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Outdoor photo of a man with long dark hair and a red bindi seated cross-legged in meditation with eyes closed, wearing a sleeveless saffron-orange robe and a long dark rudraksha mala. His hands rest clasped in his lap on an orange cushion over a wooden platform. A brass kalasha-style vessel with a handle and spout sits in the foreground. Behind him, two men in white dhotis sit on the sand, one in a yellow shawl; palm trees, a white building and a bamboo fence form the background.

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Outdoor photograph of a man seated cross-legged on a mat in meditation, eyes closed, hands resting in his lap. He wears sleeveless saffron-orange robes draped over one shoulder and a long black rudraksha mala with a red tilak on his forehead; his dark hair is tied back. Beside him, a second seated man in orange robes also meditates with hands folded. A brass kalasha-style pot with a handle sits in the foreground. Behind them are a bamboo fence, white wall, palm trees and a stone deity murti. Two white-clad figures stand at the edge. Compositional elements are sparse; the setting appears to be a temple or ashram courtyard.2010-09-06September 12 20102010-09-12September 05 20102010-09-05Outdoor photo of a man seated cross-legged on an orange mat with eyes closed in meditation, wearing an orange sleeveless wrap and a long black rudraksha mala around his neck, with a small red vertical mark on his forehead. Behind him, two men in white dhotis sit in meditation, one bare-chested with a sacred thread and one wearing a white shawl, plus a partly visible seated figure. A brass kalasha-style vessel with a handle sits in the foreground, a white statue and palm trees stand in the background. The seated man in orange is a candidate for a person based on the orange ochre wrap and rudraksha mala, though his face and presentation are not distinctively confirmed.2010-09-17September 13 20102010-09-13September 05 20102010-09-05July 20 20102010-07-20September 13 20102010-09-13September 09 20102010-09-09A man with long swept-back black hair sits cross-legged on a raised wooden seat in profile, eyes closed, in meditation. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange garment with an orange shawl draped across the chest, a rudraksha mala strung down the front, and a white tilak mark on the forehead. A brass kalasha-style vessel with a spout sits in the foreground on a mat. Behind him, two men in white ritual clothes with yellow shawls sit on the ground in front of an orange-painted building with a tiled roof. The setting is an outdoor courtyard. Swamiji (probable): the seated man in orange, with long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala is the appearance-based candidate, shown in meditation.2010-09-13A man with long dark hair sits cross-legged on a low wooden seat in meditation, eyes closed, wearing a saffron-orange robe draped over one shoulder and a long multi-strand gold beaded necklace, with a red bindi and white markings on his forehead. Behind him, seated figures in white clothes, one with a yellow shawl, sit on bare ground among palm trees and frangipani shrubs. A brass kalasha-style vessel with a handle sits at the lower left edge. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, saffron robe and ornate gold necklace, seated in meditation as the presiding figure.2010-08-15A man sits cross-legged on a mat outdoors in meditation, eyes closed, hands resting in his lap. He wears a sleeveless orange-saffron garment draped over the shoulders and a long black rudraksha mala hanging to the waist, with a red tilak on his forehead. Long dark hair falls past his shoulders. Behind him are palm trees, a white wall, a wooden post and scattered ash on the ground. A brass kalasha-style vessel with a handle sits at the lower left. Swamiji (probable) appearance cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala.2010-09-05