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A photograph of a man with long dark dreadlocked hair, wearing a saffron-orange cloth and multiple rudraksha bead malas, bowing forward with palms pressed together in namaskar beside a bright blue doorway. Inside the doorway a small shrine area with a green-and-brown offering stand and yellow flowers is visible. The man's face is partly turned away from the camera. The appearance-based cues of long hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha malas are present, but a clearly identifying frontal view is not, so the identity is uncertain.

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March 01 20182018-03-01March 01 20182018-03-01A man with long dreadlocked hair and a short beard stands in profile in a narrow temple corridor, hands pressed together in front of his chest in an anjali gesture. He wears a rust-red wrap over his shoulders and bare upper body, with rudraksha mala beads around his neck and on his upper arm. Beside him a dark stone deity murti stands against a white wall, and a blue-framed doorway opens to the right, with a green offering tray and a lit lamp visible nearby. A second person with long hair is partly visible at the left edge. The scene suggests devotional worship at a shrine.2018-03-01March 01 20182018-03-01A man in profile stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, smiling slightly. He wears a sleeveless orange-saffron shawl over bare shoulders, has long dreadlocked hair falling down his back, and has white vertical tilak marks on his forehead plus a red thread bracelet on his wrist. A red curtain hangs behind him and a brass covered vessel with a finial sits at lower right.2017-12-15A long-haired man in a rust-orange cloth with gold border stands in profile with palms pressed together at his chest, head bowed in prayer. Behind him, a shaven-headed man in white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and a man in saffron-orange top stand near a stone wall, and a woman in a cream sari with gold border is partly visible at right. A brass bell hangs at upper left. Dim interior lighting.2017-11-11A photograph of a man with long dark hair bowing forward with palms pressed together in namaskar at chest level, eyes closed in devotion. He wears a white jasmine garland with a red flower accent, a reddish-brown shawl draped over one shoulder, beaded rudraksha-style armbands and a gold bangle. Behind him, blurred figures in orange and saffron robes stand in a dim, nighttime outdoor setting with warm light in the background.2017-10-01Close profile photograph of a man with long, dark, dreadlocked hair swept back, a white horizontal forehead mark and a short beard, wearing a rust-orange shawl with a golden border over a bare upper body and a thin gold chain. He looks downward beside a metal railing with ornate twisted posts, against a soft, blurred pastel background of yellow, pink and blue. Appearance cues (long swept-back hair, orange shawl with gold border, ceremonial gold chain) are consistent with Swamiji (probable), shown in person during a darshan setting.2018-04-18A photograph taken from behind a woman with long dark braided hair and a rudraksha mala worn on her upper arm, looking through a blue-framed doorway toward an inner shrine. Inside, a black Shiva lingam sits on a base with white and orange flower garlands, and a decorated deity murti with red and gold adornments is visible beyond. A small flame glows at the lower left edge.2018-03-01March 28 20182018-03-28 +1 copiesSide profile photograph of a bare-chested man with very long, dark, dreadlock-like hair falling down his back, a white vertical tilak on his forehead, and a short dark beard. He wears an orange-red shawl over his left shoulder with a dark embroidered edge, and a dark rudraksha-style mala strand hangs near his chest. He stands facing left in front of a pale wall and blurred wooden doors with carved arched panels.2018-04-13August 02 20162016-08-02