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A photo of a figure in profile with long black hair wrapped in a high turban-style bun, wearing an orange-red braided cord necklace and a red and gold draped cloth over the shoulder, with white ash markings on the forehead. The figure extends one hand toward the face of a person at the right edge, whose raised palm is partly visible, in front of a red wall and a carved wooden doorway. Swamiji (probable) is shown in this photo, with appearance cues including the long swept-back hair, orange braided necklace and ornate draped clothing, performing a blessing gesture as the presiding figure.

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Side profile close-up of a bare-chested man with long dark hair coiled high on his head in a bun, wearing a thick orange-brown rudraksha mala around his neck and a gold stud earring. A white vibhuti mark is on his forehead with a small red kumkum dot between the brows. He stands before a red wall, smiling slightly, with an orange-and-gold cloth at his waist. The distinctive long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold adornment match the appearance-based Swamiji (probable) cues, shown as a person in the photo. A wooden door edge is visible at right. Event context is a Nithyananda Peetham gathering.2016-01-02January 02 20162016-01-02January 02 20162016-01-02A close side-profile photograph of a man with long black hair piled high in a voluminous knot, a white forehead marking with a dark tilak, and gold earrings. He wears a thick multi-strand rudraksha mala in reddish-brown beads around his neck and a saffron-orange cloth over his shoulder. A red backdrop fills the background, and a blurred white fan with a dark centre sits in the right foreground. The page notes a person at this event, but the appearance cues are only partially distinctive, so identity is uncertain.2016-01-02February 22 20162016-02-22 +1 copiesSide profile close-up of a bare-shouldered man with eyes closed and a slight smile, long dark hair piled high and swept back in a knotted topknot. He wears a dense multi-strand rudraksha mala of reddish-brown beads around his neck and a gold earring. A white vibhuti mark and a dark kumkum dot sit on his forehead. The plain red-pink background is blurred, with a white object in the lower right. This is a probable Swamiji depiction in an in-person setting, shown in meditative stillness with his crown of hair and rudraksha beads, and the page describes a Meenakshi Sundareshwara Thirukalyanam celebration in Bengaluru.2016-01-02January 02 20132013-01-02Close profile photo of a bare-chested man in a red-maroon turban wrapped with gold trim and a gold-and-white ornament, a long braided dark hair, gold necklace and red rudraksha bracelet, placing his right hand on the forehead of a young man with short dark hair. The young man wears an orange-red shawl printed with white script and bows forward with his palm raised. A gold-decorated pillar and blurred figure in white stand in the background. Ritual initiation and blessing scene. a person: the turban, long hair and gold ornaments match the candidate's cues, but the appearance is not conclusive enough to confirm.2017-06-27 +1 copiesJuly 11 20172017-07-11 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20162016-01-02 +2 copiesJanuary 02 20162016-01-02January 02 20162016-01-02 +1 copies