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A seated man in a golden ornate throne, dressed in rust-red robes with an orange sash, wears a white jasmine garland, a gold pendant necklace, bangles and a forehead vibhuti marking, with hair swept back. Behind him, a red velvet cushion and a gold carved lion-head armrest surround the throne, and hanging bells and string lights frame the dais. A painted deity figure with multiple arms stands at left. In the foreground, two devotees' heads and a bare-backed person in red are seen from behind, facing the throne in darshan. a person seated in a throne, with a devotee offering reverence in the foreground.

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May 23 20172017-05-23May 23 20172017-05-23A man seated on a large gold-and-red throne with a golden lion-shaped armrest and a tiger-striped cushion, wearing a rust-orange robe and gold necklace, a long garland of pink and white flowers draped over his shoulders and chest, and white forehead markings, smiling in front of hanging brass bells and oil lamps. Two people sit in the lower right and centre foreground with hands folded in namaskar, one with white forehead markings, while a gold-decorated stand holds flowers and offerings. Warm red backdrop and string lights.2017-05-25A man seated on a red-cushioned golden throne with an ornate gold-leaf backrest, wearing a rust-brown robe, a long white and orange flower garland, a rudraksha mala, a gold necklace and gold armlets. He holds a brass handbell in his right hand and has a horizontal tilak on his forehead. A gold lion-shaped armrest sits at left, brass bells hang from chains and small brass lamps are visible, with a sculpted deity figure in green and orange at right. A tiger-striped cloth covers the dais. Two people at the bottom left, one with a shaved head, are partly visible. Swamiji (probable): the seated man has long swept-back hair, ornate gold jewellery and a rudraksha mala, and appears to be leading the puja from his throne.2017-05-24A photograph of a seated bearded man with long dark hair, eyes closed, wearing a white-and-red forehead mark, a rudraksha-style gold necklace, a pink and white flower garland, and an orange-brown robe, seated on an ornate gold throne with red cushioning. Behind him stand brass oil lamps, colourful garlands on deity murtis, and attendants in orange and white clothing on the left, one of whom is touching his arm. Smoke drifts in the foreground. The man is shown with a person cues: long swept hair, ceremonial gold necklace, and saffron-toned robe, seated as the central figure of a ritual.2016-12-02A photograph of a seated man on an ornate gold lotus-petal throne with a red velvet cushion, in front of a shrine with deity murtis draped in garlands of white and pink flowers and lit by brass lamps. He wears a rust-red saffron-toned cloth, a heavy gold necklace, a white flower garland and a rudraksha-style mala, with red-thread wristbands. Beside him a person with long braided hair in white clothes sits facing him, and another person in a red sari stands at the right edge. Brass oil lamps and flowers surround the throne. The man is an appearance-based candidate with long swept-back hair, ornate gold jewellery and saffron-toned clothing, but the match is uncertain.2017-08-07May 24 20172017-05-24A man with a long swept-back hair and a sindoor-style mark on his forehead sits on an ornate gold throne with a leopard-print cushion, wearing a rust-orange robe and a white-and-pink flower garland. Two large painted deity statues with four arms, crowns, orange dhotis and jewelled necklaces flank the throne. Below, a person in white clothing sits with their back to the camera near a gold platter, and a second figure in white sits nearby. The seated man is a probable Swamiji by appearance cues including long hair, ceremonial garland and saffron-orange clothing, presented on a throne in a temple-style hall.2017-05-26A seated man in a rust-red robe sits centrally on an ornate golden throne (peetha) with a tiger-skin cushion and a tiger-head base, flanked by two painted deity murtis with multiple arms. He wears a pink flower garland, a gold pendant necklace, bangles and a tilak on his forehead, with hands resting in a meditative posture. Above him hang brass bells and a trident-topped banner, and a red and yellow flower garland frames the top of the scene. A blurred figure stands in the lower left foreground.2017-07-30May 23 20172017-05-23A photograph of a seated man on an ornate gold throne with a tall gilded backrest and red cushions, with carved lion-head armrests. He wears a long flower garland of white, pink and orange blossoms, rudraksha and gold necklaces, gold armlets and a rust-red robe, and holds a brass handbell by a chain in his right hand with eyes closed. Oil lamps hang from chains on either side and a blurred figure sits in the foreground. Appearance-based candidate: a person, seated in person on the throne, identified by his long swept hair, ornate gold jewellery and rudraksha cues.2017-05-24May 30 20172017-05-30