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May 11 2017

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April 25 20172017-04-25A seated figure with a swept-back dark hairstyle, bare-chested under a maroon-brown cloth, wears a red and white garland with rudraksha beads and a white tilak on the forehead, placing a hand on the head of a kneeling devotee. The devotee wears a white kurta and an orange shawl and presses palms together. Behind them are red velvet drapes, a floral garland of red and yellow flowers, and a gold kalasha-like vessel. A seated figure with long swept-back hair and rudraksha malas with a crown-like adornment gives blessing, consistent with a padapuja-style darshan. Swamiji (probable) is in the seated figure, who has long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and a garland, and the devotee is kneeling in front of the throne.2014-09-28April 25 20172017-04-25A smiling bearded man in an orange-brown saffron wrap and a red and yellow flower garland stands beside a gold ornate throne with a cobra-hood canopy. A vibhuti or kumkum tilak marks his forehead, and a rudraksha-style neck adornment is visible. In the foreground, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala offers ritual attention to him, holding a brass item and flowers. Behind them, strings of coloured lights, scaffolding, and a few devotees in the background suggest a temple or ashram hall. a person is the garlanded man: he wears saffron clothing and a rudraksha-style necklace, and sits near the throne in a ceremonial setting. Flower garlands with red and yellow blossoms and a white jasmine strand adorn the central figure.2018-03-02April 22 20162016-04-22A seated man with long dark swept-back hair, a short dark beard, a vertical tilak mark on the forehead and rudraksha malas, wearing a rust-orange dhoti and a pink-and-white flower garland, sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions. He rests one hand on the head of an older, grey-haired man in a white shirt and an orange-red shawl with dark printed script, who bows forward with his palms pressed to the seated man's leg. A red curtain and a gold-toned ornament are in the background. Appearance-based candidate for a person, shown receiving pada puja on his throne.2016-10-12April 05 20172017-04-05 +1 copiesA seated bearded man with long swept-back dark hair, a white tilak band and red bindi on his forehead, wears a rust-brown sleeveless robe, a pink-and-white flower garland, a crystal and rudraksha mala, and a gold necklace. He smiles while a second man in a white shirt with an orange shawl leans in, one hand on the seated man's head. Behind them is an ornate gold-carved throne with a red cushion. The seated man's distinctive long hair, ceremonial gold necklace and rudraksha mala are visible, so he is described as a probable Swamiji, seated in a blessing scene.2017-03-03A seated man in a maroon-red robe and rudraksha beads, wearing a long pink-and-white flower garland and a horizontal white forehead marking, smiles and holds a silver tray with flowers and a small lamp toward a kneeling man with long dreadlocks in a white dhoti with a gold border. The seated man sits on a gold ornate throne with a red cushion; behind them are gold carved panels and pillars in a temple-like hall. Two people visible in the scene, one partly cropped at the left edge.2017-12-15March 25 20172017-03-25A photograph of a long-haired man in a rust-brown robe with a white-and-black forehead mark, wearing a white flower garland and a thick rudraksha mala, seated before an ornate gold throne with a carved backrest. He smiles with closed eyes while a bald man in a white shirt with an orange-trimmed garment and orange lanyard reaches toward his forehead in a blessing gesture. Red curtains fill the background. The seated man has distinctive long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala and a gold-backed peetha, so he is a probable Swamiji candidate receiving or giving a forehead blessing.2016-10-01February 14 20172017-02-14