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Photograph of an indoor event with a maroon curtain and a projection screen in the background. A bare-chested figure in saffron-orange cloth with long swept-back dark hair, white vertical tilak on the forehead, glasses, and a long necklace of golden beads extends a hand in blessing toward a group of devotees. Several men in front have their palms pressed together in namaste, heads bowed; one wears a yellow shirt, another a white t-shirt and jeans. a person: the figure matches the presentation cues of the page subject, though the page does not state he is present.

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November 29 20112011-11-29A photo taken at an indoor hall with a white ceiling and fluorescent lights. A man with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, gold hoop earring, gold-bead and rudraksha necklaces, bangles and an orange-saffron shawl smiles and gestures with an open hand toward a visitor. a person, a devotee in a white shirt with folded hands, leans in with a smile, and another man with folded palms stands beside him, with a red curtain and a lit gold altar in the background.2013-05-19A photograph of a crowded ashram hall. A central figure with long, swept-back dark hair, a white vibhuti band and red bindi, wearing gold-coloured round beads and a gold chain over an orange-brown robe, raises one hand in blessing toward a line of devotees. Beside him stands a shaved-headed man in an orange-brown robe with rudraksha beads and a red bindi, observing. At left, a man in an orange striped shirt and a younger man with hands in anjali stand before them. Behind, draped maroon curtains with yellow and blue patterned bands and many onlookers in saffron and white clothing fill the room.2013-03-01November 15 20112011-11-15Indoor photo of a long-haired man in a red and orange dhoti-style wrap, gold chain necklaces, multiple beaded bangles and a red bindi, bare-chested, lowering his right palm onto the head of a devotee who bows with hands pressed together. Swamiji (probable): the central figure has long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklaces and a saffron-red wrap, consistent with the page's reference to Swamiji at this event. Around him, a bespectacled saffron-robed sannyasi with tripundra marks and a white-clad elderly man with folded hands watch, while other devotees stand in the background of a hall with ceiling lights and a projection screen.2011-12-05May 19 20132013-05-19November 02 20112011-11-02A photograph of a satsang hall with a dark maroon curtain and gold trim behind. A man with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, gold earrings, an orange-saffron shawl and a thick gold bead necklace with rudraksha-style brown beads stands at right, extending his arm toward a smiling young person in white. Several men and a woman in light shirts and white clothes stand in the foreground with palms pressed together in greeting. A gold-trimmed ceremonial setting with a golden seat or throne sits in the background. The man is a probable Swamiji candidate based on the long hair, saffron shawl and ornate gold necklace cues.2013-05-31A photograph of a satsang hall where a man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange dhoti and wrap, a heavy gold-beaded rudraksha-style necklace and gold armlets, stands at the right with his right hand extended toward devotees. Swamiji (probable) is shown with long swept-back hair, orange clothing and ornate gold adornments. Devotees in front and beside him, several in white and some with folded hands in anjali, sit or stand before a golden throne and red-draped stage with a deity murti in the background. Several people are partially visible in the foreground, including one in a grey shirt and another in a pink shirt.2013-06-02October 22 20132013-10-22June 04 20132013-06-04Indoor photo in a bright hall with white ceiling lights and red curtains along the wall. On the right, a smiling man with swept-back dark hair, a red-brown and gold shawl, a long gold-beaded necklace, gold armlets and red-and-gold bangles raises his right palm in blessing toward the men beside him. On the left, two men in white shirts and white dhotis stand with hands joined in anjali, one bowing with his head lowered and his palms pressed together; a third man stands with folded hands and a rudraksha mala. Behind them, a boy in a red checked shirt and other devotees in white stand in the crowd, several bowing or folded in prayer.2013-11-03