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March 02 2018

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Photograph of an evening ritual outdoors. A bearded man with long swept-back dark hair and a white vibhuti line on his forehead sits on a red seat before a gold-carved backrest, smiling, with his right hand extended over a tall golden incense or censer stand from which smoke rises. He wears a brown-and-orange shawl over bare shoulders and a thick garland of pink lotus flowers and yellow beads with a rudraksha-style mala. Behind him, a row of people in white dhotis and white garments stand with hands folded, some holding yellow cloth, under strings of coloured lights. a person presiding over the ritual, with Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham devotees attending.2017-02-23March 02 20182018-03-02March 02 20182018-03-02November 16 20152015-11-16A man with long dreadlocked hair, a white horizontal tilak across his forehead, and a full dark beard sits with eyes closed, holding a small gold trishula in his raised right hand while his left hand rests in his lap. He wears an orange-red sannyasi wrap and multiple thick rudraksha mala strands across his shoulders and chest. Behind him is an ornate silver-and-red throne with carved lion-head detailing, and blurred figures and golden items sit in the background. Swamiji (probable) appears to be the person pictured, with his long hair, rudraksha malas, orange wrap and trishula cues, seated in meditative devotion during a darshan.2018-05-21December 02 20172017-12-02September 05 20162016-09-05February 14 20172017-02-14October 19 20172017-10-19A man with long dreadlocked hair wrapped in a rust-red headcloth and crescent-moon ornament stands before a large red-and-white backdrop of repeated faces. He wears a rust-orange shawl, a beaded rudraksha mala and a gold pendant necklace, with white horizontal tripundra marks and a red-and-black bindi on his forehead. He holds a gilded trident on the right edge of the frame. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), wearing red-orange sannyasi attire with rudraksha and crown-like adornment, standing with a trident.2018-04-07A bearded man with swept-back dark hair stands in the foreground wearing a rust-red shawl over his bare shoulders, multiple rows of dark rudraksha malas with metal bead accents, and a small gold pendant. He has a white horizontal tilak across his forehead and a red vertical mark at the centre. Behind him, several people in orange and red garments and white forehead marks stand in a crowd. A woman in orange with a dark plaited hairstyle is partly visible at the right edge. The scene appears to be an outdoor procession or public gathering.2018-01-16December 02 20172017-12-02