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A crowded indoor scene in a plain room with pale yellow walls and a window with iron bars at right. Several people raise cameras and phones, including a man in a striped maroon shirt on the left and a hand holding a DSLR camera aloft in the foreground. Around the centre, shaven-headed men in white dhotis and white shirts wear beaded rudraksha malas and gold chains, and some wear orange-saffron garments. A few men wear glasses. The mood is a tight, jostling gathering of devotees and photographers, with no clearly visible central figure whose appearance can be confidently matched to the page's named swami.

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A crowded indoor scene in a yellow-walled hall with red wooden doors and a bright light source at the top. A bare-headed man in a long-sleeved white shirt and dark trousers stands center-left, while a shaved-headed figure wearing an orange-saffron cloth and a long garland of white and red flowers is pressed among devotees. Several men in white shirts, a man in a maroon shirt, and people with orange turbans or head cloths surround him. A cameraman in the foreground holds a large video camera, and another person films with a handheld device. Many hands are raised toward the central figure as people crowd around to see him.2014-06-19June 22 20122012-06-22December 31 20092009-12-31A crowded room with cream walls, a ceiling fan and a garland of orange and yellow marigolds strung along the top of the wall. A framed photograph hangs high on the right, showing a bearded man in an orange turban and a cloth wrapped over his shoulder in front of a river scene, and a small printed image sits nearby. At the lower right, a seated man in an orange turban, orange robe and rudraksha mala is partly visible. In the centre, a bald man with a gold chain, wearing an orange cloth, stands among devotees. A man in a white shirt holds his hands together in front of his chest, and a younger man in orange with a marigold garland sits near the front. A cameraman in dark clothing films the scene with a large camera at the left, surrounded by onlookers in white shirts. A small niche in the wall at right holds a small object and a pink flower arrangement sits on a ledge.2011-05-23June 24 20142014-06-24 +2 copiesA photograph of a corridor in a temple-like building with a yellow wall on the left and white walls, with an open doorway at the back. A line of people stands along both sides, many with their hands folded in anjali. A man in a white dhoti with a gold border raises a camera or phone toward the doorway. Several men wear saffron and orange robes, one in an orange shawl with a bald head and vermilion tilak. A man in the foreground right, shaved-headed with a vermilion mark, wears a rudraksha mala and a red-and-gold-bordered robe. Other devotees wear white, yellow and blue clothing. A woman in the left foreground wears a white sari with a gold border and red shawl.2015-10-03May 13 20122012-05-13December 31 20092009-12-31July 02 20142014-07-02A photograph of a press gathering inside a plain white-walled hall with barred windows and a dark-red draped cloth hanging on the back wall. Several photographers and cameramen stand and kneel at the front, one holding a camera with a tall boom microphone, another with a large video camera. A bald man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a rudraksha mala and sitting on the right beside a seated man in a khaki shirt, faces the group; the saffron-clad figure's appearance is consistent with a sannyasi, with bald head and ochre clothing, but identity cannot be confirmed from appearance. Several men in white dhotis and white head coverings stand along the walls, and a green floor mat and an orange plastic chair are visible. A loudspeaker stands on a stand at the right.2012-01-04A photograph inside a yellow-walled temple courtyard at a red-painted shrine doorway with red garlands hanging on its frame. A man in a maroon turban and a gold-and-maroon waist wrap stands with folded hands, wearing a long beaded necklace, while another man in a saffron robe and rudraksha beads places a hand near his head. Several saffron-robed sannyasis stand and sit behind them, a cameraman and a photographer shoot the scene, and devotees in the foreground watch. Ceiling fans and hanging lamps are visible. a person candidate is not clearly established from appearance, so the central figure is described by role only.2015-10-03A photograph of a crowded indoor room with concrete block walls and large glass windows, where a central figure in a maroon robe and maroon turban stands wearing a long garland of white and yellow flowers. Several bald priests in saffron-orange shawls and rudraksha malas stand around him, one holding his arm, while a dense crowd of men in white shirts and women in white saris with coloured borders presses in. A framed portrait stands on a red cloth on the back wall. The gathering suggests a pada puja offering at a devotee's house.2014-06-26