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A large crowd of seated devotees fills the foreground of a darshan hall, many in white and saffron-toned clothing. Standing centrally on a golden lion-armed throne is a man with dark hair and a rust-brown robe, wearing a yellow-and-white flower garland, a dark rudraksha-style mala and a gold-trimmed belt, with hands raised in a teaching gesture. A silver staff stands to the right, and a black electronic keyboard sits on a stand before the throne. A white canopy and camera equipment are visible behind. a person: the standing man wears a flower garland, rudraksha mala and ornate ceremonial attire, consistent with a presiding guru giving darshan.

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A large crowd of devotees sits in a tented hall during a darshan event. A man with long dreadlocked hair stands on a raised platform between two gilded lion-headed seats, wearing a rust-orange draped garment, a long rudraksha mala and a ceremonial gold-bead necklace, with a sceptre-like staff beside him. He is a person by visible appearance cues, shown as an in-person figure. Devotees in orange, red and white saris and kurtas fill the foreground and background, many with glasses and some wearing shawls. A keyboard on a stand sits near the platform. Several hundred people appear in the scene.2016-05-22May 22 20162016-05-22May 22 20162016-05-22May 22 20162016-05-22May 16 20162016-05-16A large crowd fills a tented hall, with a man standing beside an ornate golden throne with lion-shaped armrests. He wears an orange-red sannyasi cloth wrapped at the waist, a thick rudraksha mala with a long brown bead strand, and a yellow-gold floral garland; his arms are bare with gold armlets, and he gestures with one hand while speaking into a headset microphone. A silver staff stands beside the throne and a keyboard sits on a stand. Seated and standing devotees in white, orange and saffron clothing surround the stage, with a few in white headscarves and blue tops in the foreground. Cameras are visible in the background. The appearance-based label a person applies to the standing speaker, who is visibly wearing rudraksha and a garland and presents a compatible sannyasi appearance.2016-05-22A man seated on an ornate brown leather throne with carved wooden armrests speaks to an audience while gesturing with his right hand. He wears saffron-orange robes with a golden-yellow edge and a heavy double-strand necklace of large gold beads and rudraksha-style beads, plus a headset microphone and a red tilak on his forehead. Around him, seated devotees in orange and white shawls and white saris smile and listen, and a Yamaha keyboard sits in the foreground.2015-07-19A standing man in a rust-orange dhoti and matching shawl, wearing a dark rudraksha-style beaded necklace and a long yellow-and-orange flower garland, stands beside a gold-carved lion-armed throne covered in brown leather at a large indoor darshan event. He wears gold bangles and a red forehead mark, and gestures with his right hand toward the crowd. Behind him stands a tall silver ceremonial staff. A dense crowd of devotees, mostly in white, orange and saffron clothing, fills the foreground and sides of the hall, with many seated and some standing. A keyboard stand sits near the throne. The setting is a white tented hall with wooden seating.2016-05-22A standing man in a rust-orange robe and a long rudraksha mala with a yellow flower garland stands before a gilded throne flanked by golden lion heads. He holds a small prayer bead strand in one hand and gestures forward while addressing a large crowd seated on the floor in front of him. The crowd includes many people in saffron and white clothes, some with bare heads, and a few women in colourful saris. A tall silver staff stands beside the throne, a keyboard amplifier sits at the front, and a camera operator is visible behind the crowd under a white tent canopy. The man has long swept-back dark hair and a broad rudraksha-bead necklace, consistent with the page's Kalpataru Darshan event, though the match is appearance-based and uncertain. Seated crowd is large and extends across the frame.2016-05-22May 26 20152015-05-26A man in rust-orange robes stands beside a gilded lion-footed chair with a brown leather seat, a long gold-and-beaded garland around his neck and a rudraksha-style mala with a gold clasp. He raises one hand to his ear while speaking to a large seated crowd filling a white-tented hall. A silver ceremonial staff stands beside the chair, and a small black sound console sits on a stand in front. Devotees in saffron, white and bright blue clothing fill the foreground and rows behind, many with heads turned toward the speaker. Swamiji (probable): the standing man in orange robes with long swept-back hair, gold garland and beaded mala is the most.2016-05-22A man with long swept-back dark hair stands beside a gilded golden lion-armrest throne in a large tented hall, facing a dense crowd of seated devotees. He wears a rust-orange ochre wrap over one shoulder, a long dark brown rudraksha mala draped across his chest, a ceremonial gold necklace with a large gold pendant, a wide gold-toned belt, and gold bangles on his wrist. Ornate gilded lion figures flank the throne, and a black keyboard stand sits in front of it. Around him, rows of people sit closely on the floor in white and saffron-orange clothing, many with orange shawls. A tall silver ceremonial staff stands on the right, and a camera on a stand is visible at the top. The scene suggests a kalpataru-style blessing darshan.2016-05-22