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Indoor photo of a bearded man in a red-orange silk shawl and kurta applying a red tilak mark to the forehead of a kneeling, folded-hands devotee in an orange-red sanyasi robe with a rudraksha mala and a tiger-print seat cushion. A younger attendant in orange kurta and white dhoti stands at right holding a silver plate with pink and red offerings. Behind them a wall is covered in lines of Hindi text, a gold-framed deity murti with red garlands sits in an alcove, and a second seated devotee in orange appears in the background. The man giving the tilak wears a small red bindi and a thin gold chain, and the bearded figure's presentation matches the page's a person cues only loosely, so the identity stays uncertain.

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March 16 20142014-03-16A standing man with a full dark beard and a red tilak mark on his forehead wears a long rust-orange silk shawl over a matching robe, and extends his right hand toward a kneeling sannyasi with shaved head and a gold-and-red garment. The kneeling figure sits on a floral cushion with hands pressed together, wearing a rudraksha-bead mala. Behind them a wall is covered in lines of printed Sanskrit script. On the right a man in an orange kurta, black vest and white dhoti holds a brass tray with a pink-red offering. Another orange-robed figure stands in the background near a gold-framed shrine with a deity murti. Tiled floor and a cable run along the lower edge.2014-03-16March 16 20142014-03-16March 16 20142014-03-16Indoor temple-room scene with white marble floor and walls covered in printed Sanskrit script. A man in orange-red robes and a long beard sits on a patterned blue cushion, holding a silver plate of white flowers and a pink offering. Across from him a kneeling man in a white shirt bends forward with hands on the floor. A seated man in orange shawl and rudraksha beads sits nearby, with monks in saffron and red robes and rudraksha malas standing at the back. A woman in an orange-and-white embroidered outfit with beads sits at the right edge with hands folded. The setting resembles a formal puja or darshan reception.2014-03-16Inside a shrine room with white marble walls covered in carved Sanskrit text, a seated man with a shaved head and a red-orange robe, wearing a white flower garland and rudraksha beads, receives a gesture from a man in a maroon vest over a yellow kurta who bows low with folded hands. Two other seated monks in orange robes sit behind. On the left in the foreground, an older bearded man in an orange shawl and white flower garland sits with eyes closed and a red tilak on his forehead. A decorated shrine with a deity murti and a red canopy appears on the right, along with a silver staff leaning against the wall.2014-03-16Four people sit on cushioned floor seats in a marble hall with long Sanskrit text panels on the walls and silver trishula staffs standing against the wall. On the left, a man with long grey hair and beard wears a red-orange robe and sits with palms pressed together beside a plate of flowers and offerings. In the centre, a smiling man in an orange shawl and saffron dhoti wears layered flower garlands and a rudraksha mala, hands joined in greeting. Two shaved-headed sannyasis in saffron robes sit to the right, one holding an orange cloth. A standing devotee in orange is partly visible at the right edge. Brass items and a yellow-lettered panel sit on a shelf behind them.2014-03-16March 16 20142014-03-16A photograph inside a temple hall with inscribed white marble-like walls covered in Sanskrit text. A man with a shaved head, wearing an orange shawl and a red-and-orange garland, sits cross-legged on a blue floral cushion with palms joined in greeting, smiling. Behind him sit two shaved-headed men in orange and red robes, one holding an orange cloth. To the left, a bearded man in red robes sits on a cushion beside a silver plate of flowers and offerings. A silver trident and staff stand against the wall, and a standing man in orange robes bows at the right edge. a person seated centre with a garland and orange shawl, joining palms.2014-03-16March 16 20142014-03-16March 16 20142014-03-16A photograph of a ceremony in an ashram hall with a wooden door, white walls inscribed with Sanskrit text, and silver tridents and an axe-like ceremonial weapon leaning nearby. A bearded man with long dark hair in orange-red robes sits on a patterned cushion, palms pressed together and holding a plate with flowers and offerings. Beside him a woman in an orange-red sari with gold jewelry sits with hands folded, her head covered by an orange cloth held by a standing monk in orange robes who bends over to drape it. A tiger-striped cushion and blue floral cushions are on the floor. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable) is the bearded man in orange-red robes with long hair, seated and receiving offerings during the blessing, as the page suggests.2014-03-16