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A studio portrait of a smiling man with long dark hair piled high in a crown-like topknot adorned with gold ornaments and a crescent emblem. He wears white forehead markings with a red dot, a heavy layered garland of rudraksha beads and gold pendants, a red cloth, and rudraksha bracelets on his arms and wrist. He raises one hand in a blessing gesture. Behind him is an ornate silver throne back with a lion motif and gold tassels. Rudraksha malas and a white ceremonial staff lie in the foreground. Appearance-based identification is probable given the crown, ornate gold jewellery and rudraksha, but the image is a posed portrait rather than a live event, so no physical people beyond the subject are visible.

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December 15 20192019-12-15December 15 20192019-12-15December 15 20192019-12-15A smiling bare-chested man sits before an ornate silver-embossed backdrop with gold floral motifs, raising his right palm in a blessing gesture. He wears a tall upswept hairstyle with a crescent and small gold ornament, white tripundra and a red bindi, gold earrings, and layered gold and rudraksha malas over a rudraksha-banded shawl draped across the chest. Gold armlets and rudraksha bracelets are on his arms, and a gold-embellished pendant rests on his chest. A red cloth covers the surface in front, with a line of rudraksha beads and a ritual staff below. a person appearance cues include the ceremonial gold necklaces, rudraksha malas and upswept hair on a seated figure with a throne-like backdrop.2019-12-14A seated man raises his right hand in blessing against an ornate silver backdrop with a lion-face motif. He has a long swept-up dark hairstyle with a gold crown ornament, white forehead paste and a red bindi. He wears heavy gold necklaces, layered rudraksha malas, gold armlets and rudraksha bracelets, and a red-orange garment over the lower body. Swamiji (probable) appears through his distinctive crown, rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold necklaces. A ritual staff lies across the lap, and a rudraksha mala and sacred items rest in front.2019-12-14December 15 20192019-12-15A seated man in a photograph poses frontally against an ornate embossed silver backdrop. He wears a dark upswept hairstyle with a white forehead marking and red bindi, multiple layers of rudraksha beads and gold-toned ornaments, a gold necklace with a central pendant, and gold armbands with rudraksha bands. His right hand is raised in a mudra and his left hand rests on a white staff-like object across red cloth.2019-12-14December 15 20192019-12-15A seated man in a staged studio portrait against a fiery orange sunset backdrop and an ornate silver throne-back. He wears a tall swept-up dark hair crest with a small gold ornament, white vibhuti on his forehead with a red kumkum dot, layered gold ornamental necklaces, a dense rudraksha mala across his chest, and a rudraksha bracelet on his wrist. His right hand is raised in a blessing gesture and his left rests on a silver ritual stand with rudraksha beads spread across it. a person is shown with the crest, rudraksha malas and gold necklaces, as the central figure of this image.2019-12-14A seated man with a smiling expression and raised right hand in a blessing gesture sits on a red cloth in front of an ornate embossed silver backdrop. He wears a tall dark hair crown topped with a golden ornament and crescent, a white forehead band with a red dot, and layered gold necklaces with large pendants over multiple rudraksha malas. Rudraksha bands and gold armlets are on his arms, and a golden ceremonial staff lies across the red cloth in front of him, with a rudraksha mala beside it. The photograph appears to be a formal portrait of the man in ceremonial dress, with the upper body bare apart from the adornments.2019-12-14December 14 20192019-12-14December 15 20192019-12-15