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Dark indoor event photograph with a dense crowd of silhouetted heads in the foreground. In the centre, a figure in a saffron-orange garment with long flowing hair and a green garland stands among devotees, with flowers held near them. Red exit or stage lights glow in the blurred background of a multi-storey hall. Some hands are raised toward the figure. The a person cues are the long hair, saffron clothing and garland, though the face is obscured and the figure is distant.

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A dimly lit photograph of a crowd at a night gathering. At the centre, a long-haired man in a rust-orange kurta with a gold necklace stands among devotees, his face turned toward a woman in a cream sari with a red-bordered pallu and a beaded necklace who holds flowers and presses her palms together. Around them, people in saffron and orange garments, some with flower garlands, smile and raise hands in greeting. A man at right in white dhoti and shawl with folded hands and a small gold chain stands at the edge of the group. The strong spotlight leaves most faces in shadow. The swept-back grey-streaked hair and saffron-toned clothing match the visible cues for the page's a person, so this is a probable identification from appearance and the page's stated presence.2017-05-26 +1 copiesMay 26 20172017-05-26May 26 20172017-05-26A dense crowd of devotees fills the frame at night, seen mostly from behind and in partial profile. Many women wear saffron-orange sarees and one wears a teal blouse with a gold border. Their dark hair is pulled back, some with flowers, and several raise hands in the air. A few men stand in the background, and a bright light is visible at the top.2017-08-07May 26 20172017-05-26A dense night crowd gathers around an illuminated ratha or palanquin procession at a temple event. Glowing oil lamps and string lights frame a raised deity murti draped in red and orange garlands, seated on a decorated platform. In the foreground a young man in a white t-shirt faces away, with women in saris and men in white kurtas pressing around. Several men in white clothing at left hold hands in añjali gesture. Dust and warm light fill the scene. No individual can be clearly identified as the teacher, so the depicted figure is a deity murti.2016-03-07December 23 20162016-12-23A photograph of a crowded indoor hall lit with purple and pink tones and a bright spotlight at left. A long-haired man with a swept-back dark mane and a trimmed beard, wearing a rust-red robe, smiles at center while raising a flower-decorated hand near his head, with a garland of red and white roses at his waist. Around him devotees crowd close: a woman with dark hair and earrings smiles at lower left, a man with long dreadlocks grins at upper left, and a man in a white dhoti and gold-bordered shawl wears a large rudraksha-style bead necklace at right. Foreground heads are blurred, and a rudraksha mala is visible at lower right. A ceremonial yellow object is raised above the crowd in the background.2017-05-26 +1 copiesJuly 01 20142014-07-01Photo 111867922018-04-29 +1 copiesMay 26 20172017-05-26Dim indoor hall crowded with devotees pressing together, lit by a narrow beam of light from the upper left. A central figure with long, wild dark hair and a rust-brown robe raises both arms high, possibly in blessing or ecstatic devotion. Around him a woman in a gray-beige sari holding pink and red flowers faces him, while a woman in an orange sari stands at left. A man in orange clothing on the right presses his palms together in namaskar, and a bald older man in a white garment is at lower right. A digital clock on the wall reads 12:09 and framed photographs hang behind the crowd. Several people hold flowers aloft. a person identity cannot be confirmed from appearance.2017-05-26 +1 copies