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A photograph of a standing figure in a plain orange saffron wrap and long orange garment over a red top, hands pressed together in a namaste gesture while smiling upward. The figure has long dark hair pulled back. Beside them on the left, two people bow low toward the floor: one in an orange garment and one in a blue top with a pink cushion nearby. The setting is a plain white cinder-block wall with a small notice board reading Family Center, a gold-framed doorway on the left, and a yellow wooden platform in the foreground. Swamiji (probable) is indicated by the long hair, saffron clothing and the presentation of an honoured teacher in an appearance-based label; the figure is physically present.

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A photograph of a smiling person standing indoors in front of a white block wall and a metal-clad door, hands pressed together in anjali namaskar. The person wears a loose orange saffron garment and has long dark hair with a red bindi on the forehead. A black speaker is mounted on the wall to the right. At the lower left, a second person in orange clothing with dark hair bends forward partly out of frame. The setting looks like an ashram or hall.2010-02-09Indoor photo inside a bare cinderblock room under construction at the KAILASA temple in Los Angeles. A man with long swept-back hair, a red tilak on his forehead, and an orange saffron robe stands centre, holding a folded orange cloth and speaking. A woman in an orange top and orange skirt stands beside him, looking toward him, and holds an orange brick. A man in a blue t-shirt with a mala stands in the lower left, and a person in white with gold border sits at a granite ledge where flowers and a small brass lamp are placed. Construction items include concrete blocks, a power drill, a level and scattered bricks on the concrete floor.2007-11-07A photograph of people in a bare, cream-walled room with a plywood panel leaning against the wall. A tall man with long dark hair tied back in a bun, wearing orange robes with a red undergarment visible at the waist, smiles and walks toward a yellow hand pallet truck. Beside him, a man with a shaved head and glasses in orange robes guides an ornate gold arched frame with carved finials. A woman in a red-orange top and orange skirt smiles in the background, and another person in pink-purple clothing stands behind the frame.2007-11-07A photograph taken inside a plain cinderblock corridor beside a tiled ledge. In the foreground a man in a flowing saffron-orange robe, with dark hair, holds a folded yellow-orange cloth in one hand and raises the other hand to his head. Behind him a woman in a grey top and light trousers stands near a doorway with dark carved wooden doors, holding black shoes. To the right a bald man in orange robes stands with hands folded against the wall, and another man in dark clothing stands near the doors. The image is slightly blurred from movement.2007-11-07December 02 20092009-12-02July 16 20082008-07-16July 01 20092009-07-01A photograph of a shaved-headed... wait, correction: the central figure has long dark hair swept back, a white vibhuti mark and red kumkum bindi on the forehead, and wears an orange-saffron sleeveless wrap over a red inner garment. He stands barefoot in a namaste gesture with palms pressed together and eyes lowered, on a light tiled floor before a brown wooden door. Behind him on the left, a man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala and yellow-orange lanyard also stands with hands folded in namaste beside a white plastic chair. An orange cloth lies on the floor at the left edge, and a metal stand with cables stands at right.2009-07-19July 09 20092009-07-09A long-haired man in an orange saffron robe with gold trim walks barefoot along a striped runner in a hall, palms pressed together in namaste. Behind him a man in a white dhoti and orange shawl walks toward a brown door, and at left several people in white clothing sit with hands folded in prayer. Wooden cabinets and a black speaker stand at right under a draped white ceiling with decorative pillars. Appearance-based candidate: Swamiji (probable), shown in the orange robe with long hair and forehead marking, walking in greeting.2008-07-16A seated man in a side profile, laughing with his palms pressed together in a namaste gesture. He has long, swept-back dark wavy hair, a small red mark on his forehead, and wears an orange-saffron shawl over a red sleeveless top with orange cloth draped over his legs. He sits cross-legged on a light-coloured mat or platform in a plain room with beige walls. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair and saffron/orange clothing mark him as a.2007-11-07A photograph of a person in an orange saffron robe standing barefoot on a wooden hall floor with hands folded in namaste at the chest, eyes lowered. The robe is draped over the shoulders and the figure has a red mark on the forehead. Behind them, a second man in orange robes stands at the left near an open orange door, holding a small object. To the right are wooden cabinets, a curtain, a white wall with a projection screen, and a metal tripod stand. The person has short dark hair. Whether this is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone, so the figure is described by role as a devotee greeting the gathering.2010-08-08