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A seated man in a yellow garment with a rudraksha mala and a red bindi on his forehead smiles while a man in a white shirt with a red collar stands with his back to the camera, both arms raised, placing a hand on the seated man's head. A golden throne backrest and a golden lamp stand appear in the background beside a green carved stone pillar. A striped white cloth wraps the seated man's forearm. The seated man has distinctive rudraksha beads and yellow clothing, but his appearance alone does not clearly establish the a person identity, so the candidate is marked unsure.

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A seated man with long swept-back hair, a white vibhuti marking on his forehead, a rudraksha mala and orange-saffron cloth sits on a gold-framed throne in a temple-like hall. Facing him, a bearded man in a white kurta raises both hands in a blessing or pranam gesture toward the seated man's head. Behind them, a deity murti is decorated with red flower garlands and a purple cloth, with red drapery and gold pillars. A standing man in white dhoti and shirt watches at right. The seated man's distinctive long hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala make him a probable Swamiji in person.2013-09-28March 26th 20142014-03-26A seated man in a yellow dhoti-style wrap and a long rudraksha mala with a small red tilak on his forehead sits on an ornate gold and red velvet throne in front of a green and blue backdrop. He is bare-chested with a shawl draped across the body and has his hands raised, palms open, toward a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha-style cord who leans in and reaches toward him with both hands. The seated man has long swept-back hair and appears to be receiving a blessing or gesture from the devotee. Orange cloth lies on the throne cushion at lower left.2011-11-24A bare-chested man with long dark hair tied back, wearing a saffron-orange shawl and a thick ceremonial beaded necklace of rudraksha-style malas, presses his palms to the forehead of a smiling bald man in a white kurta with an orange lanyard and wristwatch. Both are smiling. Behind them stand gold ritual objects, a gold kalasha-style lamp stand and a deep red cloth backdrop. Two other people in white and pastel clothing stand in the background. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair, saffron shawl and layered malas, matching the Nithyananda Paramashivam archive context; the figure is performing a blessing-style touch on the devotee's head.2015-10-06May 09 20142014-05-09April 25 20172017-04-25December 10 20132013-12-10A photograph of a diksha-style blessing in an indoor hall. A man with a shaved head and a tilak mark on his forehead wears a crimson and gold robe, rudraksha mala beads and gold bangles, and reaches forward with his right arm extended, palm open toward the head of a seated devotee. The devotee, in a white shirt with short dark hair, bows forward with his hands raised to his head to receive the blessing. Behind them a seated woman in white with a dark beaded mala watches calmly, and a partially visible man in white sits at the right edge. A brocade-patterned wall and a projection screen stand in the background, and a gold object is visible at the lower left. The blessing figure has a tilak and no clearly distinctive long hair or crown, so identity is uncertain.2014-01-05Close photograph of a seated man with dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead, smiling, in front of an ornate gold carved backdrop. A man in the foreground, wearing a white shirt and an orange-brown shawl with a rudraksha mala around his neck, raises his hand and reaches toward the seated man's head. The seated man has a person presentation with a red tilak and a smiling expression; no crown, saffron robe or ceremonial necklace is clearly visible, so identity is uncertain.2017-05-01A seated man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and white sacred ash on his forehead, with a red kumkum dot, is blessed by a man in white clothing with a pearl-like necklace who extends his palm toward him. Behind them stands an ornate gold throne with carved gold scrollwork and a red velvet seat, with a painted deity mural in the background. The seated figure shows distinctive saffron robes and mala cues but his identity cannot be confirmed from appearance alone, so this is a person depiction only in the sense of the page's claim, and the scene reads as a padapuja-style blessing.2011-11-26A smiling man seated on a red cushioned throne with an ornate gold backrest blesses a second man by placing his right palm on the top of the second man's head. The seated man wears an orange saffron wrap over his bare upper body, rudraksha beads around his neck, white sacred ash lines and a red bindi on his forehead, and his hair is swept back. The second man, seen from behind in a white garment with gold trim, raises his hands in devotion. Behind them stand dark bronze-toned sculptures and a gold deity figure. a person is the seated figure, identified by his orange wrap, rudraksha mala, sacred ash and throne, with a blessing being given to a devotee.2011-11-26April 25 20172017-04-25