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Indoor photo in a large hall with pink walls, red curtains and ceiling lights. In the right foreground a man in an orange-saffron dhoti-style garment with a gold border and a long rudraksha mala raises his right hand in a blessing gesture. He wears a red-orange wristband and a gold earring. In front of him a man in white shirt and white trousers bows with palms pressed together. Behind them, a row of people in white and grey clothes stands along metal stanchions and chain barriers. A golden deity murti and a gold throne-like seat are visible in the background, with a large framed picture on the wall to the right.

Indoor event photo in a hall with a painted backdrop of multi-armed deity murtis in blue and gold. A man in a white kurta with folded hands bows his head toward a smiling figure in a rust-red sannyasi cloth wrapped over the shoulder, wearing a thick necklace of gold beads, gold bangles, large round glasses, a vibhuti line and a red kumkum dot. The robed figure extends a hand in blessing over the bowed man's head. Other saffron-robed attendants and a seated white-clad man stand in the background, with a camera tripod and a stanchion rope barrier in front.

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October 19 2012

Indoor photo of a satsang hall with red curtains, ceiling fans and a golden throne-like seat in the background. In the foreground, a man in orange-and-gold robes with a long orange rudraksha mala, a red tilak and swept-back long hair raises his right hand in blessing toward a man in white shirt and trousers with an ID badge who bows with palms pressed together. Several other men in white and saffron-clad devotees with white forehead markings stand bowing along a railing. Probable Swamiji is the figure in orange-and-gold robes with long hair and rudraksha mala, performing a blessing.

A man in saffron-orange draped clothing and a long gold-bead garland stands at right, raising one hand in greeting with a small red bindi on his forehead. Multiple layered gold garlands, gold armbands and bangles adorn him, with a golden ornament at his ear. Behind him is a gold-toned deity figure and a deep red curtain. At left, a man in white dhoti and shirt holds his hands in anjali, another man in white bends forward offering a rudraksha or prayer-bead mala, and more people in white stand at the edge of the frame.

September 11 2013

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A photograph of a temple-hall ritual. On the right, a man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulders and a long garland of gold beads and orange flowers, extends his right hand toward the forehead of a bowed man. The bowed man wears white clothes, glasses, a red-and-white vibhuti mark on his forehead, and a rudraksha mala, with his hands folded in anjali. Other people in white and red clothing stand around, some with palms joined, and a golden shrine and fruit offerings appear in the background. The appearance-based candidate on the right has long hair, a saffron garment and a gold-bead garland, consistent with a probable Swamiji (probable) presence, so swamiji is set to in_person.

A photograph of a ceremonial moment indoors under white ceiling fans and fluorescent lights. A man in an orange-saffron robe with layered rudraksha malas, a silver pendant, a gold necklace and a wide white vibhuti band with a red bindi raises his right hand in blessing while smiling. Two people in the foreground stand with palms pressed together in anjali, one in a white shirt and one in a checked shirt. A bare-headed priest in saffron with rudraksha beads stands at right, and devotees stand in the background near a dark ceremonial backdrop and a brass or gold decorative object. a person is the central figure in orange-saffron robes, with cues of rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold necklace, giving blessings to devotees.

September 13 2013

A photograph of a ceremonial blessing in a dimly lit hall. A man in orange-saffron robes with long swept-back hair, red and gold flower garlands, rudraksha malas, a gold necklace and bangle-style armbands stands at right, holding a folded white paper while placing his right hand on the head of a young man in a white kurta. The young man stands with palms pressed together in namaste. The robed figure has white vertical tilak and a red dot on his forehead. Behind them, other people in white and saffron stand near a dark backdrop. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable) for the robed figure with distinctive saffron robes, long hair, garlands and malas; the young man is a devotee receiving blessing.

A photograph of a ritual blessing in front of a red backdrop. A bald man in white kurta with an orange-edged collar and rudraksha mala, palms pressed together, receives a blessing as a man in orange-saffron robes and a rudraksha mala with a gold necklace places his right hand on the recipient's forehead. The blessing giver is bare-chested with an orange shawl and white tilak on his forehead, appearing to be an appearance-based a person, while a monastic in orange stands behind them. Another person in white stands at the left edge, and a camera is visible at the upper right.

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