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A smiling man stands centre stage holding a clipboard with handwritten Sanskrit-style notes, wearing a white dhoti-style garment edged with gold borders, multiple rudraksha mala necklaces, a rudraksha armband, and a white tripe mark on his forehead with a red bindi. Behind him stand two young women in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas, one wearing a black eye-covering blindfold. To the left, a large gold ornate deity murti or throne-like structure gleams, and a small printed portrait of a smiling figure in pink and white with a garland appears at the lower left. Stage backdrop is grey. The man's appearance has several cues (rudraksha malas, white and gold ceremonial garments, forehead markings), so he is a person in the centre of the stage.

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Marigold garlands decorate the stage.2015-11-28January 24 20162016-01-24A photograph of a stage event in front of a painted jungle-and-temple backdrop, with a golden throne-like seat and a decorated shrine with flower garlands at the right edge. Standing on a red carpet, a man in a white dhoti with gold borders and a bare upper body holds a microphone in one hand and a sheet of paper in the other, with long hair swept back. Around him are several people in orange and saffron robes with gold borders, rudraksha malas and some wearing black blindfolds. Two older people in white clothing stand with folded arms, and a woman in a red sari with a microphone stands at the left. The rudraksha malas and saffron robes are visible, and the setting is a meeting or satsang space.2016-02-27 +1 copiesPhotograph of a stage event with a man in white dhoti and gold-bordered shawl standing at the front, holding a wireless microphone, wearing a long rudraksha mala, a crown-like rudraksha necklace and white and red tilak on his forehead. Behind him, two young people in saffron-orange robes with gold borders and rudraksha malas stand; the boy on the right has a white tilak and the girl in the middle has a red bindi. A large gold temple-shaped backdrop and a stone-carved temple wall decorate the stage. The speaker, identified by appearance and role as a person on stage, is speaking to the audience as the two attendants listen.2016-01-24Indoor temple-hall scene with gilded carved wooden architecture and a deity murti with a crown at left. 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