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A photograph from an indoor event with a red draped backdrop and a red and gold lantern at top left. In the centre, a man with long dark hair, a wide smile and a brown-orange saffron-coloured robe stands wearing a long rudraksha mala and a gold necklace, appearing to walk forward. To his left, a bald man in a white kurta with an orange shawl presses his palms together in greeting. Behind them, seated and standing devotees, including women in orange saris, clap or hold palms together. A camera operator and cameras on tripods stand at the left, and a large screen shows video at top right. A banner with a deity image hangs at the left edge.

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A photograph of an event with a red draped backdrop. In the centre, a smiling man with long dark hair, wearing rust-orange saffron robes, a dense rudraksha mala and a gold chain, walks forward. Beside him on the left, a bald man in a white kurta with a saffron shawl and a lanyard press his palms together in greeting. A camera operator on a raised platform films, and a framed portrait hangs behind the stage. Devotees in orange and green clothing stand and press their palms together on both sides, some wearing rudraksha malas.2017-12-19A smiling man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl walks down an aisle between seated devotees who press their palms together in anjali. He wears multiple rudraksha malas, a gold chain, and a vertical tilak on his forehead, with dark hair falling past his shoulders. Behind him a red draped backdrop, a framed portrait, and a video camera on a tripod are visible. Devotees in white shirts, green and white salwar, and saffron scarves surround the aisle, and a screen displays colourful imagery at left. Ceremonial arrival, darshan setting, probable Swamiji cues: long hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha malas.2017-12-19A photograph of a crowd at a red-draped event hall. In the centre, a man in a rust-brown saffron-toned wrap with a long rudraksha mala and a gold chain walks forward smiling with eyes closed, a white vertical mark on his forehead, and long dark hair swept back. Around him, devotees in white and green with palms pressed together in anjali greet him. Behind, a cameraman films from a raised platform, and a screen shows a colourful image.2017-12-19December 19 20172017-12-19A man with long swept-back dark hair, a full beard and a red tilak on his forehead stands with eyes closed in a saffron-orange shawl over an orange robe, at the centre of a red-carpeted aisle under a festive tent. Several women in saris, one in a gold-bordered orange sari kneeling with palms pressed together, another in red, pay respect with folded hands on both sides. A man in white dhoti and shirt wears a rudraksha mala and a cream-clad attendant stands behind. Behind them a large illuminated backdrop shows a deity murti with a kalasha-like crown and a blue light display. Swamiji (probable) appears in person, identified by the long hair, saffron shawl and rudraksha-style garland cues.2016-12-14A photo from a hall event where a man with a tall swept-up dark hairstyle, a yellow-orange tilak on his forehead, and a thick orange-brown rudraksha mala walks forward wearing an orange-red saffron-style robe with a gold-bordered wrap. Behind him, a bald man in a matching orange robe with gold trim and a dark rudraksha mala walks alongside holding a white phone. Around them a crowd stands in orange, red and yellow clothing, several with hands pressed together in greeting, and many with lanyards. Cream walls, a dark speaker and rows of chairs complete the room.2015-12-08April 27 20162016-04-27December 14 20162016-12-14A photograph of an event where a man in an orange turban, saffron robe, rudraksha mala and a large floral garland with white and pink flowers reaches out to touch the head of a kneeling devotee in orange clothes. Behind them, several orange-clad young men and women in saffron and red saris and traditional jewellery watch closely, and a woman in a red and navy sari holds a phone. A red draped backdrop and a camera rig frame the scene. A gold ceremonial staff tip appears in the lower right.2016-04-29December 09 20162016-12-09December 12 20162016-12-12December 22 20152015-12-22