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Indoor event photograph with a man in white shirt holding a brass tray of bananas and a folded red cloth toward a figure in saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha mala with red-brown beads, who has long swept-back hair and a bracelet, and smiles while another man in a white shirt stands nearby. Several other men stand around, one in a checked shirt, one with palms pressed together, and a bald man in white dhoti with an orange shawl at right edge. Orange and yellow decorative tassels hang from the ceiling behind them. Swamiji (probable): the saffron-robed figure with long swept-back hair and rudraksha mala fits the distinctive presentation cues, shown in person receiving offerings.

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A photograph of a devotional gathering indoors under a draped white fabric ceiling. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a gold-trimmed saffron shawl smiles while receiving fruit from devotees. Another monastic in a plain orange robe stands at right with a shaved head, holding a silver tray. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis stand in the group, some with palms joined in namaste and some offering fruit. A decorated yellow-and-gold canopy hangs above, and a deity murti or ornate altar is partly visible at the right edge.2011-02-02A photograph of an indoor gathering under a fabric canopy with a decorated pole hung with an orange cloth. At the centre, a man with long swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala wears an orange robe with a red-and-saffron sash and smiles while raising his hand toward a standing man in a white shirt who holds fruit in cupped hands. Several men in white shirts and dhotis stand around them, and on the right a shaved-headed man in orange robes holds a silver tray with gold-coloured items. Around eight people are visible in total.2011-02-02A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange-saffron sleeveless top and orange-red wrap with a dark rudraksha mala draped over his chest, touching the forehead of a man in a white shirt. Around him several men in white shirts and white dhotis stand in an orange-walled hall with framed photographs and text panels on the wall and a metal railing in front. A man in a white shirt holds a small red object and a paper. A shaved-headed man in white ritual clothing stands at the right edge.2010-09-21July 20 20132013-07-20November 07 20112011-11-07Indoor photo of a devotional gathering in a plain room with a white wall. A bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing orange and maroon cloth and a beaded rudraksha-style necklace, raises his right palm in blessing toward a kneeling man in a red-and-black checked shirt, who presses his palms together. Around them, several men in white dhotis and shirts, one with orange shawl and vibhuti marks, stand with hands folded in namaste. A shaven-headed man in orange with gold beaded garlands stands at right, and a bearded man in black shirt stands in the background. A white flower garland and ritual objects are visible at lower right. Whether the central figure is a person cannot be established from appearance, so the description uses his role instead.2011-02-28February 18 20112011-02-18Indoor photo at a Holi-era event hall with a projector screen and red and gold decorations behind. On the right, a bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair wears orange-saffron cloth and a long orange rudraksha-style mala with gold ceremonial beads, and gestures warmly toward men in white shirts. A shaved-headed man in orange-red cloth with a white forehead mark and beads stands beside him, smiling. On the left, two men in white shirts face him and smile, and a row of standing men in white and striped shirts watches in the background. a person is visible as the central figure with long hair, saffron cloth, and ornate gold beads, greeting visitors.2013-03-27A photograph inside a hall with pink walls and striped decorative hangings from the ceiling shows devotees offering fruit and envelopes to a monk in saffron robes at the lower right. The monk wears an orange robe, a red-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala, and holds a gold-coloured ceremonial object. Men in white dhotis and white shirts stand around him, one holding a yellow folder and an orange fruit, another in a white dhoti with a sacred thread and tilak. Several onlookers stand behind them. The monk's face is not visible, so no identity is asserted.2010-10-09A photograph of a devotional offering at a temple. In the foreground, a man in orange robes with a white jasmine garland and a shaved head leans over a wicker basket of fruit held by a bare-chested devotee wearing a rudraksha-style bead necklace. A long-haired man in an orange and ochre shawl, with a dark-stranded hairstyle and a white garland, hands small paper slips to the devotees. Around them, several men and an older bespectacled man in white shirts, one with a red and white forehead mark and a red thread, watch. Yellow curtains and an arched doorway with a blue door frame appear behind. The scene shows prasad and paper prayer slips being distributed during a temple visit, and the long-haired man is a person based on long swept-back hair and ornate orange clothing, though the identity is uncertain.2012-06-03 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple or ashram hall with white canopy cloth and colourful striped pillars overhead. In the centre a man with swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron shawl over a dark-saffron robe and a long dark rudraksha mala, smiles while holding a silver tray of offerings. Beside him stands a shaved-headed man in an orange robe and mala, and at right a bald man in an orange shawl. At left a man in a white shirt bows with hands folded, and a man in grey with palms joined in namaste stands in the foreground. Behind them a priest in white dhoti with a gold necklace and tilak stands near brass items, with other devotees in white clothes in the background.2010-10-09November 06 20112011-11-06