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Close side-profile photograph of a smiling man in a brown-gold garment with a gold border, wearing long garlands of white jasmine and red roses with green leaves draped over his shoulders. He has a white horizontal tilak with a red dot on his forehead, a gold earring, and rudraksha bracelets on his wrist. A brass temple bell hangs on the right against a dark background with small warm lights. Visible garlands, bell and forehead markings suggest a ceremonial setting. Appearance-based candidate: a person, shown in person wearing garlands.

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A man in close-up, smiling, wears a white-and-red forehead marking and a red bindi, with a long garland of white jasmine and red roses with green leaves draped over his shoulders. He wears gold earrings and a rust-orange shawl over bare shoulders. Behind him is an ornate gold-toned carved panel, and to the right hangs a brass bell on a chain against a dark background with small warm lights. Swamiji (probable): the man has long swept-back hair, a garland and an orange shawl, though the cues are not distinctive enough to confirm identity from appearance alone.2013-11-10A man in profile stands before a black background beside a hanging brass bell and a brass oil lamp, with a gold-ornamented deity murti partly visible at left. He wears a white forehead mark with a red dot, gold earring, and a thick garland of white jasmine and red roses with green leaves over a gold-bordered orange shawl. His bare shoulder is visible.2013-11-10Photo of a bare-shouldered person with swept-back dark hair and a white-and-red tilak on the forehead, wearing a long garland of white jasmine and red roses with green leaves and a gold-edged saffron cloth. The person holds a brass hand bell raised on a chain, with an ornate gold carved backdrop and warm string lights behind. A gold bracelet and red bead bracelet are visible. The person's identity is not established by appearance here, so the role is described as a devotee ringing a temple-style bell during a ritual.2013-11-10November 10 20132013-11-10November 10 20132013-11-10November 10 20132013-11-10November 10 20132013-11-10Photograph of a man in a temple-like space seen in profile, smiling, with white and red tilak on the forehead and his hair pinned up with a red flower. He wears a white jasmine garland interwoven with red roses and green leaves, and a golden-brown wrap over his bare shoulder and chest. A beaded orange-red bracelet is on his upper arm. Behind him are ornate gold carved panels and hanging brass bells, with a brass oil lamp at lower left.2013-11-10A photograph of a man with a white vertical forehead mark and a red bindi, wearing a white and red flower garland of jasmine and roses with green leaves and a rudraksha-style strand. He holds a brass handbell raised in his right hand and wears a beaded red bracelet and gold earring, bare-shouldered with a golden-brown garment. Behind him is an ornate gold-leaf throne and another brass bell hangs from a chain at right, against a dark background. The man has long swept-back hair, a crown-less ceremonial presentation and ornate gold details consistent with a ritual setting; this appears to be a person in person, performing a bell-ringing puja.2013-11-10November 10 20132013-11-10A man seated in profile on a cream cushioned seat before a gilded carved backdrop, smiling. He wears a rust-red shawl over one shoulder and a garland of white jasmine and red flowers with brown rudraksha beads, plus rudraksha bracelets on his upper arms. A white forehead band with a red mark is visible. Beside him hang a brass bell and a brass oil lamp on chains against a black background.2014-06-06A man seated indoors in front of a gilded ornate backdrop and a black wall, wearing a rust-red shawl over bare shoulders with a white and red garland of flowers and a brown rudraksha mala. A white sacred ash band and red mark decorate his forehead, and rudraksha beads are worn on his upper arm. Beside him hang a brass ceremonial bell and a brass oil lamp on chains. Appearance-based candidate: a person, seated in ritual attire with rudraksha, garland and shawl, though the face is not clearly identifiable.2014-06-06