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A man with long dreadlocked black hair and white tilak markings on his forehead and arms sits on a wooden chair, holding a silver lamp with a bright open flame and rising smoke. He wears a rust-red robe, a leopard-print waist sash, a gold pendant, a red wrist thread, and multiple rudraksha mala strands. Behind him are blurred white and yellow flower garlands and a microphone stand. The right side shows a wooden chair with a rope and a fringed cloth draped over it.

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December 28 20172017-12-28A man with long dark matted locks and white vertical tilak and arm markings sits on an ornate white-cushioned seat, holding a silver lamp with a flame in his right hand. He wears a rust-red sleeveless garment, a leopard-print sash, a gold pendant and dark rudraksha beads across his chest. Behind him are garlanded deity murti in blue and white draping, with marigold and white flower garlands, and a wooden chair arm in the foreground. The robe colour, ornaments and long swept hair are visible cues, but the setting shows an aarti-style flame offering rather than a confirmed identity for the person.2017-12-28A man with long dark matted hair and a trimmed beard sits with eyes closed on an ornate silver chair, holding his hands near a wooden stand with a flame at the right. He wears a rust-orange sleeveless top, a leopard-print waist cloth, and a gold necklace with a round pendant. Long rudraksha mala strands cross his chest and waist, and white sacred ash marks his forehead and arms. Behind him are white and yellow jasmine garlands with red flowers, and a blue silk drape is visible at the upper left. Appearance-based candidate: a person, seated in ceremonial ritual clothing with rudraksha malas and gold necklace during a fire offering.2017-12-28December 28 20172017-12-28A photograph of a man seated before a floral backdrop of red and white roses and marigold-style blooms, holding a small metal oil lamp with a visible flame in his right hand. He wears a leopard-print cloth, layered rudraksha malas and rudraksha bracelets, and a gold chain. He has long dreadlocked hair with a crescent-moon ornament and a gold piece on top, white tilak on the forehead with a red dot, and his eyes are closed. A microphone stand is visible at right. a person is in the centre, the appearance-based candidate, shown with distinctive rudraksha malas, a leopard-print cloth and long dreadlocked hair.2017-12-20A man with long dreadlocked hair and a full beard, wearing a reddish-orange shawl draped over his shoulders and bare-chested, multiple strands of brown rudraksha malas, and a gold pendant, stands holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame while looking down toward a floral arrangement. A bright red-orange vertical mark is on his forehead and a red thread is tied on his wrist. Behind him are a gold ornate backdrop and a red throne-like seat. This appears to be a puja with an oil lamp offered before flowers. The man has distinctive long hair, rudraksha malas and saffron-orange clothing, so an appearance-based Swamiji (probable) label applies.2018-05-30December 20 20172017-12-20December 28 20172017-12-28May 21 20182018-05-21 +1 copiesDecember 20 20172017-12-20A man with long dark matted hair and white tripundra markings on his forehead and arms holds a silver oil lamp with a bright flame in his right hand, raising it near his face. He wears a rust-red sleeveless garment with a leopard-print cloth around his waist and a rudraksha mala. Behind him are garlands of white flowers with red and yellow accents, a blurred blue fabric hanging at top left, and a wooden stand in the foreground. A microphone stand is visible at right.2017-12-28June 01 20122012-06-01 +2 copies