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A photograph of a bare-chested man with long dark hair and a beard, eyes closed, resting his hand against his cheek. He wears a thick multi-strand garland of red roses and yellow-green flowers around his neck and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him, a large painted orange and yellow tiger head with bared teeth fills the left side of the frame, and a figure in white and gold clothing stands at the right edge.

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A bearded man with a red bindi on his forehead sits in front of a large painted orange tiger with open jaws and fangs. He wears a thick garland of red roses and yellow marigolds, a dark brown-maroon sleeveless garment, and a dark rope-like necklace. His hand rests on his chin as he looks upward with a slight smile. Colourful festival decorations and a person in white and yellow clothing appear at the edges of the frame.2016-09-15September 15 20162016-09-15September 15 20162016-09-15A man with short curly hair, a trimmed beard and a vertical red mark on his forehead sits smiling, one hand raised to his chin. He wears a dark maroon sleeveless garment and a thick garland of red roses and yellow flowers with green leaves, plus a rope-like rudraksha mala draped across his chest. Behind him stands a large painted orange tiger with bared teeth and a lion-like face on a colourful backdrop, and to the right a person in a white dhoti with gold border is partly visible. The setting appears to be a festival or temple decoration. a person: long, swept-back curly hair, rudraksha mala and garland cues, seated as the honoured guest of the event.2016-09-15September 15 20162016-09-15A smiling bearded man with long dark hair sits in front of a large painted bull figure with orange and yellow colouring, seated on a patterned cloth. He wears a rust-red sannyasi garment, a long multi-strand flower garland of red roses, yellow and white blooms with green leaves, and a tilak mark on his forehead. Behind him a person in white dhoti with gold border stands near the bull, and two people with white face paint sit at right in a dark night setting.2016-09-15September 15 20162016-09-15September 15 20162016-09-15September 15 20162016-09-15September 15 20162016-09-15A smiling man with long, curly, shoulder-length hair and a full beard sits at night against a dark background, a red-brown tilak on his forehead. He wears a maroon-brown cloth draped over one shoulder and a garland of red, white and yellow flowers with green leaves around his neck. His right hand rests near his chin. Behind him at left, a partially visible person in white clothing with a gold-coloured waistband stands near the edge of the frame. Appearance-based candidate: Swamiji (probable), shown in person with long hair, a garland and a maroon wrap, though the wording of the cues is not conclusive. Scene reads as a satsang or outdoor gathering.2016-09-15A seated bearded man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead sits before a large painted murti of Devi as Mahishasura Mardini, a lion beside her and a demon figure in green on the right. He wears a long garland of yellow marigolds, pink flowers and red roses, and a dark robe. A figure in an orange and yellow dhoti stands at the left edge, and another man in white with a mala is partly visible at the right. Brass vessels and red kumkum sit in the foreground on a blue base. a person is seated at the center, identified by a long swept-back hair, red tilak and ceremonial garland; the murti is a deity form of Mahishasura Mardini.2016-10-11