A man with long dark wavy hair, wearing an orange saffron garment and a rudraksha mala, stands before a black background with his palms pressed together in prayer. A red kumkum dot and white vibhuti mark his forehead. Beside him, a brass oil lamp with a tall flame rises, with smoke curling upward, and another brass vessel sits at the lower left edge, held by an unseen hand. - Nithyanandapedia

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A man with long dark wavy hair, wearing an orange saffron garment and a rudraksha mala, stands before a black background with his palms pressed together in prayer. A red kumkum dot and white vibhuti mark his forehead. Beside him, a brass oil lamp with a tall flame rises, with smoke curling upward, and another brass vessel sits at the lower left edge, held by an unseen hand.

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A photograph of a man in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala around his neck, his long dark hair falling past his shoulders and a red bindi with white vibhuti on his forehead. He stands in front of a dark background with his palms pressed together in namaskar, eyes lowered. In the foreground at left, a brass oil lamp with a large flame and rising smoke is held by a hand, indicating aarti. Swamiji is probable from the saffron robe, long hair, and rudraksha mala cues, shown in an aarti context.

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A photograph of a man in an orange-saffron robe with long dark wavy hair, eyes closed, palms pressed together in prayer before a brass oil lamp with a flame rising from its bowl. He wears a long rudraksha mala draped across his chest and has a red bindi and white ash markings on his forehead. Smoke curls upward against a dark backdrop, and another brass vessel sits at the lower left edge. Appearance-based candidate: a person, shown in prayer with a lit brass lamp, wearing saffron robes and rudraksha beads.

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A man in an orange-saffron robe stands against a dark background, holding a brass aarti lamp with a large open flame in his left hand while his right hand is raised near his chest in a gesture. He wears long dark hair, a white forehead marking with a red kumkum dot, and a long rudraksha mala of brown beads. Smoke curls upward from the flame. Appearance-based candidate: a person, shown in person performing an aarti with a lamp, wearing saffron robes and rudraksha beads.

A dark studio portrait of a man with long, dark, wavy hair and a red bindi with white vibhuti on his forehead, wearing an orange saffron cloth and a dark rudraksha mala. He has his eyes lowered and his palms pressed together in prayer near a flame at the left edge, with smoke curling upward.

A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi on his forehead stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, eyes lowered, in front of a brass aarti lamp with a bright flame and rising smoke against a black background. He wears an orange saffron shawl over his shoulders and a long rudraksha mala around his neck. Strands of white ash mark his forehead. In the lower left, a brass vessel and a second small bowl are partly visible.

A photograph of a man in an orange saffron wrap with long dark swept-back hair, a red bindi and a white forehead mark, wearing a long rudraksha mala. He holds a metal bowl of flaming camphor or oil lamp fire, with smoke rising against a black background. Swamiji (probable): the saffron wrap, long hair and rudraksha mala are visible cues of a sannyasi-style presentation, and he is performing an aarti with the fire bowl. Only one physical person is visible.

A close portrait photograph against a black background shows a man with long dark wavy hair, eyes closed, palms pressed together in anjali mudra before his chest. He wears an orange saffron wrap and a rudraksha mala, with a red bindi and white tilak on his forehead. Wisps of smoke rise from a small flame at the lower left.

A man with long, dark, wavy hair wears an orange-saffron garment draped over one shoulder and a long rudraksha mala hanging across his chest. He has a white sacred ash band on his forehead with a red bindu, and his eyes are closed in a serene expression. He holds his right hand over an open brass oil lamp with a tall flame and rising smoke, in an aarti gesture against a black background.

A man with long, wavy black hair wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over one shoulder and several rudraksha beads on a long mala. He has a white vibhuti line and a red kumkum dot on his forehead, eyes half-closed and smiling while gesturing with his right hand beside a brass oil lamp with a bright flame and rising smoke against a black backdrop. A small brass bowl sits at the lower left.