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A photograph inside a tiled temple room showing a smiling man with long dark hair and a white tripundra on his forehead, wearing an orange-saffron shawl and a rudraksha mala with ornate gold pendants. He stands while a shaved-headed man in an orange dhoti, with a yellow lanyard and visitor badge, bows with palms pressed together and holds a light pink cloth. A woman in a magenta blouse and white sari sits smiling with hands folded at right. At left, a hanging garland of white jasmine and red and pink flowers and an oil lamp hang beside a red curtain, with a seated devotee in orange at lower left and a brass plate on a chair in the foreground.

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A photograph of a ceremonial exchange in an indoor hall with pale tiled walls and a red draped backdrop decorated with white and pink flower garlands. A man with long dark hair, white tilak on his forehead, an orange-saffron shawl and a heavy gold necklace with dark rudraksha beads sits in a white plastic chair and reaches to clasp the hands of a bare-chested, shaven-headed man in orange cloth with a sacred thread, who bows forward. Seated devotees in saffron and a woman in pink with a red bindi watch. A golden ritual vessel sits in the foreground. Several people are visible at the edges. The seated man in saffron, rudraksha and gold adornments is a person candidate.2009-07-13Photograph of a seated man in a saffron-orange shawl and dhoti-style garments, with a white tilak and red bindi on his forehead, a dark rudraksha mala and a gold ceremonial necklace. He sits on a white plastic chair with his hands resting together, in front of a pink draped curtain. Beside him, a flower garland of white jasmine and red and orange blooms hangs on a pillar. A second man in orange with a saffron turban and glasses sits partly visible at left. The setting appears to be an indoor ceremonial room with light tiled walls.2009-07-13Indoor ritual scene in front of a red draped curtain and white tiled wall. A man with long dark hair, white tilak on the forehead, orange robe and multiple rudraksha malas with a gold ceremonial necklace sits smiling in a white chair, apparently a probable Swamiji by appearance cues. A bare-chested man in white dhoti kneels beside him, touching his arm, and a shaven-headed man in orange robes with a gold chain sits at left beside a small wooden table holding a brass lamp and a tall trident-topped staff garlanded with red, pink and white flowers. A brass bowl sits on the table. Several devotees with folded hands and white garments are visible at the edges, and a woman in white sits in the lower right foreground.2009-07-13A photograph of a Guru Purnima satsang inside a temple-like hall decorated with yellow and red flower garlands and a gilded column. Seated on a golden throne at right, a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair wears a rust-red robe, rudraksha mala beads and ornate gold necklaces, and he is placing a white flower garland with green leaves. Facing him, a man in an orange silk kurta stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind them, a bald priest in orange and a seated older man in white clothing are visible, and a young woman in a dark top sits at right. Swamiji (probable) is the seated garland recipient, identified by his swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and gold necklaces.2015-07-31A seated man in orange robes with a long white flower garland sits on a white-draped couch with gold-bordered cloth and pink cushions, hands pressed together in greeting and smiling. Behind him stands another man in orange robes with his hands clasped at his chest. A man in a white shirt and cream trousers leans in and touches the head of a woman in a gold-and-cream sari who bows before the seated man. Orange and white marigold and jasmine garlands hang on the wall behind, and rose petals lie on the floor in front. The seated man has long swept-back hair and distinctive orange-and-gold ceremonial clothing, but the appearance is not conclusive, so the identity is left unsure.2009-07-27A photograph of a seated figure in a saffron-orange robe with a white and red flower garland, on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion, smiling as a man in a cream kurta bends forward to touch or greet his hand. Two men in white attire stand nearby; a man on the left wears an orange shawl over white clothes. Behind the throne, gold lamps and red-orange draped fabric frame a deity murti decorated with yellow and orange flower garlands. The seated figure has long swept-back dark hair and wears orange clothing with garlands and a cream-coloured fabric beneath; the appearance is consistent with the page's reference to a person, though the identification is uncertain.2010-08-01July 13 20092009-07-13June 20 20122012-06-20 +1 copiesJuly 15 20112011-07-15A photograph of a seated man in an ornate red and gold throne with a carved golden back, wearing saffron-orange silk robes and a long necklace of gold-tone beads, with a red tilak on his forehead, smiling and raising one hand in greeting. A bald man in a white kurta and white dhoti with a white jasmine garland bows with palms pressed together toward him. To the right, a young girl in a grey-green embroidered outfit and a woman in an orange sari with a white flower garland stand smiling beside the throne against an orange wall. a person: the seated man wears orange robes, gold bead necklace and forehead tilak, presented as a person on the throne in a receiving-devotees setting.2012-02-09August 09 20092009-08-09April 28 20162016-04-28