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November 01 2013

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September 03 20132013-09-03A photograph inside a bright hall with pink walls, red curtained windows and ceiling lights, filled with standing devotees. In the centre-right, a smiling man in a maroon-red turban with a green and gold ornament, a gold bead necklace and a maroon wrap raises his right hand in greeting while people reach toward him. Behind him, a man in white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha beads stands near a dark-red curtain with a small golden deity image. An elderly bald man in white with an orange-red shawl leans forward at left. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure in the maroon turban and gold necklaces, shown blessing devotees in a darshan line.2013-11-01November 03 20132013-11-03September 12 20132013-09-12A photograph of an indoor hall with pink-red walls, red curtains and fluorescent ceiling lights. In the foreground, a man with swept-back hair, a crown-like gold-toned ornament, red-orange robes, a long rudraksha mala and ornate gold bangles raises one palm toward a bearded man in a peach-coloured shirt with white tilak. Behind them, a man in red-orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands beside a toddler in white being held by a man in white. Devotees in white and a man in a blue shirt stand near metal stanchions. The swept-back-hair figure with rudraksha and gold cues is a person candidate in an appearance-based sense, while the others are devotees and sannyasis.2013-09-12A photograph in a bright hall with ceiling fans and banners on the back wall. A man in a rust-brown shawl and gold-bordered dhoti, with a gold-embroidered turban, rudraksha-style beaded necklace and bangles, raises his hand in blessing over the head of a young man in a striped purple-and-white shirt who has his palms pressed together. Around them, people in white dhotis and white clothes stand behind metal stanchions; other devotees with folded hands stand to the left. Swamiji (probable) is the man in the rust shawl and turban, giving blessings; he is in_person.2013-11-07Indoor hall with pink walls and red curtains, framed pictures on the wall, and ceiling fans. A long-haired person in an orange-gold saffron-toned dhoti and shawl, with a gold necklace and bangles, stands at right placing hands on a devotee's head or shoulders, a blessing gesture. Nearby, a monk in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a white tilak on his forehead watches. Devotees in white dhotis and shirts, a woman in a red and green sari holding a child, and a man in a striped shirt in the foreground form a line along metal stanchions. A white-clad attendant with a rudraksha mala stands at far right.2013-11-10A photograph inside a hall with cream walls and framed portraits on the left. A man in a cream turban, orange-saffron robe and layered rudraksha malas stands centre-right, smiling, with his hand raised toward a bald man in a white striped shirt who leans in with bowed head. A young boy in a red-and-white top with hands pressed together stands at left. Men in white shirts and an orange-robed sannyasi with bare shoulders stand nearby, some with bracelets. The scene looks like a blessing or darshan moment. The centre figure shows distinctive saffron and rudraksha cues, so he is described as a person, present in person.2012-04-08A figure in an orange-brown and gold silk garment with a gold-bordered shawl, wearing heavy gold bead necklaces, bangles and a red bindi, stands at the centre-right holding a folded paper and extending a hand in blessing over the head of a bowed devotee in white. The devotee wears a white shirt and dark-rimmed glasses, hands pressed in anjali. Nearby, a woman in white with a rudraksha mala and a man in white with a vertical tilak and mala watch; a young child in blue stands at the bottom. Other people in white and saffron-coloured clothing fill a hall behind, with red curtains, a screen and ceremonial brass vessels at the right edge. Swamiji (probable): the central figure has long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklaces and an orange-gold shawl, and is performing the blessing.2013-10-19A photograph inside a hall with red curtains and a white ceiling. A man with long swept-back hair, white forehead markings, an orange-saffron shawl, a gold-bordered dhoti and a long rudraksha mala stands on the right, smiling and extending his right arm to bless a line of devotees. Swamiji (probable): he has long swept-back hair, a saffron shawl and ornate gold-bordered clothing with a rudraksha mala. Devotees in white shirts and dhotis stand in a line on the left with palms pressed together, one man bowing his head. Behind them a monk in orange robes with a shaved head and white markings watches, and a projection screen shows a figure.2013-09-24November 06 20132013-11-06September 14 20132013-09-14