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A large hall during a yoga session with many participants seated on a colourful striped rug. Centre stage, a man with long dark hair and a full beard sits on an ornate white-and-silver throne with red cushions, wearing an orange-saffron robe and a red thread on his wrist, with one hand resting on a staff. Beside him an attendant in white sits on the floor with a wooden staff. Behind the stage, a large screen shows a dark deity murti with raised arms and flames, flanked by golden ritual tridents and ceremonial gold stands. Red curtains and a few devotees in black and white clothing sit or stand around the hall.

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December 18 20162016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18A seated man with long dark hair and a full beard sits on an ornate silver-and-red throne in a hall, wearing an orange-saffron robe and holding a long wooden staff across his lap. He is smiling and turned to his left. Seated on the floor in front of the throne are rows of people in dark clothing, with a bald man in a white and gold-bordered shawl seated at the right beside a small water bottle. Behind the throne stands a large golden deity murti on a raised red platform flanked by tall gold ceremonial staves with finials, against a red wall with radiating light. The floor is covered with colourful striped mats. The scene resembles a satsang or yoga session, with the man on the throne presenting a probable Swamiji (probable) by appearance, using long hair, saffron clothing and a seat of honour.2016-12-18A seated man in an ornate silver-and-red throne sits at the centre of a hall, wearing an orange-saffron unstitched robe and holding a long wooden staff across his lap. He has long dark hair and a beard. A large crowd sits on colourful striped mats facing him, many with hands joined in prayer. A man in white and gold ceremonial dress with a red and gold shawl sits beside the throne, and a figure with a white-and-saffron clothed lap and a tilak-marked face sits to the left. Behind the stage, a large golden deity murti is framed by tall golden ritual staffs (tridents) and a red backdrop, and a camera on a tripod is visible at the right edge.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18A photograph of a large satsang hall with a central figure seated on an ornate white and red silver throne, holding a long wooden staff upright in his right hand. He wears a saffron-orange robe with a gold-edged border and has long dark hair swept back and a full beard, with a small microphone clipped near his face. Around him sit a crowd of mostly seated devotees in black clothing on a striped woven mat. A figure in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha-style necklace sits at the lower left, and a golden deity murti with ornate gilded decorations stands in the background. Red drapery and a speaker frame the hall.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18A seated figure in an orange saffron robe sits on an ornate silver-and-red throne in a large hall, holding a wooden staff with both hands and looking to the side. He has long dreadlocks falling over his shoulders and a full beard, and wears a red wrist thread. Before him, a dense audience of mostly women in black clothing sits on mats and cushions, with a man in white ritual dress at the lower left. Behind the throne, a golden shrine with ornate decorations and red drapes fills the backdrop, and a screen hangs on the right. Appearance-based candidate: a person, seated on the throne with long dreadlocks, saffron robe and staff, presiding over the gathering.2016-12-18