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A photograph taken from below of a man on a stage under rows of stage lights and metal truss rigging. He has long dark matted hair, a white forehead marking, a small gold and red headpiece, and bare arms with red rudraksha bracelets. He wears a red and orange-brown draped garment with a leopard-print patterned wrap, and gold bangles. His eyes are closed and his hands are raised together at chest height in a ritual gesture.

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December 18 20172017-12-18December 18 20172017-12-18A photograph of a man on a stage performing a standing ritual gesture, both arms raised with hands at the crown of the head and eyes closed. He has a white tilak on his forehead, a red bindi, a dark moustache and long dark hair, and wears a reddish-maroon garment with a leopard-print patterned shawl, a gold necklace and red beaded bracelets. Overhead are metal truss rigging and stage lights, with a white draped valance above. Given the page's description of this event, the man's appearance does not clearly establish him as the a person, so the identity is uncertain and no name is asserted.2017-12-18A man stands on stage under a metal lighting truss with several stage lights, arms raised outward and palms open in an expansive gesture. He wears a rust-red draped garment with a leopard-print panel across the chest, a red-thread bracelet and rudraksha-style beaded armbands, and has a dark topknot and beard. The stage ceiling has pale draped fabric. Appearance-based identification is not established, so the figure is described by role as a speaker or performer at a discourse event.2017-12-18December 18 20172017-12-18December 18 20172017-12-18December 18 20172017-12-18A man stands on a stage under rows of stage lights and a metal truss, raising his right hand in a gesture. He wears a red-orange draped garment with a leopard-print or tiger-striped wrap across the chest and waist, red and beaded wrist bands, a jewelled headpiece in his dark hair, and a vertical tilak on his forehead. Golden stage lights glow at the lower edges. No other people are visible.2017-12-18A man stands on a stage under a lighting truss with several stage lights and spotlights overhead. He wears a red and orange garment with a leopard-print patterned wrap across his chest and a red sash at the waist, plus rudraksha bracelets on his arms and a red headband with a gold ornament. He has a white tripundra on his forehead, a long dark braided hairstyle, and a gold ring. His right arm is raised high with the palm open and fingers spread, as if gesturing during a discourse.2017-12-18Photograph of a man standing on a stage under a silver metal truss rig with hanging stage lights. He raises both hands to his forehead in a ritual gesture, with fingers pressed near the brow. He wears a red and orange garment with a leopard-print shawl, a red sash at the waist, red rudraksha malas on the wrists and upper arms, a gold necklace, and a red tilak mark on the forehead. Long dark hair falls behind him. A white draped canopy hangs above. Probable Swamiji appears here with his distinctive long hair, ornate gold necklace and rudraksha malas, so the depicted figure is labelled Swamiji (probable), performing a stage demonstration before a stage backdrop.2017-12-18A man stands on a stage under white stage trusses and rows of spotlights, one arm raised with the palm open and fingers extended in a blessing gesture. He wears a rust-red and saffron draped garment with leopard-print patterned panels and a gold-edged waist sash, red rudraksha-style bead bracelets on both arms, and a jewelled ornament on a long dark swept-back hair with a red band. A red tilak mark is on his forehead. The setting is an indoor event stage with a white draped valance above. Swamiji (probable): the figure has long swept-back hair, a jewelled crown-like ornament, saffron-red ornate clothing and rudraksha beads, consistent with the page's Swamiji reference, and is presenting a blessing gesture on stage.2017-12-18December 18 20172017-12-18