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June 17 2020

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A bare-chested man with long swept-up black hair and a white vertical tilak on his forehead sits before an ornate silver-embossed throne-like backdrop in front of a large banyan tree. He wears a gold earring, layered gold necklaces, a long gold pendant, and a thick rudraksha mala with gold beads across his chest, with a bracelet on his wrist. He smiles and raises one hand near his chin in a gesture while looking to the side.2020-06-16A close photograph of a bare-chested man with eyes closed and fingertips touching his throat beside a microphone on a stand. He wears a tall dark turban-like hair wrap, a white vertical forehead mark, and heavy multi-strand gold beaded necklaces with rudraksha-style beads. A silver ornate background and a banyan tree with hanging aerial roots appear behind him.2020-06-20A bare-chested man with a tall black turban and white forehead markings sits smiling with eyes closed in front of a large ornate silver backdrop, with a banyan tree's aerial roots behind him. He raises his right hand in a blessing gesture and wears layered gold necklaces, a long beaded gold mala, and gold armlets, with a red thread on his wrist. A microphone stand is at right and a drum is partly visible at lower left. Appearance-based label: a person, shown here in a teaching or darshan setting. Photo credit text is visible at lower right.2020-06-18Close-up photograph of a bare-chested man with eyes closed and a faint smile, his right hand raised near his cheek with rings on the fingers. He wears a tall piled crown of dark matted hair, white forehead paste with a dark central vertical mark, small earrings, and a heavy ornate gold and jewelled necklace over reddish-brown rudraksha beads. Behind him is an embossed silver-toned panel with floral scrollwork, and green foliage blurs at the right.2020-05-26Close-up photograph of a bare-chested man with long dark hair piled high on his head and a white horizontal forehead mark, seated before a microphone on a stand at right. He wears layered ornate gold necklaces set with beads and rudraksha-like wooden elements, and a small gold earring. Behind him are a silver-toned ornamental vessel with relief carvings and a large tree with pale trunk and green foliage. The man is speaking and smiling slightly.2020-06-16A digitally composited graphic showing a smiling man with a tall black turban-style hairstyle, a white tripundra mark on his forehead, and a small red-brown bindi-like mark. He is bare-chested with a sweeping gold armlet, layered brown rudraksha malas and ornate gold pendant necklaces, with gold earrings. He holds his hands together in anjali mudra before a silver-embossed throne-like seat. The background blends a painted green forest with acacia-style trees and a multi-faced deity mural in warm orange tones at upper left. The figure reads as an appearance-based probable Swamiji (probable) cued by the long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold ornaments, shown as a depiction in the composite.2020-08-18June 18 20202020-06-18June 18 20202020-06-18A close-up photograph of a bare-chested man with a tall black matted topknot wrapped in dark hair, a white vertical tilak across his forehead and a faint smile. He wears layered ornate gold and silver beaded necklaces with rudraksha beads and a pendant, and a large ornamental gold collar. The background shows trees and foliage with a silver-toned carved panel at left. Swamiji (probable): the visible cues are the long swept-up hair with a crown-like topknot, the ceremonial gold necklaces and rudraksha malas, and the bare upper body with adornments.2020-06-14June 19 20202020-06-19A bare-chested man in profile sits before a microphone on a stand, smiling with palms pressed together at chest level. He has a tall, swept-back dark topknot, a white tilak band with a central mark across his forehead, and a gold earring. He wears layered gold ceremonial necklaces and a large rudraksha mala with a bead pendant, plus gold armlets and a red thread on his wrist. Behind him is an ornate silver throne with embossed lion or mythic creature motifs, and a warm golden backdrop. a person: the swept-back topknot, gold necklaces, rudraksha mala and ceremonial adornments match the a person presentation, shown in an in-person satsang setting.2020-07-21A digitally composited or illustrated portrait of a bare-chested man with a tall, swept-back black crown of hair and a white horizontal forehead mark. He wears layered brown rudraksha malas, ornate gold necklaces, a gold armlet shaped like a serpent, a gold earring and a beaded bracelet, and sits with palms pressed together in greeting before an ornate silver throne decorated with lion heads and floral reliefs. Behind him, golden deity murti faces and a stylized green forest with silhouetted trees and birds fill the background. Appearance-based cues on the figure match the a person profile, a depiction rather than a physical presence; no physical people are present beyond the depicted figure.2020-08-18