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A seated man in saffron-red robes, wearing a tall black turban-style headdress, a rudraksha mala across his chest and a gold necklace, smiles and raises his right hand, its palm and fingers dusted with white powder. A small golden figure stands on the floor at his left. Behind him are decorated deity murtis wrapped in garlands of yellow marigolds and multicoloured flower strands, with a gilded arch overhead. Swamiji (probable): the seated central figure, with a turban-style headdress, rudraksha mala, ornate gold neck ornaments and saffron-red robes, is the appearance-based candidate. Other visible people include a partly seen figure at the far left edge and a hand at the bottom edge.

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A photograph of a seated man in a saffron-orange robe and a large dark swept-back hair bun, dusted with white powder on his forehead, arms and shoulders, waving with his right palm raised. He wears a gold pendant, gold bangles and a long rudraksha mala. Behind him stand golden deity murtis draped in colourful garlands of yellow, orange, white and purple flowers, one with a crown and one bearing a bow. A small gold figure sits in front of him, and a wall of multicoloured garlands frames the shrine. a person appears in_person with a distinctive hair style, saffron clothing, rudraksha mala and gold ornaments, performing a blessing wave during a shrine ceremony.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07A seated man with a tall black swept-back hair style and a white-streaked forehead smiles broadly in a temple sanctum. He wears a rust-red sleeveless garment, a rudraksha mala, and a large ceremonial gold necklace, and his arms are dusted with white powder. Behind him, a gilded deity murti and a second deity figure stand before a tall arch of yellow, white, purple and red flower garlands. To the right, a bearded figure in white and red sits among garlands. At left, a standing attendant in red holds a rudraksha mala and wears a red shawl. Swamiji (probable): the seated man shows long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklace.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07A photograph of a ritual scene at a temple shrine. A central seated figure with a tall black swept-up hair crown, white sacred ash on the forehead, a gold necklace with pendant, rudraksha mala beads and a red-orange cloth is smiling and wears a long garland of yellow, red and multicoloured flowers. Beside them, a bare-chested attendant in a white vibhuti-marked tilak and blue dhoti pours or applies water, and a devotee in white kneels in front. Behind, a large gold-framed arch of marigold garlands surrounds a seated deity murti holding a staff, with an additional garlanded figure in orange at right. Attendants and devotees are partly visible, and the setting is a stone temple sanctum with a rite of abhishekam in progress.2016-03-07A photograph inside a temple shrine during a ritual. In the centre, a man with a tall black turban, a white-smeared forehead and a long orange-red garment sits smiling, wearing a thick multi-strand rudraksha mala, a large gold pendant and a garland of yellow, orange and red flowers. Behind him stand large decorated murti figures of deities, garlanded with yellow, red and purple flower garlands; the central figure wears a golden crown and jewelled ornaments. To the left, a shaved-headed priest in orange-red cloth with a white forehead mark and beaded necklaces kneels beside a stone platform covered in white powder. Other devotees' heads are visible in the foreground. This appears to be a Pada Puja or abhishekam-style ritual; the seated central man has distinctive long-hair-style turban, rudraksha and gold cues, probable Swamiji, performing or receiving the ritual.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07A central figure seated on a red cushion in a temple shrine, smiling broadly with a white paste smeared across the forehead and face, a tall black turban-style hair bun, a red-and-brown garment, a gold necklace, and rudraksha beads. Yellow and red marigold garlands drape over the shoulders and around the figure's neck. Behind, golden deity murtis and decorated figures in colourful multicoloured garlands stand against a backdrop of ornate garlands. A white powder covers the stone floor and a black stone slab. Another person in white and a person with a white-painted face and dark hair sit at the edges.2016-03-07