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A smiling man seated on an ornate silver throne with lion-head carvings, raising his right hand in a blessing gesture. He wears a tall black turban-style hairstyle topped with a silver crescent moon, a white vertical tilak on his forehead with a red bindi, and a large ceremonial collar of gold chains, red-brown rudraksha malas and gemstone pendants. Gold rings and bangles are on his wrists and fingers. Behind him stands a golden deity murti with a backdrop of ornate temple carving.

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April 14 20202020-04-14A bare-chested man with long swept-back black hair wrapped in a high crown-like topknot adorned with rudraksha beads and gold, a white crescent moon ornament at the side, and a white vertical tilak with a red dot on his forehead. He wears layered gold necklaces, a heavy gold chest pendant, rudraksha malas on his arms and waist, and gold armbands. He sits before an ornate silver-embossed throne back against a deep red background, raising one hand in blessing (abhaya) and gesturing with the other, with a silver staff at his side. Only one physical person is present.2019-11-14Photo 111873322020-03-26 +2 copiesA smiling man with a tall bun of long dark locks adorned with a silver crescent moon and a silver fish-shaped ornament, rudraksha beads wound through the hair. He has a white ash band and red bindi on his forehead, gold earrings, and is bare-chested wearing layered rudraksha malas, a large gold pendant with a deity figure, and jewelled gold necklaces. He raises one hand in a blessing gesture, wearing gold rings and bracelets. Behind him stands an ornate silver throne-back and a dim painted backdrop of a deity figure with a halo.2020-04-24A composited photograph of a man seated before a silver throne with a lion-face emblem, his eyes closed and smiling. He wears a tall black matted topknot with a silver crescent ornament, a white forehead band with a red bindi, and a bronze-and-red ornate garment with layered gold chains, pendant necklaces and rudraksha beads. A silver staff stands at left, and a golden deity murti with a crown and ornate arch glows in the background. The composition is a digitally overlaid poster-style portrait.2020-04-14 +1 copiesMarch 02 20202020-03-02 +2 copiesMarch 23 20202020-03-23 +1 copiesA smiling man seated before an ornate silver throne back, raising his right hand in a blessing gesture. He has a tall piled black topknot adorned with a silver crescent and a silver fish-shaped ornament, a white tripundra with a red bindi on his forehead, and gold hoop earrings. He wears layered rudraksha mala necklaces in brown tones, a gold pendant, diamond-style jewellery at the shoulders, gold bangles, and rudraksha armbands on a bare upper body. Behind him a painted backdrop shows a blue-faced deity murti with a dark mane of hair. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, crescent ornament, rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold necklaces, seated on a throne.2020-04-24AUGUST 23 20212021-08-23A smiling man sits before an ornate silver throne with lion-head carvings against a deep red backdrop. He wears a tall black turban-style coil of hair decorated with white feathered ornaments, a gold crescent-like pendant, and rudraksha beads. His forehead bears white sandalwood paste with a central red dot. He is bare-chested and heavily adorned with layered gold necklaces, gold pendant medallions, a gold waist chain, and rudraksha armbands, and raises his right hand in a greeting gesture.2019-11-08March 02 20202020-03-02May 26 20202020-05-26