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A figure with long, swept-back hair and an orange saffron robe stands bent over a large open flame at night, holding a vessel or offering near the fire. A rudraksha mala hangs around the neck, and a red bindi or tilak is visible on the forehead. A thatched canopy edge is visible overhead and a small microphone stand sits to the right of the flame. The scene is dark apart from the fire. Probable Swamiji is identified by the long hair, saffron clothing, and rudraksha mala as the officiating figure.

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November 20 20062006-11-20A night ritual photograph at a fire. A man in orange-saffron robes stands beside a large open flame, holding a thin stick over the fire with his right hand while his left arm is folded across his chest. He wears a rudraksha mala with a pendant around his neck and a red tilak on his forehead, and his long curly hair falls past his shoulders. Above him an ornate canopy with fringed edges is partly visible, and a microphone stands at the right edge of the frame against the dark background.2006-11-20A photograph of a man in an orange saffron robe draped over his shoulders, with a long strand of wooden rudraksha beads hanging across his chest. He has long dark hair swept back, a white sacred ash mark on his forehead with a red dot at the centre, and he holds both hands palm-out over a flame burning in a dark bowl at left, as in an aarti or homa offering. The background is black. The bowl and flame suggest a fire ritual, and the man is the only person visible.2006-10-19A man in an orange saffron shawl and a long rudraksha mala stands in a dark setting, holding a brass aarti lamp with a large flame and rising smoke. He has a white and red forehead mark and long dark hair, and he looks down toward the lamp with a smile. Another brass vessel is partly visible at the lower left. This is an aarti scene with the lamp lit against a black background.2006-10-19A man in an orange-saffron robe stands against a dark background, holding a brass aarti lamp with a large open flame in his left hand while his right hand is raised near his chest in a gesture. He wears long dark hair, a white forehead marking with a red kumkum dot, and a long rudraksha mala of brown beads. Smoke curls upward from the flame. Appearance-based candidate: a person, shown in person performing an aarti with a lamp, wearing saffron robes and rudraksha beads.2006-10-19A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with long, swept-back dark hair, a gold-bead necklace and white ash markings on the forehead presses palms together in prayer beside an open fire pit, a homa, with orange flames. Another saffron-robed priest with a red-and-orange head wrap sits behind a bowl, and a seated audience fills the dim background. Fruit, flower garlands and a white garland sit on the altar, and a microphone stands at the right edge.2010-02-12November 20 20062006-11-20A single man in an orange-saffron wrap and orange garment stands at left of frame beside an open flame in a metal bowl, his right hand extended toward the fire in a blessing or offering gesture. He has long dark curly hair, a white line marking across the forehead and a red dot at the centre, and a long rudraksha mala with a multi-bead necklace hangs across his chest. The background is dark with smoke, and a faint circular logo appears in the upper left corner. The overlay on the right reads a copyright notice and an archive source credit.2006-10-19A man in a saffron-orange shawl and a long rudraksha mala stands against a dark background, holding his hands over a brass oil lamp with a large flame and rising smoke. He has a white forehead mark with a red dot and long swept-back dark hair. The flame and warm light dominate the image.2006-10-19A photograph of a man in an orange saffron wrap with long dark swept-back hair, a red bindi and a white forehead mark, wearing a long rudraksha mala. He holds a metal bowl of flaming camphor or oil lamp fire, with smoke rising against a black background. Swamiji (probable): the saffron wrap, long hair and rudraksha mala are visible cues of a sannyasi-style presentation, and he is performing an aarti with the fire bowl. Only one physical person is visible.2006-10-19January 05 20142014-01-05A photograph in a dark setting shows a man with long dark wavy hair wearing an orange saffron shawl and a long rudraksha mala. He has white ash and a red bindi on his forehead. He holds both hands open over a flame and rising smoke, as in a fire ritual. Swamiji (probable): the long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, and rudraksha mala are visible cues, shown in the sentence above. The flame rises from a dark surface at the lower left.2006-10-19