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Close side profile photograph of a man with slicked-back dark hair in a low bun, a white sacred ash band across the forehead with a red kumkum dot at the center, and a gold hoop earring. His right hand, at left, raises a gold-toned metal vessel against a gold-textured background, and a gold necklace is visible at the bottom edge. The dark backdrop sets off his face and the glowing gold.

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Close-up photograph of a man in profile with long, swept-back black hair, a white paste mark on his forehead with a red dot at the centre, and a small gold earring. He wears a thick multi-strand necklace of orange-red beads with gold ornamental beads, and orange clothing is visible at his shoulder. He is looking down at a hanging brass bell, a ritual bell, against a plain black background. Probable Swamiji by visible cues: long swept-back hair, ornate gold and rudraksha-style necklace, saffron clothing and tilak.2013-06-21 +1 copiesClose side-profile photograph of a man with a swept-back dark bun, white sacred ash (vibhuti) marks across his forehead and a red dot at the centre. He wears a small gold hoop earring and a heavy gold necklace with round ornaments on a dark background with warm golden blur at left. Appearance-based label: a person, seated in person with gold ceremonial jewellery and ash marks.2013-03-07Close-up photograph of a man in profile at right, with long dark hair swept back, white vertical tilak lines on the forehead and a red kumkum dot between the brows. He wears a pink-red beaded rudraksha-style mala and gold ornaments at the neck, and a gold earring. Beside him hangs a polished brass temple bell with a clapper, against a dark background. The man has a calm smile and appears to be gazing toward the bell. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), wearing long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklaces during a ritual setting with a temple bell.2013-06-21A photograph of a seated man in orange-brown robes with bare shoulders, wearing a thick gold ceremonial necklace of beads and a gold hoop earring. He has white and red tilaka markings on his forehead and holds a silver ceremonial handle topped by a brass bell. Behind him stands an elaborate gold repoussé backdrop with a deity relief, against a dark background. Appearance-based cues include long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklace and saffron-orange clothing, so the person is a probable Swamiji (probable) performing a bell-ringing ritual.2013-03-08June 23 20132013-06-23Side profile of a man with swept-back dark hair, a white vertical mark on his forehead, small gold hoop earring, and a heavy gold beaded necklace over bare shoulders with an orange cloth draped behind. He smiles toward a hanging brass bell on a chain at right, while a lit brass oil lamp glows in the foreground at left. The background is dark and blurred.2013-03-08August 04 20132013-08-04 +1 copiesMarch 06 20132013-03-06October 04 20132013-10-04October 04 20132013-10-04March 06 20132013-03-06September 08 20132013-09-08 +1 copies