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A standing male figure on a stage in front of an ornate golden arched backdrop lit in warm red light. He wears long dark hair, a red forehead mark, and an orange garment with a leopard-print wrap at the waist. He wears layered rudraksha malas with silver bells across the chest and waist, rudraksha bracelets on the arms and ankles, and holds a silver trident in his left hand with his right hand on his hip. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), a figure with long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha malas standing with a trident as a performer or deity-style presentation. No readable text is visible on the stage itself.

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April 28 20122012-04-28A photograph of one standing man in a staged performance against a glowing golden arched backdrop lit in red and orange. He holds a silver trident (trishula) in his left hand and rests his right hand on his hip. He has long dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, and wears a sleeveless orange top, a leopard-print cloth wrapped at the waist over an orange dhoti, and multiple long necklaces and arm bands of dark rudraksha beads interspersed with silver bells. Bells are also tied at his ankles. The figure resembles Swamiji (probable) by appearance cues: long hair, rudraksha malas and ornate saffron clothing, shown in the role of a Shiva-like performer with trident.2012-04-28A photograph of a single man standing on a stage before an ornate golden arched backdrop with embossed floral and scrollwork patterns, lit in warm red and orange. He has long, voluminous dark hair and holds a silver trident in his left hand. He wears an orange sleeveless garment, a leopard-print wrap around his waist, and an orange lower cloth. He is draped in long strands of rudraksha beads interspersed with small metal bells, with matching rudraksha bracelets on his arms and ankles. A small red mark is on his forehead. Appearance-based candidate: Swamiji (probable), based on the long hair, orange clothing, rudraksha malas and ceremonial adornments; the page is a satsang discourse, but no text on the stage names him.2012-04-28April 28 20122012-04-28A man stands barefoot on a raised stage in front of a large ornate golden arch with carved floral and scroll relief. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange top, layers of dark rudraksha beads with small metal bells, a leopard-print cloth wrapped at the waist, and an orange draped lower garment, with rudraksha bracelets on his arms and ankles. He holds a tall black staff hung with small bells in his raised right hand while his left hand rests on his hip. A red bindi marks his forehead, and his long dark hair falls past his shoulders. The backdrop glows orange and red.2012-04-28April 28 20122012-04-28April 28 20122012-04-28A man stands centre stage before a large ornate golden arch against a glowing red-orange drape. He wears a leopard-print sleeveless garment over orange drawstring trousers, with long rudraksha mala strands across his chest and waist, a rudraksha bracelet on each arm and ankle, and a red tilak on his forehead. He holds a silver trident in his left hand, and his right hand rests on his hip. His eyes are closed and he appears to be speaking into a headset microphone. Visual cues: long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and saffron-orange clothing, consistent with the appearance of the Swamiji candidate, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2012-04-21April 28 20122012-04-28A single performer stands before a large golden-ornamented arch glowing in red and orange light. He wears an orange sleeveless top, a leopard-print wrap, a dark rudraksha mala draped across the chest with silver bells, and rudraksha bracelets on his arms. He holds a silver trident with a red stone in one hand, with the other hand on his hip, and a small headset microphone is visible at his ear. The figure has long, swept dark hair and a red tilak on the forehead, and the costume reads as a stylised Shiva-like appearance, though the figure's identity is not established by the image itself.2012-04-28A standing male figure in a Shiva-style costume holds a silver trident in his left hand and rests his right hand on his hip in front of an ornate gold repoussé arch with a circular mandala-patterned backdrop lit in red. He wears long, wild black hair, a red bindi, and an orange sleeveless top layered with dark rudraksha beads and metal bells draped across the chest and waist. Below he wears a leopard-print cloth over orange draped trousers, with rudraksha bead bands on his arms, wrists and ankles, and is barefoot. The appearance-based label is a person, though the figure's costume reads as a stage performance or depiction of Shiva rather than a clear identification.2012-04-28April 28 20122012-04-28