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A smiling man with long swept-back black hair, a red bindi and white vibhuti marks on his forehead, wears an orange saffron garment, a leopard-print shawl and a long rudraksha mala with ceremonial gold ornaments. He stands with hands raised in greeting and offers a silver tray of gold-coloured items to a bald man in a white garment with pink trim, who faces him. Behind them a young man in a white shirt with raised hands and other onlookers are partly visible against a dark wall with framed pictures. Identity is based only on appearance cues.

A photograph of an indoor event under a dark tented roof with cables and a video camera visible above. In the centre, a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe, a leopard-print shawl and a long rudraksha mala, with a red tilak on his forehead and white markings. He is. Several devotees on the left, one in a white shirt and one in white, press their palms together in namaskar, and one reaches up toward the central figure's head. On the right, a man in an orange robe holds a silver tray with a golden object on it, which may be an offering. Other people stand in the background.

A photograph of a public darshan under a corrugated metal canopy with steel roof trusses. A man with long swept-back black hair, white forehead markings, a red bindi and a leopard-print shawl over a dark garment reaches out to bless devotees, placing his hands on the head of a man with folded palms. Swamiji (probable): the long dark hair, shawl, and forehead marking are the visible cues. Around him, devotees in white shirts and dhotis press forward with hands joined in prayer. Behind, a shaven-headed attendant in saffron-orange robes with a beaded mala holds a wooden box, and other devotees in saffron and red saris stand along a metal railing.

A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange saffron robe and a leopard-print shawl with fringed ends, wearing a rudraksha mala and a small red mark on his forehead, smiling as he extends one hand in blessing toward a group of people. Around him, devotees in white dhotis and kurtas stand with palms pressed together in namaste, while a young man on the left in a red vest also joins palms. On the right, an attendant in white carries a tray of sweets with silver foil. The background shows a large hall with striped ceiling banners in red, blue and yellow, and more devotees behind. The robed man appears to be Swamiji (probable), based on his long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala, and is shown in person blessing the gathering.

November 08 2010

Photograph of a darshan moment in a gold-ornate temple hall. A long-haired man in a leopard-print sleeveless garment with a dense rudraksha mala and gold pendant stands at right, touching a small brass deity murti and offering a hand gesture toward a kneeling devotee in white clothes and a rudraksha mala at left, who holds a folded white paper. Behind them, saffron-robed and white-clad attendants stand, and a man in a white garment with a long rudraksha mala is visible near the top left. Description: a person, a long-haired figure with white vibhuti on the forehead and ornate rudraksha necklaces, in a leopard-print garment, performing darshan. Background gold carvings and a standing brass lamp.

November 09 2011

A smiling man with long dark hair, wearing an orange sleeveless garment, a red bindi, and several dark rudraksha malas, stands in a decorated hall with colourful striped pillars and an orange cloth hanging overhead. Beside him, a man in a grey shirt with glasses stands with hands folded, and a man in a white dhoti and shawl with a colourful striped border presses his palms together in greeting. On the right, a man in orange robes holds a silver tray with gold items. Behind them, other people in white and orange clothing stand among the crowd, with a deity murti partly visible in the background.

December 08 2012

A man with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and a rudraksha mala with an orange-and-pink shawl, bare-chested, smiles broadly while placing his right hand on the forehead of a devotee in a pink striped shirt with folded hands. Behind him, saffron-robed attendants and devotees stand under a metal-framed tent roof. A saffron-robed attendant with a shaved head on the right holds a silver tray with gold items. Several devotees in white shirts and dhotis stand along a metal railing, some with palms pressed together. The Swamiji (probable) cues are the long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and orange-pink shawl, and he is blessing the devotee as a Swamiji figure in an in-person darshan.

A photograph inside a pandal with white fabric canopy and orange-and-white decorative hangings. A man with long swept-back black hair and a red tilak wears an orange sleeveless garment with a long rudraksha mala and raises his right hand in blessing while holding a folded white paper. Beside him a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti holds a wooden tray with apples and brass items, and a silver plate with gold-coloured offerings sits in the foreground. An older man with grey hair and a yellow shawl stands with folded hands, and a young man in white shirt stands at left. The setting suggests a satsang or darshan with ritual offerings.

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A long-haired figure in a saffron-orange shawl wrapped over the shoulders and multiple gold-beaded rudraksha-style necklaces stands at the centre, extending a folded white paper or prasadam to a row of men in white shirts and white dhotis with hands folded in greeting. Behind him a shaved-headed attendant in a saffron cloth and beaded necklace stands by a tray of fruit, and an older man in white with an orange shawl is visible at right. The setting is an indoor hall with a projection screen and blue drapery. The central figure matches the probable Swamiji appearance cues of swept-back long hair, saffron clothing and ceremonial beads, and is presented as the one giving prasadam to devotees.