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A photograph in an indoor hall with a suspended ceiling and fluorescent lights. A man in a rust-brown dhoti-style garment with a gold border and a rudraksha mala draped over his shoulders stands on the right, with a gold necklace, gold earrings, a red bindi and white tripundra markings on his forehead. He extends his right hand, bangled with rudraksha beads, to bless a man on the left who bows his head and presses his palms together in anjali. Devotees in white, pink and red clothing line a barricaded queue behind them, and a glimpse of a decorated stage or deity murti appears in the background. a person: the robed figure with rudraksha malas, gold ornaments and tripundra fits the candidate cues, and the page names him, but the appearance is treated as probable only.

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October 20 20132013-10-20October 20 20132013-10-20 +1 copiesMay 19 20132013-05-19Indoor photo in a large hall with a drop ceiling and fluorescent lights. A smiling man in an orange-saffron shawl and long gold necklace with a large gold pendant, gold armbands and bangles, with a sandalwood-and-vibhuti forehead mark and long swept-back hair, places his raised right palm on the head of a bowed devotee in a checked shirt. The devotee presses his hands together in anjali, and a woman in a red sari and another in green stand nearby with hands folded. To the right, a man in white dhoti with gold border and gold armband stands beside a table. Crowd of standing people in white and green clothing in the background. Swamiji (probable): the smiling central figure wears saffron clothing, a long gold necklace, gold armbands, a forehead mark and long swept-back hair, and is giving a blessing to a devotee in a satsang-style gathering.2013-07-25October 19 20132013-10-19October 29 20132013-10-29 +1 copiesJuly 27 20132013-07-27September 25 20132013-09-25October 20 20132013-10-20 +1 copiesIndoor photo in a bright hall with white ceiling lights and red curtains along the wall. On the right, a smiling man with swept-back dark hair, a red-brown and gold shawl, a long gold-beaded necklace, gold armlets and red-and-gold bangles raises his right palm in blessing toward the men beside him. On the left, two men in white shirts and white dhotis stand with hands joined in anjali, one bowing with his head lowered and his palms pressed together; a third man stands with folded hands and a rudraksha mala. Behind them, a boy in a red checked shirt and other devotees in white stand in the crowd, several bowing or folded in prayer.2013-11-03A photograph of a ceremonial blessing line in a hall with white ceiling lights and red curtains. A man in a rust-orange and gold-bordered dhoti, with a gold necklace of multiple layers and a large rudraksha mala, stands at right with a bindi and his hand raised in blessing over the head of a devotee. The man receiving the blessing wears a white shirt with an orange lanyard and has his palms pressed together. Several other devotees in white and light clothing stand in line with folded hands. Behind them a priest with shaved head and white forehead markings wears an orange cloth, and a decorated altar with lit lamps and a deity murti sits in the background. a person is a probable candidate for the figure at right, identified by a combination of ornate gold ornaments, rudraksha mala and orange-gold clothing.2013-10-09October 08 20132013-10-08