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A photograph inside a large hall where a crowd sits on colourful striped mats during a yoga session. A standing man in an orange-saffron sleeveless garment with a wrap draped over his shoulder stands at centre, with long dreadlocked hair, a full dark beard and a white tilak with red centre on his forehead, gesturing with an open hand toward the seated participants. The seated people wear black and green clothing; some raise their hands. Red and yellow paper decorations hang from the ceiling, and a red column and white wall frame the room.

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December 15 20162016-12-15December 18 20162016-12-18December 15 20162016-12-15A standing man in a saffron-orange sleeveless dhoti and shawl with a gold-bordered hem stands on a striped floor rug, holding a small object in one hand, with a headset microphone at his face and a red tilak on his forehead. Seated participants in black tops and a few in red sit on mats in the foreground. Behind them is a large backdrop showing a cosmic nebula in pink and blue, a golden deity murti, and rows of golden trishul staves along a red stage wall. Ornate gold lamps flank the stage. The man's long swept-back hair and saffron clothing suggest Swamiji (probable), appearing in person as a yoga session leader.2016-12-15December 15 20162016-12-15A photograph of a yoga session in a hall with hanging colourful paper lanterns and a large projector screen behind the stage. In the foreground a bearded man with long dark hair, wearing a sleeveless saffron-orange sannyasi robe draped over one shoulder, a red tilak on his forehead and a red-and-white band on his wrist, stands looking sideways in front of seated participants dressed mostly in black. The large screen shows a blurred image of a crowd seated on the floor, and a camera on a tripod stands at left beside an information board. Many people sit cross-legged on mats in the background, some in red and yellow clothing.2016-12-15December 14 20162016-12-14A standing man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with long dark hair, a full beard, a red tilak on his forehead and a headset microphone, stands among seated participants in a tent. He rests one hand on the head of a seated young man in a black t-shirt and extends the other hand toward him in a blessing gesture. Other seated attendees in black and striped shirts face the stage. Behind them hang red and yellow tassel decorations, a red curtain and a glowing screen, and a white ornate throne with red cushions stands at right. The appearance has several cues associated with the Swamiji candidate: long hair, orange clothing and a mic, though the face is not used for identification. Swamiji (probable) is shown giving a blessing to a seated devotee during a satsang-style session.2016-12-15A seated man in an orange-saffron robe sits on an ornate silver-and-red throne chair, holding a wooden stick in one hand while raising the other hand near his face in a gesture as he speaks. He has long dark hair and a full beard. Before him, a seated audience of mostly women in black and casual clothing fills the hall, and a man in white ritual clothes with a sacred thread sits at the lower left. Behind the speaker a large screen shows a woman in pink, and gold ornamental decorations frame the back of the hall. Swamiji (probable) appears as the robed speaker on the throne, identified by his saffron robe, long hair and beard; the depiction is in person. Roughly thirty people are visible.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18A large tent hung with colourful paper streamers and lanterns hosts a yoga session. A bearded man with long hair, wearing an orange-red saffron draped robe and holding a microphone, walks along a striped rainbow mat between rows of participants. Around him, students in black clothing perform yoga postures, some bending forward, some with arms raised, others seated in meditation. A camera operator is visible at the left edge. The man's appearance is consistent with the page's presentation cues of long hair and saffron clothing, though the identification remains tentative.2016-12-15A man in an orange-red sleeveless garment with a draped saffron dhoti stands and speaks into a handheld microphone at the centre of a large tented hall. His long dark hair is swept back and he has a full beard. Seated participants in black and white clothes sit on colourful striped rugs on the floor, many with eyes closed or heads bowed. Strings of orange, yellow and multicoloured paper lanterns hang from the white ceiling. The speaker's orange robe, long hair and beard give appearance cues consistent with the page's reference to a person, though the identification is uncertain from appearance alone. Many people are visible, mostly seated in rows.2016-12-15