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A man with long, swept-back dark hair wears a white jasmine garland over an orange-saffron shawl and a red tilak mark on his forehead. He smiles softly while placing his right hand on the crown of another person's head, whose dark hair fills the lower right of the frame. A peach-coloured backdrop fills the background. Appearance-based cues of long hair, saffron clothing and a flower garland are consistent with a probable Swamiji (probable) giving blessing to a devotee, and the scene reads as darshan.

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A close photograph of a smiling man with long dark hair, eyes closed, wearing a saffron-orange shawl draped over his shoulders and a thick white and deep red flower garland around his neck. A red tilak mark is on his forehead. In the foreground at left, another man with short dark hair in a white shirt has a hand resting on his head. The background is a warm pinkish-beige fabric.2008-06-22A close photo of a man with long dark hair, a red bindi on his forehead, a white flower garland, and an orange-saffron shawl draped over bare shoulders. His eyes are closed and he raises one hand near his head in a blessing gesture, with a gold and red-thread bangle on his wrist. In the foreground, the back of another person's head is visible at the left edge against a pale peach backdrop. The man's appearance (long swept hair, saffron shawl, floral garland) matches the page's reference to a person, so this is a probable match. The image includes a corner logo and a '2008-06-22A smiling man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi on his forehead wears an orange-saffron shawl draped over his body. He has a double garland of white and red flowers around his neck and a rudraksha mala beneath it. He is looking downward with eyes lowered, and a partially visible person's hand and head rest at the left edge of the frame against a pale cream backdrop. Swamiji (probable) appears in the centre, with the long hair, saffron shawl, flower garlands and rudraksha mala as qualifying cues. He is seated facing a devotee during a darshan moment.2008-06-22Close photo of a man with long dark hair and a small red bindi-style mark on his forehead, wearing an orange saffron cloth and a white and red flower garland around his neck with dark rudraksha beads. He raises one hand in a blessing gesture while a person in white partly visible at the left edge sits near him against a pale backdrop. Swamiji (probable) appearance-based label: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha malas are visible cues, with the gesture.2008-06-22June 22 20082008-06-22Close photo of a smiling man with eyes closed, long dark hair swept back, a red bindi and white tilak on his forehead, wearing an orange-saffron shawl and a thick white jasmine garland with red flower strands and a rudraksha mala. On the left edge, a partially visible person in white clothes bends forward, reaching toward him with an open hand raised. Plain pale peach backdrop. Probable Swamiji by saffron shawl, long hair and rudraksha mala, with a bindi and tilak and the flower garland as additional cues.2008-06-22Close photo of a man with long dark hair, forehead marked with white and red sacred ash, wearing an orange-saffron shawl and a white and red flower garland with rudraksha beads. He is smiling with eyes lowered, and two people are partially visible in the foreground, one in white, leaning in toward him. Warm lamplight on a pale backdrop suggests an indoor satsang or darshan.2008-06-22Close-up photograph of a man with long dark hair swept back, a red bindi on his forehead, and a smile. He wears an orange-red sleeveless garment and thick white flower garlands with dark red beaded ends around his neck. The warm, pale background suggests a stage or hall. Appearance-based label: a person, seated in a ceremonial setting; the page indicates a darshan session, but the cues are limited to hair, garlands and saffron clothing.2008-06-22June 22 20082008-06-22June 22 20082008-06-22June 22 20082008-06-22A smiling man with long dark hair and a red bindi wears an orange saffron shawl and a thick white and red flower garland with dark beads around his neck. A young boy in white with his palms pressed together stands at the left edge, facing him, as if offering greeting or receiving darshan against a plain white backdrop. The man's appearance matches a distinctive a person presentation cues (long swept hair, saffron garment, floral garland), so this is a probable in-person presence.2008-06-22