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A photograph of a crowded indoor ceremony in a white-walled room with orange garland decorations along the top edge. In the centre, a long-haired man in an orange-saffron robe with a long flower garland and rudraksha-style beads, appearing to be the honoured figure, stands with hands together while a bare-chested priest in white dhoti and gold necklace, holding a plate of fruit and flowers, faces him. Around them devotees in white and orange shirts stand with palms pressed together, and a man in a grey shirt holds offerings of fruit and coconut. Adornments and garlands are visible throughout. a person is the long-haired figure in saffron with the swept-back hair and long garland, identified by these appearance cues only.

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October 09 20082008-10-09Indoor photograph of a ceremonial welcome in a plainly decorated hall with orange and yellow garland bunting along the walls. A central figure with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala and an orange-saffron robe stands with eyes lowered as a shaved-headed man in white clothes places a flower garland around his neck. Around them, devotees in saffron and white kurtas and shirts crowd close; one man in a dark grey shirt holds a fruit basket aloft and extends a hand toward the central figure's head. A cluster of onlookers, some in orange clothing, fill the frame. Appearance-based label: a person, shown in person receiving garlanding; identity is inferred from the page and visible cues only.2008-10-09October 09 20082008-10-09March 27 20082008-03-27March 27 20082008-03-27March 23 20082008-03-23March 27 20082008-03-27A seated figure in an orange sleeveless top with long swept-back dark hair and a beaded necklace receives a pineapple from a woman in a light blue floral salwar kameez with a rudraksha mala. Beside her, a bald man in a grey-brown shirt wears a rudraksha mala and sits close, watching. Behind them, people in white clothes and an orange shawl stand, and an older man in orange with a white beaded garland sits on the right. Fruit, apples and a white cloth sit on a table at the right edge, and a fan stands in the background.2008-03-27A photograph inside a temple-like hall with orange marigold garlands strung along the cream walls and a small yellow-and-orange decorated shrine niche at the right. In the centre, a man with long wavy dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, a long orange robe and a rudraksha mala stands with palms pressed together in prayer, eyes lowered, with several devotees around him. The figure has long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha beads, which fits the appearance-based cues for Swamiji (probable). Beside him, a shaved-headed attendant in an orange cloth, and older men in white dhotis and white shirts with gold chains stand with hands folded. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold chain bends over an orange cloth beside a tray of flowers, and a man with glasses in white clothes presses his hands together. A fan and a speaker hang on the wall, and onlookers stand in the background.2008-10-09March 27 20082008-03-27March 27 20082008-03-27March 27 20082008-03-27