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A photograph of a temple-style ritual with a red cloth banner printed with Sanskrit lines being held up beside a silver staff hung with small bells. On the left, a smiling bare-chested man with long dark hair wears a tiger-striped shawl and rudraksha beads around his neck and shoulders. Beside him, a smiling man in a white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala stands near a boy in a blue shirt with glasses and a red lanyard who looks up at the banner. Behind them, a colourful deity murti is decorated with yellow, purple, green and red garlands and gold ornaments, with a dark red curtain in the background.

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A photograph of a ritual or satsang setting. On the left, a man with long dark hair pulled back, a red tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha mala necklace and a thick rudraksha belt, wearing a yellow and black tiger-striped garment, holds up a silver ceremonial rod with small bells while holding one end of a long red cloth. Facing him, a boy in glasses and a checked shirt with a rudraksha mala stands with his hands near the cloth, and a seated woman with her hair in a bun is in the foreground. Behind them, a standing man in a white dhoti and shawl with a gold border and rudraksha mala watches, and draped red and gold fabrics fill the background. The man on the left has distinctive long hair, rudraksha adornments and saffron-toned attire, so he is a probable Swamiji candidate in an appearance-based sense.2013-07-08A photograph of a temple-style blessing. A person with long hair pulled back, wearing a tiger-striped gold-and-black garment, a large rudraksha mala necklace and a dense rudraksha girdle, places one hand on the head of a young boy in a red-and-orange shawl, while raising another hand that holds a silver bell-ringing rod with hanging bells. Behind them a standing man in a white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala watches. Red velvet drapes and colourful garlanded deity murti decorations fill the background. A devotee's head is visible in the lower foreground. Activity appears to be a blessing or padapuja-style ritual.2013-07-08A photo of a ritual blessing. A man with long dark hair tied back, wearing a tiger-striped garment and dense rudraksha bead necklaces and belt, leans forward and places one hand on the head of a young boy while holding a silver staff topped with bells in his other hand. The boy wears glasses, a blue shirt and a red shawl printed with writing, and has his eyes lowered. Behind them stands another man in a white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala, smiling, beside a deity murti draped in red, yellow and purple garments. A blurred figure in the foreground frames the scene. The setting is an ashram or temple hall with red drapes.2013-07-08July 09 20132013-07-09July 08 20132013-07-08Photograph of a seated man in a saffron-orange garment with long dark hair, rudraksha mala and silver-beaded ornaments on his arms and chest, extending his right hand to touch the forehead of a young boy with glasses who kneels in front of him, wearing a white shirt and red cloth with a rudraksha mala. Behind them a man in white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha beads stands with his hand raised, a woman in orange and yellow sari with rudraksha mala smiles at right, and red and yellow floral garlands hang in the background. The scene resembles a blessing or darshan moment.2013-07-10A photograph of an indoor satsang setting. A figure with long dark hair tied back, wearing a tiger-striped yellow and black garment and layered rudraksha malas, sits on a low seat and reaches toward a bell-hung pole. Across from them, a bald man in a white shirt with a red shawl and a rudraksha mala raises his palm toward the bell pole. Behind them, red and yellow marigold garlands and colourful drapery decorate the background.2013-07-08July 08 20122012-07-08July 10 20132013-07-10A photograph of a ritual blessing in a temple-style hall. A long-haired figure in a saffron-orange garment and a dark rudraksha mala leans forward and places one hand on the head of a curly-haired child in a white kurta, whose hands are raised in prayer. Beside them a man in a white dhoti with gold borders, a white forehead band and beaded necklaces stands watching. Behind them two teenagers in orange shawls and glasses look on. Ornate red, yellow and pink fabric and garlands decorate the background, and a red cushion sits in the foreground.2013-07-13September 08 20122012-09-08July 04 20162016-07-04