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A man with long dark swept-back hair and a red kumkum mark on his forehead stands outdoors on a hillside, looking down. He wears a pink-red silk garment with a gold-bordered waist cloth, layered white jasmine and red flower garlands, a heavy gold and rudraksha necklace, and gold bangles. He holds a pink lotus flower in one hand. Dry rocky hills and green trees form the background, and part of another person is visible at the lower right edge.

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A photograph of a man standing outdoors against a rocky, scrub-covered hillside with green trees in the foreground. He wears a salmon-pink silk garment draped over the torso and a pink dhoti-style wrap, with a gold-coloured border band at the waist. He has long, dark, swept-back hair, a red bindi and a white tilak on the forehead, and he wears layered white jasmine and red flower garlands, a green leaf garland, a heavy gold bead necklace with rudraksha beads, and gold bangles. He holds pink flower petals in his raised right hand and looks downward with a slight smile. A partially visible bald person in orange clothing is at the lower right edge of the frame.2011-05-17A standing man in a rose-pink silk dhoti and shawl, adorned with a white and red jasmine-and-marigold garland, a heavy gold bead necklace, and a gold armlet, stands barefoot on a flat rock outdoors. A red tilak marks his forehead. Behind him rise scrubby hills and green trees. A second man in saffron-orange robes, with a shaved head and a rudraksha mala, bends beside him, pouring or arranging yellow offerings on the stone from a metal vessel, consistent with a padapuja foot-worship ritual. Only the standing man's identity is unclear from appearance alone.2011-05-17A standing man with long dark hair stands barefoot on a rock outcrop in a hillside setting with shrubs and rocky slopes behind him. He wears a red-pink silk dhoti with a gold border, a white and red flower garland, a gold bead necklace, a gold armlet and a bangle, and a red bindi on his forehead. A man in orange and saffron clothing with a shaved head and gold bead necklace kneels and pours white powder from a brass plate over the standing man's feet, a padapuja. Flowers lie on the rock.2011-05-17A photograph on a hillside outdoors with green shrubs and a rocky mountain behind. A standing person in a red-pink silk garment with gold border wears long white and red flower garlands, a gold beaded necklace and a gold armlet, with a red bindi on the forehead and long dark hair. Standing barefoot on a rock, this figure is receiving a pada puja, with white powder poured over the feet. A second person in orange robes with a gold border and a gold beaded necklace leans forward, holding a brass plate of white powder and pouring it. Pink flower petals lie on the rock in the foreground.2011-05-17Outdoor photo of a smiling man in a red-pink silk garment with a gold-colored border, draped over one shoulder and wrapped at the waist. He wears layered white jasmine garlands, a red flower garland, a heavy gold bead necklace with rudraksha beads, rudraksha bracelets and a gold bracelet. He holds a pink lotus flower in his raised right hand and looks down at it. A red bindi marks his forehead. Behind him are dry hills and green leafy shrubs.2011-05-17A person sits cross-legged with eyes closed on a large rounded rock outdoors, in meditation, with a green hillside and trees behind. He wears a pink-red silk garment with gold zari borders draped over the shoulders, a heavy multi-strand gold bead necklace, gold armlets and bangles, and a white vertical tilak with a red dot on the forehead. His long dark hair falls past his shoulders.2011-05-17A man sits cross-legged on a rock outdoors, eyes closed and smiling, in meditation. He wears a pink silk garment with a gold zari border, a heavy gold bead necklace with rudraksha beads, a rudraksha armlet on each upper arm, and gold bangles. He has long dark hair, white sandalwood lines and a red bindi on his forehead. Behind him are green shrubs and a reddish hillside. a person cues are the long swept hair, ornate gold necklaces, rudraksha ornaments and saffron-pink ceremonial clothing, but the identity is uncertain from appearance alone and the page does not place a person at this event.2011-05-17July 03 20122012-07-03A man with long dark hair sits cross-legged with eyes closed in meditation on a large granite boulder outdoors. He wears a red-orange garment with gold border, a gold bead mala necklace, gold armlets and a red bindi on his forehead. Behind him a rocky hill rises with green trees around, and to the right stand brass vessels including a large brass pot and small kalasha-style pots on the ground. Small white flowers grow near the rock. The scene suggests a hilltop meditation spot.2011-05-17October 05 20132013-10-05May 17 20112011-05-17A man stands outdoors under a canopy in a rust-red sannyasi robe draped over one shoulder, wearing a thick multi-strand rudraksha mala and a large gold pendant necklace with a gold bead cluster. He wears a white-and-red garland of marigold and red flowers with green leaves across his chest and arms, a red tilak on his forehead, and red-beaded bracelets. His eyes are lowered and he is smiling slightly. Behind him a gold-embroidered throne with red cushions stands beside colourful fringed hangings and a brass lamp, with palm trees and a parked car visible in the background. Appearance-based cues including long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and gold ornaments suggest Swamiji (probable), standing in person.2016-08-12