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A bald man in white kurta and dhoti sits cross-legged in meditation on a concrete step in front of an orange-painted wall and a dark red door. He wears an orange shawl, a rudraksha mala and a tilak on his forehead, with palms resting open on his knees. Behind him is a blue backpack with orange trim. At left, an orange canopy and a wooden cart are decorated with pink, green and yellow garlands. A dark statue stands in the background.

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A shaved-headed man sits cross-legged in meditation on a concrete floor in front of a red door with a padlock, beside an orange wall. He wears a white kurta, a white dhoti with a pink border, an orange shawl draped over his shoulders, a rudraksha mala and a small pendant, and a red tilak on his forehead. His hands rest open on his knees. Beside him lie a grey and orange backpack and a woven mat. Behind him stands a flatbed cart with yellow and pink garlands hanging from it, and a dark stone statue of a standing figure is visible in the background.2010-09-03A shaved-headed man in white ritual clothing sits cross-legged on a concrete floor in meditation, eyes closed, palms open on his knees. He wears an orange shawl draped over his shoulders and a rudraksha mala with a pendant, with a tilak and red bindi on his forehead, and bangles on his wrists. Behind him are a grey-and-orange backpack with a mobile phone, a red door, a green mat, sacks and a cart wheel in an open-fronted shop. One person is visible, sitting in meditation.2010-09-03A seated man meditates outdoors on an orange cushion placed on a wooden platform over a woven mat. He wears a long-sleeved saffron-orange robe with a matching orange shawl draped over his shoulders, a vertical tilak on his forehead, and long dark hair swept back. His hands rest folded in his lap and his eyes are closed. Beside him sits a small brass pot with a spout. Behind him a large cream-coloured wooden cart with black rubber-tyred wheels stands on a paved courtyard, with red walls in the background.2011-02-14A man sits cross-legged in meditation on an orange cushion outdoors, eyes closed and hands resting on his knees in a mudra. He wears an orange saffron robe with maroon borders and a long double strand of rudraksha beads draped over his shoulders, with a red bindi and white markings on his forehead and dark hair pulled back. Behind him a white vehicle and blurred trees stand in the background, and a small brass bowl sits at the bottom edge.2011-01-31A man sits cross-legged in meditation on a thin orange cushion over a woven mat, eyes closed, hands resting on his knees in a relaxed mudra. He wears a saffron-orange shawl wrapped over one shoulder, a long rudraksha mala of dark brown beads across his chest, and a small red bindi on his forehead, with long dark hair tied back. A brass bowl sits in the lower foreground. Behind him is a white van with a painted deity image, on a paved courtyard. A probable Swamiji candidate by appearance: long swept-back hair, saffron shawl and rudraksha mala, matching the meditation context on this page, though the face is not used to identify him.2011-02-01 +1 copiesFebruary 14 20112011-02-14 +1 copiesA man sits cross-legged in meditation with eyes closed on a cushioned wooden seat over a woven mat, outdoors on a paved courtyard. He wears an orange-saffron robe draped over his shoulders and body, has long dark hair tied back, and a tilak mark on his forehead. His hands rest clasped in his lap. A brass kettle-shaped vessel with a handle sits on the ground to his left. Behind him a large wooden flatbed cart with spoked tyres stands on a stone platform beside a red brick wall.2011-02-14A man sits cross-legged in meditation on an orange cushion placed on a woven mat outdoors. He wears a saffron-orange robe draped over one shoulder, a long rudraksha mala of dark brown beads around his neck, and a red bindi on his forehead, with his eyes closed and hands resting on his knees in a relaxed mudra. A brass bowl sits in the lower foreground. Behind him, a white van with a painted deity figure is parked beside a paved walkway, and a second person in white clothing stands in the background. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back dark hair, saffron robe and rudraksha mala match the page's Swamiji reference.2011-02-01A man sits cross-legged on an orange cushion on a mat outdoors, eyes closed, in meditation. He wears orange saffron robes with maroon borders and a long rudraksha mala draped across his chest and shoulders, with a red bindi and white tilak on his forehead. His hair is swept back into a bun, and his hands rest on his knees. A small brass bowl sits at the bottom edge of the frame, and a white van and trees are blurred in the background.2011-01-31A man sits cross-legged in meditation on a raised orange cushion placed on a low wooden seat over a woven mat, eyes closed and hands folded in his lap. He wears an orange saffron robe draped over his shoulders and an orange dhoti, with a red tilak on his forehead. A small brass kalasha-style vessel sits to his left on the ground, and a dark stone deity murti is partly visible at the upper right beside a stacked red-orange stone platform. Behind him is a flatbed wheeled cart with metal rings and a palm tree in the background. The person's appearance is consistent with the page's identification of a person, with a shaved-style short hairstyle and saffron clothing; the identification is probable rather than certain. A single person is visible.2011-02-14 +1 copiesA man seated cross-legged in meditation on an orange cushion outdoors, eyes closed, face lifted slightly. He wears an orange saffron cloth draped over one shoulder with maroon borders, and a long necklace of rudraksha beads reaches to his waist. A red bindi and white tilak mark his forehead, and his hair is swept back into a bun. A white van is parked in the background, and a brass bowl sits at the bottom edge of the frame. Swamiji (probable): the seated meditator matches the presentation cues of rudraksha mala, saffron clothing and swept-back hair, and is shown during meditation.2011-01-31A man sits cross-legged on an orange cushion outdoors, eyes closed in meditation. He wears saffron-orange robes with maroon borders, draped over one shoulder, and a long rudraksha mala hangs across his chest. A white vibhuti line marks his forehead with a red kumkum dot between the brows. Behind him a white van and blurred green trees are visible, and his hands rest relaxed on his knees.2011-01-31