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A man with long swept-back dark hair and a beard sits on an ornate silver-and-gilt throne with a red cushion, on a red-draped stage. He wears an orange-saffron robe draped over the shoulders and bare feet, with white markings on his forehead and arms. Beside the throne stand a tall silver trident and a silver ceremonial staff with a finial. Rows of seated devotees in orange and saffron shawls fill the hall in front, with banners in red and yellow behind. Appearance-based a person seated in a place of honour, with distinctive long hair and saffron robes; the event is a group programme with a rear-facing audience.

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A man with long swept-back dark hair and a beard sits on an ornate silver-and-gold throne with red upholstery on a red-draped stage. He wears an orange-saffron robe and sits barefoot, hands resting on his knees. Beside the throne stand a silver trident staff and a tall silver ceremonial staff with a golden kalasha-style finial on a gold base. Behind the stage, a crowd of seated devotees in white and orange-saffron shawls watches, with red and yellow drapes behind them. Swamiji (probable): the seated man has long swept-back hair, saffron robe and a throne setting, consistent with the page's Swamiji reference. Seated devotees fill the foreground and rows behind the stage.2017-12-25December 25 20172017-12-25December 25 20172017-12-25December 25 20172017-12-25A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a full beard sits on an ornate silver throne with red cushions, on a raised red-draped stage. He wears an orange-saffron shawl over his body and is barefoot, hands resting in his lap, gazing upward. Silver ceremonial staffs topped with a trident and a finial stand beside the throne. Seated audience members in orange, saffron and white clothing fill the hall in front of the stage, with red curtains and a large screen behind.2017-12-25December 25 20172017-12-25December 25 20172017-12-25A man with long swept-back dark hair and a full beard sits cross-legged on an ornate silver throne with a red velvet cushion, on a red-draped stage. He wears a saffron-orange shawl and orange dhoti, with bare arms and bare feet, and a rudraksha-style neck adornment is not clearly visible. Silver ceremonial staffs with a trident-topped finial stand to his left. Seated audience members in white, cream and orange clothing fill the foreground, with a red and yellow backdrop behind the stage. The seated figure has distinctive long swept-back hair, a crown-like presentation and saffron clothing, matching the page's reference to Swamiji, so this is a probable in-person appearance-based candidate.2017-12-25A photograph of a man seated on an ornate gilded and red-cushioned throne on a red-draped stage. He wears an orange-brown robe over bare shoulders, has long dreadlocked hair and a beard, and rests his hands in his lap with bare feet. Beside him stand a gilded trident staff and a tall ceremonial staff with a finial. Seated and standing devotees in orange and saffron shawls fill the audience below, with red and yellow drapes and a large screen behind. a person: the figure has long swept-back dreadlocks, a saffron robe and a throne, and the page names a person at this event, so he is the central figure of the event.2017-12-25A seated man in saffron-orange robes sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne with carved lion-head arms on a red-draped stage. He has long dark hair falling past his shoulders, a bare-shouldered wrap over one arm, and bare feet. Beside him stand a silver trident and a tall ceremonial staff with a finial. A copper vessel rests on the seat cushion. Behind him are red and yellow draped backdrops, and a seated audience in orange and white clothing fills the foreground and sides of the hall, with several people wearing saffron shawls. A small blue-and-white logo appears in the top-left corner. The man has distinctive long hair and saffron robes, so he is described as a person seated in a throne ceremony, but the appearance cues are only partly sufficient, so the identity is uncertain.2017-12-25December 25 20172017-12-25December 25 20172017-12-25