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Side profile of a seated man in a red-orange robe with bare upper shoulder, wearing a thick gold bead necklace with dark beads and an orange tilak on his forehead. His hair is tied back in a bun. He extends one arm toward a tall silver staff with a decorative finial. Behind him is a gold-draped backdrop, and in the foreground a golden lion-head ornament and a dark serpent-like form wrapped around a pole.

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August 02 20142014-08-02August 02 20142014-08-02August 02 20142014-08-02Photo of a seated man with long dark hair tied back, an orange-yellow tilak on his forehead, and a smile. He wears a bare-shouldered rust-red garment and a heavy gold bead necklace with dark bands. He reaches toward a tall silver staff with a cup-shaped top, beside a dark carved wooden staff and a gilded ornamental figure in the foreground. The background is a gold draped fabric.2014-08-02Close side-profile photograph of a man seated on a gold-toned throne, with long dark hair gathered in a bun, orange-yellow sacred marks on his forehead, and a smile. He wears a red-orange cloth wrap over bare shoulders and a heavy gold necklace of beaded rudraksha-style balls. His outstretched right arm points toward a tall silver ceremonial staff with a rounded finial, and a dark carved serpent winds around a gold throne armrest. A gold lion-head ornament sits in the foreground and a pale drum is at the right edge.2014-08-02A smiling man seated in profile on a gold-draped throne, bare-shouldered and wearing a red-orange cloth draped over his body, with a long swept-back hairstyle tied in a bun and a gold yellow tilak on his forehead. He wears a heavy gold necklace of beaded gold and black pendants and holds a large silver staff or sceptre with a finial in his right hand, while a dark wooden or metal serpent-entwined rod rests beside him. A gold ornamental vessel sits in the foreground, and a yellow-gold textile backdrop fills the background. Probable Swamiji (appearance-based candidate: long swept-back hair, saffron-orange clothing, gold necklace and a seated throne position). Single seated person.2014-08-02August 02 20142014-08-02A seated man in a rust-orange cloth wrapped over one shoulder wears a long gold-and-black beaded mala with ceremonial gold beads and a yellow tilak on his forehead, his hair tied back in a bun. He smiles softly and looks down toward a golden elephant-head armrest, with an arm extended toward a dark carved serpent-shaped rod. Beside him stands a tall polished silver staff with a rounded finial. The background is a gold drape.2014-08-02August 02 20142014-08-02A photograph of a man seated in profile at a satsang, wearing a rust-red shawl over bare shoulders, a long rudraksha mala of golden beads around his neck, and a sweep of dark hair tied back at the nape. He has a bright orange tilak on his forehead and reaches toward a tall silver ceremonial staff topped with a round silver disc. A gold-coloured ritual vessel with a spout sits in the foreground, and a dark cord or serpent-like object lies across the gold draped background. A slim wrist thread is visible. Appearance cues are consistent with a person, seated and attending the event described in the page.2014-08-02Photograph of a man in profile seated on a golden throne with a carved golden lion-head armrest, wearing a rust-red robe draped over one shoulder and a long gold bead necklace. He has a bold orange-yellow tilak on his forehead and long dark hair tied back, and smiles while extending his arm to a hand reaching from the right edge. A silver staff with a rounded finial rises behind him against a gold-toned draped backdrop. Swamiji (probable) appears in this photograph, with long swept-back hair, saffron-orange forehead markings, a gold necklace and ceremonial red robe.2014-08-02August 02 20142014-08-02