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A photograph of a home interior where devotees welcome a saffron-robed sannyasi standing on a floral rangoli. The central figure in orange robes wears a long white and red flower garland and gold beaded necklaces, with long dark hair. Beside him, another orange-robed attendant holds a brass trident and shares the threshold, while devotees with folded hands bow. Men in white shirts and dhotis stand to the left, a woman in a green sari and an older woman in white are in the middle, and women in saffron and gold silk stand to the right. A small girl in a white dress with a green sash watches. Behind, a framed portrait of a guru with a garland hangs above a doorway draped with colourful flower strings, with a lamp and marigold garlands on the frame.

A crowded indoor hall where a man in orange with bare upper arms and an orange wrap, wearing rudraksha beads, stands on the right placing his hand on the head of a bowed man in a grey shirt. Beside him a woman in a white sari bows her head, and a man in white holds the grey-shirted man's arm. Another orange-clad young man holds up an ID card. Behind them devotees in white shirts stand close together, and a standing fan and a small child in white appear at the left edge. The orange-clad man on the right appears to be a person with distinctive saffron clothing and rudraksha beads, performing a blessing on a devotee.

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Indoor healing scene in a crowded hall. A woman in an orange sleeveless top stands at right, her hands raised and pressed onto the head of a grey-haired man in white with an orange-beaded mala, who bows forward. Beside him a young woman in a red-and-gold sari and a woman in white with glasses have their hands pressed together in prayer. A man in white with an orange shawl supports the central man's arm. Behind them men in white shirts and orange shawls stand in a crowd, and a fan and a tray of fruit appear at left.

A photograph of a street-side welcome beside a white car. A woman in an orange sari with a long white and multicoloured garland stands with hands folded in namaskar. Around her, a man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl bends forward, and a young man in orange robes kneels at the car door. Other devotees in white and saffron clothing and a woman in a yellow and pink sari stand nearby, several with hands joined, and a child sits on the ground in pink. Some hold small offerings and flowers. The scene is an outdoor devotional greeting on a dusty road in front of a building.

Indoor photograph of a ceremonial welcome in a plainly decorated hall with orange and yellow garland bunting along the walls. A central figure with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala and an orange-saffron robe stands with eyes lowered as a shaved-headed man in white clothes places a flower garland around his neck. Around them, devotees in saffron and white kurtas and shirts crowd close; one man in a dark grey shirt holds a fruit basket aloft and extends a hand toward the central figure's head. A cluster of onlookers, some in orange clothing, fill the frame. Appearance-based label: a person, shown in person receiving garlanding; identity is inferred from the page and visible cues only.

A photograph inside a hall at Adi Kailasa, Bengaluru, showing a sarva darshan with a woman in an orange sari and a flower garland of red and white blooms, whose hand rests on the forehead of a kneeling devotee in orange with hands pressed together in prayer. Behind her a man in an orange cloth and white shirt, another in white, and several others in white and yellow watch. A small table holds fruit, a basket of rudraksha beads, and a framed portrait. Colorful woven banners hang overhead. The crowd is large, dozens of visible people.

A photograph inside a temple at night showing a seated figure in an orange-saffron robe and orange turban, wearing a large garland of red, yellow and white flowers, sitting on a dark cloth-covered platform. A man in a white shirt and black trousers bends forward with palms pressed together over the platform, while a bare-chested priest with a sacred thread and a mala beside him holds a tray of bananas and fruit. Around them stand devotees in white dhotis and white shirts with folded hands, a woman in a green salwar with a dupatta, a man in a red shirt, and a bare-chested man with a tilaka and a mala. Two white-clad priests with tilaka marks sit at the lower right. Another orange-robed figure sits at the lower left. A lit temple lamp is visible at the top. The seated figure in orange with garland matches the page's description of a devotee receiving honours at Arunachaleshwara Temple, though the appearance cues are not conclusive.

A photograph of a crowded temple entrance decorated with bands of marigold and white flower garlands and pink and red blossoms. A man in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala around his neck, and bare feet walks forward at the centre, flanked by devotees. A man in a pink robe gestures toward him, a bald man in orange shawl stands behind, and a bare-chested priest in a blue cloth with a sacred thread walks at the left edge. Several men in white dhotis and a woman in a red sari are visible. Swamiji (probable): the central saffron-robed figure with long hair and rudraksha mala matches the page's account of this event. The visible people number about twenty.

Outdoor photo under a corrugated metal canopy beside a tree with green leaves strung overhead, at a temple visit. In the centre, a man in a long-sleeved orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands beside a second person in an orange saffron garment, with long hair, wearing a rudraksha mala. A woman in a white sari with gold border and a woman in an orange and white sari stand nearby, and a man in a green cloth and yellow dhoti bends forward with hands at feet of a seated devotee in white. Another man in a white cream dhoti-style garment and a man in red kurta hold a basket of yellow offerings, and a camera operator is visible at top right. a person is the saffron-robed figure with long swept-back hair and rudraksha mala, in the centre.

A photograph of a devotional gathering in a hall with a red carpet. A seated man in saffron robes and an orange turban, wearing a multicolour flower garland, smiles while a person in dark clothing with a colourful sash bows and touches his feet. Around them, men in white shirts and saffron shawls, some wearing rudraksha malas, stand or kneel, and women in white and pink flower garlands watch. Pink and white flower garlands are visible in the foreground. Ceremonial padapuja appears to be taking place. The seated figure's clothing and turban are distinctive, and the page indicates the event involves a person, so this is a person appearance in person, though the face is not visible to confirm.