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Indoor crowd scene in a hall with a red, blue and yellow decorated pillar and framed posters on the wall. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair, white forehead markings with a red dot, and an orange sleeveless garment shares a smile while reaching out to the crowd. Around him, many devotees press close, including men in white shirts and white-marked foreheads, and a man on the right in a pink shirt holds his palms together in anjali. Several women with hair in buns are in the foreground.

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January 31 20102010-01-31A photograph of a public darshan at an open-sided pavilion with a corrugated roof and colourful hanging decorations. A smiling man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange robe, a rudraksha mala with dark beads and a tan-coloured wrap, raises his right hand to touch the head of a devotee in a dark shirt. He holds a folded paper in his left hand. Around him, devotees with palms pressed together stand at a railing, including a man in a white-and-blue striped shirt and a woman in white. To the right, a bald man in orange holds a gold ritual vessel, and a man with white tilak on his forehead stands at the edge. Several children and onlookers crowd the foreground.2010-09-20December 17 20092009-12-17December 01 20092009-12-01 +2 copiesDecember 05 20092009-12-05January 12 20072007-01-12October 31 20102010-10-31A crowd of devotees with hands pressed in anjali stands in a plain whitewashed hall with a corrugated metal roof. In the centre, a figure in an orange sleeveless top and orange cloth receives a blessing, with another person in orange beside them and a hand touching the head of a devotee. A man in white with a yellow shawl stands at right holding a wooden tray of offerings. On the left wall hangs a framed poster of several photographs and an orange wall-mounted box is fixed above. Some devotees wear white shirts and dhotis, and a red-and-blue patterned cloth is draped on an older man. The scene reads as darshan and blessing, with the swami-like figure's identity uncertain from appearance alone.2009-12-13August 23 20102010-08-23 +1 copiesDecember 16 20092009-12-16December 05 20092009-12-05A dense crowd fills a decorated hall with white walls, red and blue patterned pillars with bird motifs, and orange marigold garlands. At centre, a smiling man with short dark hair wears an orange top and a white flower garland, with a tilak on his forehead, and raises a small white paper in one hand. Beside him, a bearded man with long curly hair wears an orange robe and a red bindi-style mark. Many devotees surround them, several with white and red forehead markings. Ornate framed images hang on the upper right wall and a decorated kalasha-like arrangement stands at upper left.2010-01-02