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A photo of a temple or ashram gathering. A man with long swept-back hair, a red tilak and gold earrings wears an orange-saffron robe, a thick coral-coloured rudraksha mala and a heavy gold bead necklace, and he is reading a small folded white paper held in his hands. Beside him a bare-chested priest in an orange-brown cloth with a yellow border holds a red tray of offerings. On the left, a man in a white shirt and a man in an orange shirt stand with palms pressed together in namaste, while a blurred golden shrine and red-and-gold decorations fill the background. The central figure's appearance matches the a person candidate profile, but identity is uncertain.

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Indoor photo of a ceremonial gathering with a man in long swept-back dark hair, rudraksha malas and a gold necklace, wearing saffron-orange robes and a red bindi, holding a folded white paper and accepting it from a devotee. a person is shown in the centre, appearing to be receiving or giving a paper slip. Two orange-robed men stand to the right and left, with a shaven-headed sannyasi in the foreground with bare shoulders in orange cloth. A man in a white shirt on the left presses his palms together in greeting, and a second devotee stands beside him in orange. Behind them are a red-and-yellow backdrop and a tray with sweets or offerings.2013-05-18April 14 20122012-04-14May 14 20132013-05-14 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple-like hall with a decorated backdrop of painted panels and a golden deity figure. A central man with shoulder-length dark hair, a red tilak and gold earring wears an orange-saffron cloth, a large rudraksha mala with gold beads, a gold armlet and gold bracelets. He looks down at a sheet of paper in both hands. Around him stand devotees in white shirts, including a fair-haired man on the left and a shaved-headed priest in orange with a white tilak on the right. Several hands and onlookers are visible in the foreground.2013-05-15A photograph of a long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes and a wrap with a dense gold ceremonial necklace and gold armband, holding a white sheet of paper and reading it while people gather around. Probable Swamiji (probable): the figure has long swept-back dark hair, saffron-orange clothing and heavy gold ceremonial ornaments, the cues for a presiding guru in this archive. Around him, a bald orange-robed devotee stands at left with rudraksha beads, a grey-haired man in white with a raised palm, a man in white with a mustache, and a shaved-headed man in white behind. Blurred onlookers fill a hall with a red curtain behind them.2013-06-17June 18 20132013-06-18Indoor ritual photograph in an ashram hall. A man in a saffron-orange robe with tripundra ash, a red bindi, gold necklaces, layered rudraksha malas and beaded armbands stands centre-right, holding a folded white paper and reading from it with lowered eyes. Facing him at left, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with white ash marks on his shoulders and chest holds his palms together in a respectful gesture. Behind them, saffron-robed and white-clad devotees stand, one with a rudraksha mala, and a man in orange at right holds his hands together. A green backdrop and a large screen are visible in the background. a person, a sannyasi in orange and rudraksha, appears reading the paper during the ritual.2012-10-08A photograph in an indoor hall with a pink ceiling and a red-maroon drape behind. A man with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, gold hoop earrings, a long gold-bead necklace and a rudraksha mala wears a saffron-orange shawl and stands center, holding a folded white paper and looking down. a person cues: the long swept hair, ceremonial gold necklace and rudraksha mala. To his right a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange cloth with bare shoulders holds a red box of sweets and a tray. On the left, a man in a white shirt with palms together and another man touch the head of a devotee in orange, in a blessing gesture. Women in white and saffron stand at right, and a red-and-gold box with packets sits in the foreground.2013-05-18May 30 20132013-05-30Photo of three men in a hall with a maroon curtain and a yellow-and-red tassel behind them. On the right, a man with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and a rust-orange wrap, wearing a long string of large gold beads and rudraksha-style brown mala beads, looks down smiling at a printed sheet he holds in both hands. Beside him stands a shaved-headed priest in rust-orange robes with white tripundra markings and a bead mala, looking toward the sheet. On the left, two men in white shirts stand close, one pointing at the paper with his finger.2013-05-03Indoor event photo in a hall with red curtains. In the centre, a bare-chested man in saffron-orange cloth wears a dense rudraksha mala and heavy ceremonial gold beaded necklace, with long swept-back hair, a red bindi and white markings on his forehead, reading a small paper slip while standing over a red tray holding red apples. Beside him stands a shaved-headed man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and white forehead markings, and at left a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala watches. A woman in white stands at the left edge.2013-05-17May 28 20132013-05-28