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Outdoor photo of a group of devotees seated on a red-brick and tiled platform beside a red pillar at a temple, with a white stone inscription board on the right. A man in long-sleeved saffron robes with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala sits leaning against the board, legs folded, while a bearded man in saffron kurta stands behind the group. Devotees in orange shawls sit around him, including a woman in a light blue headscarf and a woman in a brown top. Green trees and buildings are behind the railing.

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A photo on a temple step beside a red-and-white shrine wall with a stone plaque carrying Sanskrit text. Facing him, a bearded man in an orange kurta stands, and a man in a tan shawl and white kurta kneels with hands near his chest. Several orange-clad devotees sit to the left, including a woman in a blue-and-white shawl, and a man in a yellow dhoti stands in the background. Shrine railings and a paved courtyard surround the scene.2008-07-01Outdoor photo on a paved stone step beside a red-brick wall. A central figure sits cross-legged in orange-red robes with a long orange shawl and a dark rudraksha mala, long dark hair, smiling and gesturing with one raised hand toward seated devotees. Around them, seated people in orange and saffron clothes listen, including a woman in a blue-and-white headscarf and a man in a pale peach wrap. A bearded man in orange kurta stands behind, and a man in yellow kurta and white dhoti stands at right beside a wall inscribed with Devanagari text. a person: the central seated figure with long swept-back dark hair, orange-red robes, orange shawl and rudraksha mala is seated in a teaching or satsang posture.2008-07-01July 01 20082008-07-01A photograph at a temple courtyard. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron robe and an orange shawl draped over his shoulders, with a rudraksha mala around his neck, sits barefoot on a raised tiled platform leaning against a red-trimmed white wall. a person is seated on the platform. Behind him, a white marble panel is inscribed with Sanskrit verses headed by 'Om Namah Shivaya', and a yellow carved relief of a deity figure sits on the red-framed wall. Several devotees in orange shawls and saffron clothing sit in a line behind him, including women in orange shawls and saris and men in orange garments, some with glasses, listening quietly.2008-07-01A photograph of a shaded temple veranda with a white-and-red stone plaque behind the group, covered in printed Devanagari text, including an Om symbol at top. A long-haired man in a saffron kurta and red-and-black clothing sits cross-legged on a raised stone platform, leaning against the wall with a rudraksha mala draped across his chest and an orange shawl over his shoulders; his face is calm, with a red tilak on his forehead. Around him sit a woman in a dark kurta with red embroidery and an orange shawl, a man in a tan kurta with an orange shawl, and a man in a striped shirt with an orange wrap. A bearded man in a long saffron kurta stands behind them, with trees and houses beyond the railing. a person cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and a rudraksha mala, seated as the central figure; appearance is consistent but not conclusive.2008-07-01July 01 20082008-07-01July 01 20082008-07-01July 01 20082008-07-01July 01 20082008-07-01Outdoor photograph of a group seated on a raised stone platform beside a red-painted wall with a white board inscribed in Sanskrit and Devanagari. On the right, a man with long dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, rudraksha mala beads and an orange shawl over orange robes sits cross-legged against the wall, hands resting in his lap. Beside him a man in an orange shawl and light clothing sits, and a woman in a dark kurta with an orange shawl sits at left, with a man in a striped shirt and glasses further left. A bearded man in orange robes stands behind them near a yellow-railed balcony, with green trees behind. Probable Swamiji (probable) is the seated man on the right, identified by long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and orange robes, though his appearance here is only moderately distinctive.2008-07-01A man in orange sannyasi clothing sits barefoot on a raised stone platform beside a red-and-white wall, leaning against it with his right hand resting on the platform. He wears a dark-brown rudraksha mala over an orange shawl and an orange top and dhoti, with a bindi on his forehead. Behind him a stone plaque carries Sanskrit inscriptions in Devanagari. Around him, a group of devotees in orange shawls and white clothing sit and stand, some with yellow kumkum marks on their foreheads. A yellow carved figure is set into the wall at right. Appearance cues in the seated man (orange robes and rudraksha mala, shaved-free long dark hair) are consistent with the page's reference to Swamiji, so he is described as a probable Swamiji candidate.2008-07-01Outdoor photo at a temple-like courtyard with red-and-white pillars and a tiled floor. A group of about twenty-five devotees in saffron-orange shawls sit in rows on the ground listening. A bearded man in orange robes stands centre, and a young man in orange with a rudraksha mala kneels at right, hand resting on a person lying prone on the floor in white and beige cloth with a pillow. Another man in yellow stands at upper right, and a man in white with a shawl stands at upper left. Trees and a hillside town appear behind.2008-07-01