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A bearded man in a rust-red sannyasi robe and a red turban with a small silver emblem stands smiling at the entrance of a red-curtained stage. He holds a tall wooden staff in his right hand. Behind him is a large golden-brown rock-like sculpture on a gold-draped altar with a red cloth base. On the left a photographer in white holds a camera, and on the right a video camera operator and several seated devotees in colourful saris and shirts watch from the edge of the frame. Swamiji (probable): the figure wears a red turban and saffron-red robe, with long hair under the turban and a ceremonial stage setting consistent with a discourse, and is identified as the speaker by the page.

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A bearded man in an orange-red saffron robe with a gold-trimmed waist cloth and a red-orange turban walks down a striped multicoloured runner holding a wooden staff. Lined up on both sides, devotees in white, teal, pink and orange clothes press their palms together in anjali. Behind him stands a stage with a red and pink cosmic backdrop, gold trident (trishul) staffs, and a large dark rock-like pedestal topped with a deity murti. A cameraman and a photographer with a camera are visible at the edges. The scene suggests a satsang procession toward the dais.2016-12-17A bearded man in a saffron-orange turban and a rust-orange cloth wrapped over his shoulders and around his waist walks across a red-carpeted stage holding a wooden staff in his left hand, eyes lowered. Behind him stands a gold-and-red backdrop with three golden trident (trishul) stands and a golden shrine area with a deity murti or statue of Shiva under a rock-like stone arch. On the left, two people in light clothing stand with palms pressed together in namaste. A camera operator on a tripod films from the right, and a row of seated audience members in pink, teal and white saris and garments fills the foreground edges, with a blurred person photographing on the lower left.2016-12-17December 17 20162016-12-17December 12 20162016-12-12December 17 20162016-12-17December 17 20162016-12-17Photograph of a man in a rust-red saffron-toned dhoti and shawl with a red turban and a long beaded mala with a gold ornament walking barefoot down a red carpet between devotees who stand with palms pressed together. Around him a crowd of mostly women in saris and salwar kameez, some in white and red, stand on both sides with hands folded in namaskar. Behind the walkway a backdrop shows a glowing blue cosmic starfield and a large golden deity murti with a cobra hood, flanked by a camera operator and stage lights. Some people sit in white plastic chairs at the left edge. a person, in appearance-based label, walking the carpet with devotees in prayer.2016-12-12A photograph of a procession down a striped multicoloured runner in a hall, with devotees lined on both sides. A bearded man in a rust-orange robe with a bare chest, a dark wrap and a rust-orange turban with a crescent emblem walks barefoot holding a cane. Devotees in saffron, white, turquoise and pink saris and kurtas stand with palms pressed together, and a woman in a maroon sari kneels on the left. Behind them stands a red backdrop with a cosmic sky image, trishul staffs, a deity murti on a golden draped peetha, and a kalasha.2016-12-17December 12 20162016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12A photograph of a man in an orange-brown shawl walking barefoot across a striped woven mat on a red stage. He has long dark hair swept back, a red tilak on his forehead and a smile. Behind him a red curtain hangs at left and a golden deity murti with lit oil lamps sits on a red-draped platform under a blue backdrop with gold trident-like standards. At right, women in white and colourful saris stand watching, and a cameraman's lens is visible at left.2016-12-14A photograph of a ceremonial hall with a red carpeted walkway and a striped rug, where a bearded man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a red and gold turban with a crescent emblem, a rudraksha mala and a large ceremonial gold necklace, walks forward toward a dark deity murti with four arms and a crown set against a starry blue backdrop. Gold tridents stand on either side. Dressed in white, a woman with a red shawl and other white-clad attendees stand or kneel along the edges, and a cameraman films the procession. The man's appearance with turban, crescent emblem, saffron-orange clothing and gold necklace is consistent with a probable Swamiji (probable) presence, and he is presented as the central figure walking toward the murti.2016-12-12