti with a shawl at left frame the scene. A golden trident and brass ritual vessels, bells and a golden bull figure sit nearby beneath a thatched roof with green leaves and flower petals on the floor. Probable Swamiji seated in the central role, appearing with long swept-back hair, rudraksha-style gold pendant garland and orange clothing.2017-01-15January 15 20172017-01-15January 15 20172017-01-15January 15 20172017-01-15A photograph of a ritual scene in a decorated hall with a red-cushioned silver throne at right. A man in rust-orange robes with long swept-back dark hair, a full beard and layered rudraksha malas sits on the throne holding a yellow lime in his right hand and extending his left hand toward a young shirtless man seated before him, who holds a lime and wears rudraksha malas and a leopard-print dhoti. A third man at left, in a white shirt and gold-bordered dhoti, bends forward holding limes near the young man's head. Marigold garlands hang from the wall behind. Swamiji (probable): the seated throne figure shows long hair, rudraksha malas and saffron-orange robes, matching the page's reference to Swamiji at this event. Ritual context suggests a blessing or lime-offering ceremony.2017-03-11May 29 20132013-05-29January 08 20172017-01-08January 15 20172017-01-15January 15 20172017-01-15January 08 20172017-01-08