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A smiling man with long, swept-back black hair stands beside an ornate gilded pillar in a temple-like hall. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange robe, a white sacred thread-style cloth with gold border held in his hand, and white ash marks with a red bindi on his forehead. Behind him are a red curtain and a small wall lamp. The appearance cues (long hair, saffron clothing, forehead markings) are consistent with a person figure in person, though identity is uncertain from appearance alone.

A photograph at night of a man with long, swept-back black hair and a white-and-red vertical tilak on his forehead, wearing an orange saffron shawl over bare shoulders and a white dhoti with a gold border. He stands in a golden-lit setting and holds a bundle of white cloth or wicks, looking down at it while his hands work with the material. Behind him is a dark background with a gilded pillar and a metal rail. Swamiji (probable) by appearance cues: long hair, orange saffron shawl and tilak. Nearby objects suggest ritual preparation at a temple event.

A man with long, dark, wavy hair and a red bindi on his forehead stands with eyes lowered, draping an orange saffron cloth over his left shoulder. He wears an orange garment, and behind him are cream and maroon draped fabrics and a hanging decorative ornament in yellow and orange.

A man with long swept-back dark hair stands smiling in an orange saffron shawl draped over one shoulder, wearing a gold ceremonial necklace with a pendant. White ash streaks mark his upper arms. He stands beside a white draped stand and a tall brass-panelled door in a plain white-walled room, with a red fire extinguisher on the wall. Two partially visible people sit at the lower edge of the frame. The figure shows distinctive saffron clothing, long hair and gold necklace cues, so the appearance-based label applies: Swamiji (probable), standing in person.

A photograph of a bare-shouldered man with long, swept-back black hair wearing a rust-red wrap and a double-strand necklace of large gold beads with orange beaded strands. He has a white horizontal forehead mark with a red dot and small gold earrings, and he looks down while handling a folded white cloth with both hands. A man on the left wearing white reaches toward him. Behind them, a gilded golden throne-like seat with a red cushion stands on a stage, with a tripod-mounted camera and a few seated people in the background.

November 09 2007

A smiling man with shoulder-length dark wavy hair, a white forehead marking with a red dot, and a small hoop earring stands beside a silver pole at a stage. He wears an orange-rust saffron cloth draped over one shoulder and a long rudraksha mala of brown beads, with a sparkling gold ornate backdrop behind him and a red cushion at the side. a person cues: long swept hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala.

A seated man with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe and smiles with palms pressed together in namaste, holding a small orange cloth. He sits on a white chair with gold-embroidered motifs. Beside him stands a man in a white shirt and white dhoti-style clothing, wearing a rudraksha mala with a small pendant and gold bangles. The scene looks like a devotee gathering or satsang in an indoor room.

August 01 2008

July 06 2010

A smiling man with long dark hair and a white forehead band with a red dot sits in front of a red velvet throne with black tiger-stripe pattern. He wears an orange saffron shawl over his shoulders, a gold necklace with a gold pendant, a rudraksha-style beaded garland and a gold hoop earring. Behind him stands a large golden pillar with a pink gerbera and green foliage arrangement, beside a backdrop showing a painted face.

A 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.