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A photograph of a smiling bearded man with long dreadlocks wrapped in a rust-orange turban with a golden ornament, wearing orange-brown robes, a gold necklace, rudraksha beads and gold bangles on his raised arm. He gestures outward with his left arm and holds a tall golden trident-staff at the right edge. Around him a dense crowd of devotees watches, including a woman with white hair in white clothes and women in pink and green saris. The background is softly blurred.

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December 07 20162016-12-07December 07 20162016-12-07A man with long dreadlocks wrapped in a rust-red turban with a gold ornament and red pendant sits on a red-cushioned seat, smiling and gesturing with his right hand. He wears a red-orange draped garment, multiple gold necklaces, a rudraksha mala, gold armbands and a leopard-print waist cloth. A tall gold staff with an ornate head stands beside him, and a gold bull figure is at the left edge. Behind him, audience members in white and orange clothing sit in a large hall with tripod cameras and a red banner.2016-12-07December 07 20162016-12-07A smiling man in a deep red-orange turban with a small gold trident and a jewelled brooch stands at the centre of a crowd, wearing an orange-rust garment and a long gold-beaded necklace with rudraksha-style brown beads. He holds a large gold trident staff upright beside him. Around him, devotees in white and coloured saris and kurtas crowd close, including a woman with a red-and-yellow vibhuti or kumkum mark and a woman in white at right. Blurred figures fill the foreground and background of this ceremonial gathering. Swamiji (probable): the central man wears a turban, rudraksha-style malas and ornate gold necklace, and carries a trident staff in a procession-like setting.2016-12-07A bearded man in a deep red-maroon turban with a jeweled ornament and a central red-maroon dhoti-style wrap sits on a leopard-print seat, smiling and gesturing with a thin golden stick toward a large brass vessel with curled horn-like handles. He wears long gold necklaces, a rudraksha mala, red bangles and armbands. Behind him a crowd of seated devotees fills a bright hall with red pillars and hanging red lamps. a person seated in a ceremonial role, in a satsang or discourse setting.2016-12-07A bearded man with long dreadlocked hair wrapped in a rust-orange turban with a jewelled ornament sits smiling at the centre of a crowd. He wears a rust-orange shawl, a rudraksha mala, layered gold ceremonial necklaces, a trident pendant and beaded bracelets. A standing attendant in orange holds a tall gold trident staff at the right edge. Behind them, many devotees in white and bright clothing fill the hall, some with raised hands and one with white forehead markings.2016-12-07A bearded man in a rust-orange turban with a jewelled ornament at the front and a long dark braid hanging behind him smiles broadly while holding a tall gold ceremonial staff topped with a trident. He wears a saffron-orange wrap, multiple rudraksha malas and ornate gold necklaces, gold armbands and a red tilak on his forehead. Around him a crowd of devotees, many women in colourful salwar and saris, fills the hall, some with hands raised. Swamiji (probable): the rust turban, saffron wrap, rudraksha malas and gold trident staff are visible cues.2016-12-07December 07 20162016-12-07December 07 20162016-12-07A smiling man in a crowded hall wears a maroon-red turban with a jeweled brooch and a small trident emblem on top, a red-brown robe over bare shoulders, and layered gold necklaces with rudraksha beads. He holds a tall gold trident staff on the right while audience members in white, cream and saffron clothing surround him. Swamiji (probable): the turban, ornate gold necklaces and rudraksha cues match the Swamiji description on this page. In the background a large screen glows at top left, and devotees including a woman in a green sari and a young man with a white shawl and mala look on.2016-12-07December 07 20162016-12-07