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A smiling bearded man in a dark turban with a white forehead marking stands in a rust-red garment, wearing a heavy gold necklace of beads and a pendant, layered with a garland of pink lotus-petal and white flower strands. He holds a small brass handbell in his right hand and a ritual item in his left near a floral arrangement of pink, red and yellow flowers on the right. Blurred devotees in orange and saffron clothing stand in the background of a temple-like hall with glass-panelled doors. The setting suggests a puja or ceremonial procession.

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A smiling man stands in a temple hall during a ritual, holding a small silver bell in his right hand and a cup or vessel with incense smoke in his left. He wears a tall dark turban-like headwear, a thick pink and white flower garland, a heavy gold multi-strand necklace with a large gold pendant, and a rust-brown robe. Behind him, a crowd of young boys and men in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas stand with hands folded in prayer, with a drum visible at right and a brass plate of offerings at lower left. Pillars and a bright white hall frame the scene. The a person field reflects an appearance-based candidate who is probable but not fully certain from the visible cues.2018-05-31A bearded man with a dark wrapped turban decorated with rudraksha beads stands in a temple setting, bare-shouldered in a rust-brown cloth. He wears a pink and white flower garland, gold necklaces, and a gold ring, and holds a small silver spoon with a white substance above a silver vessel. Ringing bells and a long brass horn are visible at left, and an ornate gold and floral deity or palanquin piece appears at right with pink and orange flowers. Behind him, people in orange robes move about.2018-05-31May 31 20182018-05-31 +2 copiesMay 31 20182018-05-31 +1 copiesA smiling man with a tall dark turban-style headdress and a full beard stands holding a lit oil lamp in his left hand and a silver handbell in his right. He wears a reddish-brown garment and a thick pink-and-white flower garland, with layered gold necklaces and a gold pendant. Behind him, a crowd of people in orange and saffron clothing stands in a temple-like hall, with a red banner visible in the background. The scene resembles a temple puja with aarti.2018-05-31 +1 copiesA smiling man with long dark hair wrapped high on his head and a rudraksha band across his forehead stands in a temple-like hall, holding a lit oil lamp in a brass lamp holder with his right hand and a small brass bell in his left. He wears a rust-brown unstitched cloth wrap draped over bare shoulders, with layered gold ceremonial necklaces, a gold temple-style pendant, a gold waist chain, and thick garlands of pink roses and white beaded flowers. Orange-robed people stand blurred in the background. The page labels this as a person at a May 31 2018 event with aarti and golden palanquin procession, but the cues here are a long swept-back hairstyle, rudraksha, gold jewellery and ceremonial garlands, which fit the candidate, so the presence is labelled probable.2018-05-31 +2 copiesMay 31 20182018-05-31May 31 20182018-05-31May 31 20182018-05-31 +1 copiesA smiling man in a dark turban wrapped with a rudraksha band stands with his right hand extended palm-up, wearing a rust-brown garment and heavy gold ceremonial necklaces with a large temple-style pendant. Pink lotus and white jasmine garlands hang from his shoulders, and gold earrings are visible. Behind him, saffron-robed devotees and a red flag fill a blurred hall. The flag and crowd suggest a procession or darshan setting. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), with turban, rudraksha, gold ornaments and lotus garlands as cues, seen in person during a darshan or procession.2018-05-31A smiling man in a dark turban with a rudraksha-bead band stands in a temple hall holding a lit oil lamp in one hand and a silver handbell in the other. He wears a reddish-brown robe, layered gold ceremonial necklaces with a large gold pendant, and a long garland of pink lotus petals and white beads. Behind him, people in orange garments stand in the crowd, and a framed picture hangs on the wall. Compatible with Swamiji (probable) by turban, ornate gold necklaces and rudraksha cues; a devotee or priest role is shown by the lamp and bell.2018-05-31May 31 20182018-05-31