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A large yoga session in a red-draped hall with many participants seated cross-legged on striped mats. A standing man with long dark hair and a full beard wears an orange sleeveless wrap and holds a microphone while addressing the group. Behind him a large deity murti stands on a red stage flanked by brass oil lamps and candelabra. Seated participants wear black clothes; one bald man in front has a sacred thread across his bare back, and a dreadlocked person in black sits in the foreground. a person appears as the standing speaker in orange, with long hair, a red bindi and a mala-like bracelet; his identity is from appearance only.

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A large yoga session in a red-draped hall with many seated participants on colourful striped mats. A standing man in a sleeveless orange-saffron robe with a red tilak and long hair stands at the front, microphone in hand, addressing the crowd; the cues here are a saffron robe and long hair, so he is a probable Swamiji candidate. Behind him a screen shows a deity image with lit oil lamps on a stage. Participants wear black tops and sit cross-legged; one bald man in the foreground bare-backed wears a sacred thread, a man with dreadlocks sits in a black-and-white top, and a woman with hands raised in greeting sits nearby.2016-12-15December 15 20162016-12-15A large hall with red drapes and a stage backdrop showing a glowing pink-and-blue sky above a golden deity murti seated on a pedestal. A man with long dark hair and a full beard, wearing a saffron-orange shawl over an orange dhoti and a headset microphone, walks barefoot down a central aisle lined with colourful striped mats. Seated participants in black clothing line both sides, with several shirtless and white-clad people in front. Rows of golden trishul staffs and brass lamps stand on the stage. Cameras and tripods are visible at the edges. The man is an appearance-based candidate for a person given his saffron clothing, long swept-back hair and microphone, though his face is not visible in identifying detail at this scale.2016-12-15A man in a saffron-orange robe draped over one shoulder stands on a striped rug in a hall with red curtains, speaking into a headset microphone and gesturing with an open hand. He has long dark hair, a full beard and a tilak on his forehead, and wears a red wristband. Seated participants in dark and white clothes fill the floor on both sides, and a large screen behind him shows a deity murti with lit oil lamps in front. Swamiji (probable): the speaker wears saffron robes, long swept-back hair, a beard and a forehead tilak, cues consistent with a discourse setting. The scene is a yoga or satsang session.2016-12-15December 15 20162016-12-15December 15 20162016-12-15A standing teacher in an orange-saffron robe with long dark hair, a white forehead mark and a headset microphone gestures with his right arm toward a large seated audience in a yoga hall. Audience members sit on striped mats in black and grey clothing; a man in the foreground with his palms joined in anjali listens attentively, and a dreadlocked person sits with their back to the camera. Behind the stage a golden deity murti with an orange-and-blue headdress stands beside a lit backdrop and tall ornate candle stands. The scene suggests a yoga session or satsang discourse. Swamiji (probable): the standing figure in saffron robes with long hair and a forehead mark matches the page's identification, though his face is not used for identification.2016-12-15December 15 20162016-12-15A standing man in an orange-saffron robe draped over his body, with a red tilak on his forehead and long dark hair, stands at the front of a yoga session with a headset microphone and eyes closed. Seated participants in black clothing sit on red and blue mats in the foreground, and several sit on white cushions; the back row is visible at the centre. Behind him, a red-curtained stage holds a large screen showing a starry blue image, brass ceremonial items, and a white ornate chair with red cushion at the right. Hanging decorative lanterns and red drapes frame the hall.2016-12-15A bearded man with long dark hair and a tilak on his forehead walks barefoot across a striped multicolour rug in front of a seated audience at a yoga session. He wears a saffron-orange robe draped over one shoulder and holds a small black microphone in one hand. Behind him on a red-carpeted stage stands a large golden deity murti with multiple arms and a crown, under a pink and purple cosmic backdrop, flanked by golden trishul staves. A woman in a dark sari stands at the stage edge. Around ten seated participants in black clothes sit on mats and cushions in the foreground.2016-12-15A standing man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl walks down a striped multicolored runner between rows of seated participants in black clothing, one holding a microphone, in a red-draped hall. Behind him a large screen shows a glowing pink sky with a deity murti, flanked by golden trishul staffs and a golden kalasha-style altar. Seated devotees in black and a bare-chested man in white dhoti attend the session; camera operators with tripods stand at the sides. Swamiji (probable): the walking figure has long swept-back hair, a beard, orange robes and a red tilak, consistent with the page's attribution.2016-12-15December 15 20162016-12-15