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A photograph of a smiling bearded man with long dark hair, a white tripundra forehead mark and a red bindi, seated and wearing a long garland of yellow and white flowers with red roses and green leaves draped across his shoulders, with a brown robe and gold necklace. A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and white trousers, seen from behind, leans in to garland him. Behind them stand golden deity statues and green foliage, with a brass kalasha-style lamp at right. Two people are visible.

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January 22 20172017-01-22January 22 20172017-01-22January 22 20172017-01-22Close photo of a smiling bearded man in a reddish-brown robe, wearing a heavy garland of yellow and orange marigolds, red roses, white jasmine and green leaves across his chest and shoulder. He has white sacred ash lines and a red kumkum dot on his forehead and looks up to the side. A person in a black-and-gold striped top stands in the left foreground, and a golden deity murti with raised arms is visible in the background among green foliage. Someone's hand holds a red fruit at the right edge. The man has long swept-back hair and a garland, but no crown or saffron-ornate attire is clearly visible; identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2017-01-22A smiling bearded man with long dark hair sits with eyes closed, wearing a rust-brown robe and gold ornaments, draped in thick garlands of yellow marigolds, red roses, white jasmine and purple flowers. A white tilak with a red dot marks his forehead. In the foreground, a person in a dark grey shirt leans in from the left. Behind him stands a gold-coloured deity murti surrounded by green leaves. The man's appearance is consistent with the description used for the a person candidate, with cues of long swept hair, a bearded face, ornate gold adornment and a garlanded seat, so he is described as a person receiving garlands during the event.2017-01-22January 22 20172017-01-22A smiling bearded man with long swept-back dark hair, white and red tilak on his forehead, sits on an ornate seat draped in heavy garlands of yellow marigolds, white jasmine, red roses and green leaves, with a purple flower garland across his body. He holds a red apple in one hand and wears a reddish-brown robe and a red-beaded bracelet. A man in a dark grey suit stands at right in profile, and a blurred figure stands at left. Behind is a gold-coloured statue of seated deities amid green foliage. Swamiji (probable): the appearance cues are the long swept-back hair, ornate floral garlands and reddish-brown saffron-toned robe, and the page links the event to Swamiji, so the appearance is consistent with the attribution.2017-01-22A seated man with long dark hair, a full black beard, white vibhuti and a red bindi, eyes closed and smiling, wears a thick garland of yellow marigolds, red roses and green leaves over a maroon-brown robe with a gold ornament at the chest and a rudraksha bracelet on his wrist. A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and white trousers leans in from the left, arms around the garland, in an act of offering. Behind them stand golden deity murti statues among potted green foliage, with a red cloth draped on the throne-like seat and a purple flower detail at the lower right.2017-01-22A smiling man with long dark hair, a white vibhuti line and red bindi on his forehead, and a full dark beard sits wrapped in a thick garland of yellow marigolds, red roses, white jasmine strands and green leaves, with a purple flower rope draped down. He wears a maroon-brown robe and a gold chain, with rudraksha beads on his wrist. Behind him a golden deity murti with raised hands is visible, and a partially visible person in maroon clothing stands at the left edge, with another blurred figure at the right. The garland-draped figure is an appearance-based a person in a ceremonial setting, consistent with a procession or puja event, though the identification is uncertain.2017-01-22A photograph of a smiling bearded man with closed eyes, wearing a white vertical tilak and a red dot on his forehead, heavily garlanded with long white jasmine strands and red, yellow and orange flowers with green leaves. A man in a white shirt bends forward in the foreground, and another man in a yellow-checked shirt stands at upper right. Blurred golden deity murti and green foliage fill the background. a person: the seated garlanded man with white tilak and beard matches the page's reference to a person, but the appearance cues are limited to the tilak and garlands, so this identification is uncertain.2017-01-22January 22 20172017-01-22January 22 20172017-01-22