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A smiling person seated in a carved wooden chair with a microphone on a stand beside them. They wear a rust-orange shawl draped over one shoulder, a long rust-coloured beaded rudraksha-style mala necklace, white sacred ash on the forehead with a red bindi, and a large black tightly coiled hair bun wrapped high on the head. A brass-gold sculpted Nataraja dancing Shiva figure within a flame arch hangs on the wall behind. A wooden pillar with rope and metal rings is at the left edge and a small wooden offering tray with flowers sits on the table in front. Swamiji (probable): long black hair bun, saffron-orange robe and rudraksha mala cues are present, and the page places him at this event.

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January 11 20162016-01-11A smiling man with a tall black matted hair bun sits on a carved golden-trimmed chair beside a microphone, wearing a rust-orange wrap over bare shoulders and a beaded rudraksha-style mala across his chest. He has white vibhuti lines and a red bindi on his forehead. A wooden pillar with gold bands and rope hangs on the left, and a paper-covered table with rudraksha beads sits in front. a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone, so the identity is left unsure.2016-01-11January 11 20162016-01-11A smiling man sits on a carved wooden chair behind a microphone, wearing a rust-orange draped robe and a rudraksha-style beaded shoulder cord, with a large dark coiled hair bun on his head, white tilak marks and a red bindi. His hands rest together on a table holding papers. Behind him is a brass Nataraja-style deity murti and a red wall, with hanging rope swings at the edges of the frame.2016-01-11January 11 20162016-01-11January 11 20162016-01-11January 11 20162016-01-11A seated man in saffron-orange robes with a tall black hair bun wound in a turban-like top knot and a red bindi on the forehead smiles while speaking into a black microphone on a boom stand. A rope-and-brass ceremonial swing or seat is at the frame edge, with a golden trident-topped staff at left and a carved wooden pillar behind him. A brown rudraksha-style mala sash crosses his bare shoulder. The setting appears to be a temple hall with red walls. Appearance-based probable Swamiji cues are the long swept-back hair top knot, saffron clothing and rudraksha-style mala in a seated speaking role.2016-01-11A smiling man in a saffron-orange sleeveless robe sits at a wooden table with a microphone on a boom stand in front of him. He wears a tall twisted black hair bun, white ash lines on his forehead and a red dot at the centre, and a brown rudraksha mala draped over his shoulder. On the table are a clear plastic tray holding a small heap of rudraksha beads and loose paper sheets. Behind him stand a carved wooden pillar with gold-patterned bands, a brass lamp and a leopard-print cushioned seat. The appearance is consistent with a person, shown by the saffron robe, the tall hair bun and the rudraksha mala, seated and speaking at a microphone; the page places him at the event.2016-01-11A smiling man with long, swept-back dark hair piled into a high crown-like topknot sits behind a wooden lectern with a microphone on a gooseneck stand. He wears an orange-red saffron robe draped over one shoulder and a long, brown rudraksha mala, with a white forehead marking and a red bindi. He rests his hands on the lectern beside a small stack of papers. Behind him stand a carved wooden ceremonial pillar, a golden Nataraja-style dancing deity figure on a panel, and a red wall. a person appears in this image, based on the hair, saffron robe and rudraksha cues.2016-01-11A smiling man sits on a carved wooden seat with ornate gold-patterned upholstery in front of a red wall, a microphone on a stand beside him. He wears a rust-orange ochre wrap over one shoulder with bare arms, a long tiered wrap of dark hair wound high on his head, a white vertical mark on the forehead, a red dot between the brows, and a beaded rudraksha-style mala across his chest. A sheer swing-like rope and metal ring hang at the left and right edges. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair wound into a high turban-like coil, saffron-orange clothing and rudraksha mala, seated in the role of speaker at a discourse.2016-01-11January 11 20162016-01-11