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December 26 20102010-12-26Indoor ashram gathering in a hall with coloured hanging panels and drapes. A central figure with long dark swept-back hair wears a turquoise-blue shawl draped over bare shoulders and a heavy ornamental gold necklace with a rudraksha-style bead mala, holding a white tray with offerings and a folded paper. Around him, several men in white dhotis and white shirts stand with palms pressed together in anjali, and a bald priest in a white upper cloth and orange-saffron dhoti holds a silver tray at right. Devotees in the background watch. Possibly a satsang or ritual reception; the central figure's appearance is consistent with a person candidate but not certain.2010-12-26A photograph inside an indoor hall with white ceiling lights and a dark backdrop bearing a partly visible portrait. A smiling person with long dark hair wears a blue blouse, orange-red skirt with gold trim, multiple gold necklaces, and bangles, and holds up a folded white paper while speaking to a seated man in a white shirt who leans in. Around them stand several people in white dhotis and shirts, some with bare upper bodies and orange-marked garments, shaved heads, sandalwood tilak marks and rudraksha malas. A tray of small items sits at the lower right and a small framed picture hangs on the left wall.2011-10-28A photograph of a crowded indoor hall with a white ceiling and recessed lights. A figure with long, swept-back dark hair, wearing a blue shawl over an orange-and-gold lower garment, multiple beaded necklaces and bangles, stands at right holding white papers and reaching toward a devotee. Around them, men in white dhotis and shirts, some bare-chested with rudraksha malas, stand in a line facing forward. A bald man in orange-saffron robes stands at right edge. A portrait is visible on a wall at left, and a banner with a small logo appears in the upper background. Swamiji (probable): the figure at right has long swept-back hair, a blue shawl and ornate beaded necklaces, consistent with the page's Swamiji reference, handing out papers during a darshan-style gathering.2011-10-28December 26 20102010-12-26Indoor photo of a ceremonial moment in a hall with decorated pillars wrapped in red, blue and white bands. A figure with long swept-back dark hair, a gold necklace and a light blue wrap, with a small red mark on the forehead, holds a small yellow card while looking down. Beside him a man in white clothes holds an orange cloth bundle and a white box, and a man in saffron-orange robes on the right holds a silver tray with gold items. Behind them devotees in white stand around, and a cameraman in the upper right films.2010-12-18April 14 20122012-04-14December 26 20102010-12-26September 28 20122012-09-28A photograph of a long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes and a wrap with a dense gold ceremonial necklace and gold armband, holding a white sheet of paper and reading it while people gather around. Probable Swamiji (probable): the figure has long swept-back dark hair, saffron-orange clothing and heavy gold ceremonial ornaments, the cues for a presiding guru in this archive. Around him, a bald orange-robed devotee stands at left with rudraksha beads, a grey-haired man in white with a raised palm, a man in white with a mustache, and a shaved-headed man in white behind. Blurred onlookers fill a hall with a red curtain behind them.2013-06-17A photograph of a ritual blessing in a temple-like hall. A long-haired man in an orange saffron robe with a gold-toned necklace, rudraksha-style beaded malas, and gold armlets places his right hand on the head of a seated, bespectacled older man in a white shirt. The orange-robed figure holds a folded white paper in his left hand and smiles. Behind them, priests in white dhotis and orange garments stand, a decorated altar with a red throne-like seat glows in the background, and a tray of small objects sits at lower right. Swamiji (probable): the long, swept-back hair, saffron robe, ornate gold necklace and beaded malas fit the page's Swamiji attribution, so this is an appearance-based candidate.2012-04-14A 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.2011-02-27