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A man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl with gold zari borders walks barefoot along a beige carpet runner, wearing a long gold-beaded necklace with a gold pendant and a red bindi. His right hand is raised, touching the head of a man in a red checked shirt with glasses, while several devotees in white shirts stand with palms together. Behind them, a temple shrine with a large deity murti is visible. Two priests in white dhotis with maroon borders stand to the right, one carrying a silver tray with a kalasha-style vessel and a bundle of rudraksha malas. The setting is an indoor hall with grey curtains. a person is the orange-clad man, identified by saffron robes, layered gold necklaces and bindi, appearing to give blessings.

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February 25 20112011-02-25A smiling man in saffron-orange draped garments with gold-bordered edges and a heavy gold bead necklace stands in a crowded hall. His long dark hair is swept back, and he wears a red bindi and white vertical tilak on his forehead. He holds his hands together at his chest. Beside him a man in white clothes and glasses raises his hand toward the figure, and a shaved-headed attendant in white dhoti with a white forehead mark stands behind. A striped floor and a red-and-white canopy frame the scene; a wooden tray with rudraksha malas is visible at right. The man in orange has distinctive long swept-back hair and saffron clothing with ornate gold necklaces, matching the probable Swamiji cues, so he is labeled Swamiji (probable) as a person in person.2011-02-25A man in a saffron-orange sleeveless garment with broad gold borders and a long gold bead necklace with a pendant stands in a hall, raising his right hand toward the head of a devotee in white with folded hands. His hair is swept back, with a red dot and white tilak on his forehead, and he holds a wooden tray in his left hand. Behind him, other priests in white and orange stand among devotees in a blurred hall with red and white draped curtains and a decorated pillar. The scene appears to be a blessing or darshan moment.2011-02-25A photograph of a man in an orange saffron garment with a gold-bordered shawl and layered gold bead necklaces with a gold pendant, his long dark hair swept back, marked with white and red tilak on his forehead, standing in a line and placing his right palm on the head of a devotee in a light shirt. Several devotees on the left stand with palms pressed together in anjali, some in white shirts and dhotis, others in light clothing, while more people stand behind in a hall with white canopy and grey curtain. The orange-clad figure appears to be giving a blessing, with the scene reading as a darshan or blessing line. Appearance cues of long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and gold necklaces are consistent with Swamiji (probable), shown in person.2011-02-25 +1 copiesFebruary 27 20112011-02-27 +1 copiesFebruary 25 20112011-02-25A man in an orange saffron garment with gold-bordered drape and a heavy gold necklace of beads stands at right, long dark hair swept back, holding a small white card or paper in one hand while raising the other palm toward a line of men. Several men at left stand with palms pressed together in namaste, one in a white shirt and another in a brown shirt, and a man in a striped shirt stands behind. The setting appears to be an indoor hall with a blue curtain in the background.2011-02-25 +1 copiesFebruary 22 20112011-02-22 +1 copiesFebruary 25 20112011-02-25 +1 copiesA smiling man with slicked-back long dark hair stands in profile, extending his right arm toward the left of the frame. He wears a saffron-orange garment with a wide gold-bordered edge and a red dot on his forehead with white horizontal markings. Layered gold beaded necklaces and a thin gold chain hang on his chest. Blurred figures in white clothing stand behind him under a white tent canopy. Swamiji (probable): his long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and ceremonial gold necklaces fit the page's Swamiji reference.2011-02-25 +1 copiesFebruary 25 20112011-02-25 +1 copiesFebruary 22 20112011-02-22 +1 copies