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Outdoor photo of a smiling bare-chested young man with white face paint and a dark tripundra-style mark on his forehead, wearing a long brown rudraksha mala and a small pendant on a thin silver chain. Behind him a child in white drinks from a bottle, a woman in orange sari stands at right, and a red multi-storey building, trees and a white van appear in the background. No a person candidate is distinctly identifiable from appearance alone.

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Outdoor photo of a young bare-chested man with curly black hair, white face paint with dark markings on forehead and brow, and a painted dark moustache. He wears a long rudraksha mala and a small pendant on a cord. Blurred green trees and a sandy ground fill the background, with other people, including one in orange clothing, out of focus at the edges. The man's appearance is not clearly consistent with a person identification, so he is described by role only. Visible people are the central man plus a few blurred figures at the edges.2016-09-01A smiling bare-chested man with long dark hair, a moustache and beard, and white ash smeared across his chest, arms and shoulders stands before a salmon-pink wall with a barred window. He wears a rudraksha mala with a small pendant, a brown cord necklace, and a brown cloth around his waist. Several green limes are pinned to his skin on his arms, chest and abdomen, a piercing practice associated with the lemon piercing mentioned on the page. A small locket hangs at his chest. No identifiable candidate for a person is established from appearance alone, so this is a devotee or sadhaka participating in the ritual.2018-01-03Close-up photo of a smiling young boy with curly dark hair, a white sacred ash line and red bindi on his forehead, wearing a rudraksha mala and an orange cloth draped over his shoulder. White ash markings are visible on his upper arm, and the background is blurred white and cream. A single young person is in the frame.2018-04-04Photo of a smiling man with long dark swept-back hair, a white tripundra forehead marking and red bindi, wearing layered red and white rudraksha malas across his chest and red rudraksha bracelets on his arms. He is bare-chested with a light wrap at his waist and holds a silver trident at the left edge. Behind him is an ornate silver-and-purple backdrop with a lit reflective panel, under warm red stage lighting. A small headset microphone is visible near his face. Swamiji (probable): the rudraksha malas, long hair, bare-chested sannyasi attire and trident fit the page's cues, though his face is not used for identification. The page is a satsang talk, but no event or ritual is visibly confirmed in the frame.2012-09-09January 14 20172017-01-14October 11 20162016-10-11December 18 20162016-12-18Close-up photograph of a smiling man with long, dark, swept-back hair and a white vertical tilak with a red bindi on his forehead. He wears a dense necklace of red and white rudraksha-style beads and large cylindrical wooden or metal bead elements at his chest, and a small headset microphone is visible near his mouth. Warm red and yellow stage lighting and an ornate gold arched backdrop surround him. Appearance cues include long hair, sacred forehead markings, and rudraksha malas, consistent with the Swamiji (probable) candidate on the page, though the face itself is not used for identification.2012-09-22A smiling bare-chested man with curly dark hair stands in a hall lined with red-orange cloth panels and framed posters, with a blurred crowd of saffron-robed devotees behind him. He wears a long rudraksha mala with a small pendant, several rudraksha bracelets, and an orange-saffron dhoti draped over one shoulder. White and red tilak marks are on his forehead and arms, and he holds a folded bundle of currency notes in one hand. A seated crowd in orange and white clothing fills the background, and a black speaker is mounted on the wall at right.2017-08-14December 20 20172017-12-20 +2 copiesA bald man with a wet, glistening body wrapped in a dark silver-grey cloth stands at center, holding a short wooden stick to his mouth with both hands while blowing into it. He wears layered rudraksha mala necklaces in reddish-brown beads and matching bead bracelets on his wrists. Behind him a crowd of devotees, mostly women in colourful saris and salwar, stands and watches, with orange and red walls behind them. Several people in white and orange clothes are visible at the right, and a camera operator is partly visible in the background. Ritual performance setting.2014-08-17September 01 20162016-09-01