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A seated man in an orange saffron robe and a red-and-white flower garland speaks into a microphone on a stone stage in an outdoor temple setting. He wears a red bindi and has long dark hair, and his hands rest together near the mic stand. Seated listeners in the foreground, including a child with a yellow hair tie, face him. Behind him a draped altar with brass lamps, a kalasha-like vessel, potted plants and a small deity murti under a golden arch fills the background. A man in an orange shawl sits at the right edge. Appearance-based label: a person, giving satsang or darshan for the padayatris.

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A seated man in saffron-orange cloth with a white shawl over his lap smiles at a microphone on a stand, wearing a thick garland of red and white flowers with green leaves and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him on a stone platform stands a large seated figure draped in red and gold silk, with a white cloth, white flower garland with yellow blossoms, and a brass kalasha-style vessel and lamps set on a tiered altar. To the right is a small brass canopy-style peetha or throne with a deity figure, and a brass water vessel and potted plant at the edges. Carved stone pillars and red velvet drapes frame the scene. Only one physical person is visible.2007-07-28A photograph of a smiling man with long, dark, swept-back hair seated on a white cloth-draped chair before a stone platform. He wears an orange-saffron garment draped over his shoulders and a long mala of rudraksha beads, with a red bindi on his forehead. A silver-topped black walking cane rests beside him. 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A probable Swamiji is seated centrally, identified by long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and a ceremonial garland, while the appearance cues are present but he is seated in a chair during a darshan.2007-07-28Photograph of a smiling man with long, swept-back black hair seated before a stone altar, wearing an orange-saffron shawl over his shoulders and a rudraksha mala with dark beads around his neck, plus a red vertical mark on his forehead. A white cloth with pink and green borders drapes the seat behind him, and a silver-handled cane rests beside him. On the altar ledge behind are a brass bell, a silver plate of fruit, a brass lamp, a kalasha-style vessel, an orange-draped deity murti garlanded with white flowers, and yellow marigold garlands.2007-07-28A man with long, swept-back dark hair sits barefoot in a white-covered chair on a raised stone platform, wearing an orange-saffron garment over his shoulders and a long rudraksha mala around his neck. 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