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A seated man with a tall black turban and bare upper body, wearing a pink flower garland and a striped cloth around his waist, sits in a silver chair with his palms pressed together in prayer and eyes closed. Silver ritual vessels and a silver lamp stand before him, with a silver elephant figure to the right. Behind him are rows of black stone deity murtis draped in yellow and white flower garlands, and a red-cloth-wrapped Shiva lingam with a tripundra. A microphone stand is visible at right, and a colourful woven cloth covers the floor. The man appears to be a priest or devotee at a temple-like puja; appearance cues are insufficient to confirm his identity, so he is described by role.

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A photograph of a seated figure with palms pressed together in namaskar at a temple-like shrine. The figure wears a long swept-back dark hairstyle, a red and cream cloth around the waist, a striped sash and a pink flower garland, with a bare upper body and a white vibhuti-style mark on the forehead. He sits on an ornate silver throne before silver kalasha vessels and a silver staff. Behind him stand dark stone deity murtis draped in yellow and orange flower garlands, and the floor is covered with colourful striped woven mats and cloth. The printed caption reads Nithyananda Paramashivam copyright text, which is not a visual identifier of the seated person.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31A man in a rust-red sannyasi robe with a rudraksha mala stands with palms pressed together in namaste before a tiered stone stage lined with black stone murtis of deities, each draped with yellow-orange and white marigold garlands. Behind him a central deity murti with multiple arms and a crown sits beside a figure in a teal-green sari, and a tall striped flower-decorated arch frames the scene. A microphone stand stands at his side, with a brass lamp and a brass elephant figure at the foreground. Only one physical person is visible.2018-03-03January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31A seated man with eyes closed sits cross-legged on a raised platform in front of a decorated shrine. He wears a dark red-maroon robe with a gold-striped waist cloth, rudraksha beads on his arms and chest, and a tall black turban with a white tilak. A microphone stand is at right. Behind him stand black stone deity murti and images draped in yellow, white and purple flower garlands, with silver animal vahana figures and a silver staff at left. A colourful cloth covers the platform edge. Probable Swamiji cues: a swept turban, rudraksha malas and maroon saffron-toned robes; appearance-based label only.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31