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A photograph of an indoor room with red curtains and a gold-framed throne upholstered in deep red velvet with button tufting. A man in a red turban, red-and-gold dhoti and gold necklaces stands at right, smiling and holding up a long orange-red beaded garland over a woven basket. A bare-chested older man with grey hair, seen from behind, wears a gold-bordered cloth and a white sacred thread, and receives the garland. Two smiling men in red-and-gold robes and beaded necklaces stand in the background. The turbaned man wears distinctive gold ornamentation and a swept-back hairstyle consistent with the page's description, so he is labelled as a probable Swamiji.

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August 20 20152015-08-20August 20 20152015-08-20August 20 20152015-08-20A photograph of four men in a room with a red velvet and gold ornate throne at right and a red curtain behind. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with white hair and beard, wearing an orange beaded necklace and a red-orange beaded headband, holds his hands out to a man in a red-orange turban and saffron-gold wrap who is adorned with a long gold chain and gold bangles and is offering or giving something in his palms. Behind them two men in red and saffron robes with rudraksha malas smile, one holding a small white object. The scene appears to be a devotee-and-teacher exchange in a ritual setting.2015-08-20A photograph of an indoor room with a red curtain, a gold-framed red velvet throne chair at right, and a white wall. A man in a red-orange turban and reddish-brown robe with gold trim and a beaded necklace is smiling as he drapes a long orange flower garland over the head of a bare-chested, grey-bearded older man with a wrapped mala and a gold-and-black belt. The garland-giver holds a woven straw tray in his other hand. Another person in robes stands in the background.2015-08-20A photograph of an indoor ritual scene in a room with white walls, a red sofa with gold trim, and a red velvet chair with gold carved armrests at right. A bare-chested elderly man with white beard and grey hair, wearing an orange garland and a saffron cloth, holds out his hands while a younger man in a red-orange turban, bare-chested with gold-trimmed saffron cloth and gold bangles and necklaces, places something into his palms. Two other men in saffron robes with rudraksha malas stand behind, one with a white tilak on his forehead. The man in the turban has distinctive long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala and gold ornaments, though his identity is not established from appearance. A green cloth lies on the sofa at left.2015-08-20 +1 copiesAugust 20 20152015-08-20August 20 20152015-08-20August 20 20152015-08-20 +1 copiesOctober 12 20152015-10-12August 20 20152015-08-20August 20 20152015-08-20