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December 17 20162016-12-17Close portrait photo of a smiling young man outdoors, standing before a blurred ashram building with red and gold pillars and green foliage. He has long dark hair swept back, a white vibhuti line with a red kumkum dot on his forehead, and wears an orange and gold garment draped over the shoulders. He is adorned with multiple rudraksha malas, rudraksha armbands, a gold-toned pendant on a thin chain, and a small silver pin on the garment. No candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance alone, so the person is described by role as a devotee.2016-09-08 +1 copiesClose photograph of a young male devotee with shoulder-length black hair, a white vertical tilak and red bindi on his forehead, resting his chin on his right hand and gazing off to the side. He wears an orange garment with gold border and a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, with gold-beaded bangles on his wrist. Blurred figures in orange robes and gold-edged cloth sit behind him in a crowded hall.2016-08-12September 08 20162016-09-08December 19 20162016-12-19July 17 20132013-07-17A man in a rust-red saffron-toned dhoti-style wrap, bare-chested and shouldered in a sash, stands with his right hand raised to his forehead in a salutation gesture. He wears long gold ceremonial beads over a rudraksha-style mala, gold bangles on his upper arms and wrist, gold earrings, and a red tilak on his forehead; his hair is long and swept back. Behind him, several people in orange and saffron robes stand in a temple-like hall with orange walls, and a brass kalasha vessel sits in the foreground. A blue sign on the wall is partly visible. a person is the central figure, shown in a ceremonial setting with cues including ornate gold adornments and long hair.2013-05-26 +1 copiesA photograph of a man standing outdoors beside a brass oil lamp on a low stone ledge. He has long dark hair swept back, a white vertical forehead mark with a red dot, a gold arm band with a serpent motif, and a heavy gold bead necklace over a rust-orange shawl. A second man in white dhoti and shawl stands blurred to the right, and a framed devotional picture hangs on the red wall behind. The main figure has distinctive long hair, ornate gold adornments and orange clothing, so he is an appearance-based probable Swamiji (probable) candidate, physically present.2013-03-03March 13 20132013-03-13Outdoor photo of a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red vermilion bindi on his forehead, standing in profile and gazing to the side. He wears a saffron-orange dhoti-style wrap with decorative dark-and-gold border trim, layered with a long necklace of gold ornaments and a multi-strand chain of gold beads across his chest, plus a gold armlet on his upper arm and a gold bangle on his wrist. Behind him are blurred green trees, a grey wall and a red pillar, with an orange structure at the right edge.2010-12-28A young boy with shoulder-length dark hair sits bare-chested, wearing an orange cloth wrap at his waist and a white sacred thread draped over one shoulder. He has white sandalwood paste and a red dot on his forehead and wears a long necklace of brown rudraksha beads with two small oval pendants showing a portrait. Background shows blurred figures and a chair.2017-07-08A young person stands in a gilded temple hall, dressed in ceremonial Shaivite attire: rudraksha malas across the chest and arms, a heavy gold necklace with a pendant, an orange shawl over a leopard-print cloth, and a white-and-red tripundra on the forehead. The figure holds a silver ceremonial staff with a trident-like finial in one hand and a small silver vessel in the other. Behind them, tall brass oil lamps line the foreground, and a blurred crowd of seated devotees, several in white and red, fills the background. The scene depicts a ceremonial procession or ritual presentation at a Paramashivoham event.2018-12-20 +1 copies