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October 25 2010

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A photograph of a ceremonial reception at a temple-style hall with striped decorative pillars. A smiling man with swept-back black hair wears a leafy green garland with yellow flowers and a golden-orange silk garment, holding out his hand to a small boy in a blue-and-white striped shirt who bows forward. Beside him, a bald priest in white dhoti and shawl with white sacred ash marks on his arms and chest stands at right. Behind the central figure, another man with white tripundra markings wears an orange cloth. A silver tray with a brass vessel sits in the foreground. Several devotees in white and dark clothing crowd the left side. Appearance-based a person cues are present: swept-back hair, saffron-orange clothing and a garland.2010-10-25A photograph of an indoor ceremonial gathering. A smiling man with long swept-back dark hair and a red forehead mark wears a gold-and-orange silk garment and a thick garland of yellow marigolds, green leaves and red flowers. He raises his right palm in greeting toward a group of devotees on the left, several of whom have their palms pressed together in namaskar. On the right, a shaved-headed priest in orange robes with white forehead markings and a beaded necklace stands beside a silver tray. Behind them, a stage is decorated with colourful striped and orange pillars, marigold festoons and a white projection screen. Roughly a dozen people are visible, many partly cropped at the frame edges.2010-10-25 +2 copiesSeptember 21 20102010-09-21September 21 20102010-09-21A photograph of a saffron-robed man with a rudraksha mala headband, gold necklace of beads, and red-and-white flower garlands, smiling as he extends his right hand in blessing toward a man in a white shirt whose head is lowered. Behind them stand several men, some with shaved heads and white tilak marks, others with red and white forehead marks. The setting is a warm yellow-walled hall. The saffron-robed central figure has long swept-back hair, a rudraksha crown, saffron clothing and ceremonial gold necklaces, consistent with the page's Swamiji reference: Swamiji (probable), giving blessing to a devotee.2012-05-10A smiling man in a rust-brown robe and yellow-and-red marigold garland, with gold ornate beaded necklaces and a red bindi, reaches out to young people in white shirts at a temple or ashram event. Behind him a man in white with a yellow-bordered cloth and rudraksha mala stands watching. Probable Swamiji (probable): the central figure has long swept-back hair, ceremonial gold necklaces and a saffron-brown robe, and is in_person. Other people are devotees in white, with forehead markings, in a busy hall.2013-05-29A photograph of an indoor hall with a white wall and ceiling fan. A smiling person with long dark hair in a bun, gold hoop earrings, a green and white flower garland and an orange-saffron shawl places a hand on the head of an older man in a white shirt who bows forward with hands together. Several other men stand around them, including a man at left with white sacred markings on his forehead wearing an orange-saffron garment and beaded mala. The long-haired figure is a person candidate by appearance: long swept hair, ornate gold armband and bangles, saffron shawl and garland, offering a blessing.2012-07-25June 19 20132013-06-19A photograph inside a temple hall with a corrugated metal roof and orange-painted walls. A smiling man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange sleeveless robe, a long garland of yellow and purple flowers, and a rudraksha mala, reaches out with one hand to touch the head of an elderly man in white at the left, while devotees press their palms together along a railing. Behind him stands a deity murti in a shrine with a gilded arch. To the right, several shaved-headed men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand in a line, and another man in orange kurta stands at the far right. Swamiji (probable): the long swept-back hair, orange robe, flower garland and rudraksha mala match the page's description of the central figure.2010-08-19September 11 20122012-09-11October 25 20102010-10-25November 03 20112011-11-03