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A photograph of a man with long dark hair and a forehead marking, standing in a warm orange-walled hall and holding a smoking incense stick. He wears a red-orange cloth draped over his shoulders and bare upper body, with wooden rudraksha-style beaded malas across his chest and a gold necklace at his throat, plus beaded bands on his upper arms. Smoke drifts across his face. An oil lamp flame glows in the lower foreground, and a red signboard with white lettering hangs on the wall behind him. The appearance of this person is consistent with the presentation the page describes, but I cannot confirm the identity from his face, so he is described by role as a devotee performing incense offering.

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April 05 20122012-04-05A man with long, swept-back dark hair stands in front of a red-orange wall, wearing a red-orange shawl over his bare shoulders. He has a red tilak on his forehead and wears a long necklace of rudraksha beads and gold ornaments, with rudraksha bands on his upper arms. Incense smoke curls around his head as he gazes upward. In front of him are a brass oil lamp with a lit flame and a brass vessel holding incense sticks. A small framed notice on the left wall and a red placard reading the message about the ashram's Anandeshwara-Anandeshwari temple are visible behind him. The scene suggests a puja or aarti moment at an ashram shrine. Appearance cues of long hair, rudraksha malas and ornate gold adornments are present, but the presentation is only partly distinctive, so identity is uncertain.2012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05A man stands in a red-orange ashram hall with eyes half-closed and a small red tilak on his forehead, holding his palms together above a brass bowl while incense smoke drifts across his face. He wears a red-orange shawl-like wrap with a gold border over one shoulder, long rudraksha-style bead malas across his chest, and bead bracelets on his arms. A brass container and an incense stick sit in the foreground. Behind him, a red wall displays a framed red sign reading about Anandeshwara-Anandeshwari prayers, and a small white notice is mounted on the wall. The setting suggests ritual worship. Swamiji (probable): long, swept-back hair, rudraksha malas, and a saffron-orange wrap, shown in person.2012-04-05A man with long dark swept-back hair and a red bindi stands in a red-orange saffron-toned robe draped over one shoulder, wearing multiple strands of rudraksha or gold-beaded malas and a gold waist cord, with rudraksha bracelets on his upper arms. His hands are pressed together in anjali mudra with an oil lamp flame visible at the bottom edge, and incense smoke drifts across the frame as he gazes upward. Behind him are orange walls and a red signboard with white lettering.2012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05A life-size wax figure of a long-haired man in an orange-red shawl stands before a smoky orange wall. He wears multiple rudraksha malas and gold armlets, with a red bindi on his forehead, and looks upward while smoke drifts across the frame. Behind him a blue-framed poster shows a smiling figure in orange headwear. The figure appears to be a statue rather than a living person, so no physical people are counted.2012-04-30A photograph of a man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl standing in a temple room with terracotta-red walls, smoke or incense haze drifting around him. He wears a long rudraksha mala with bead necklaces and gold armlets, and has a red bindi on his forehead. He has long, swept-back dark hair. Beside him, a copper kalasha or pot and a brass bowl holding red flower petals sit on a table. Behind him hangs a framed picture of two figures in white, a wall notice and a plaque. A blurred foreground figure in blue with folded hands is partly visible at the left edge. Probable Swamiji wearing orange robes, rudraksha mala and long hair, standing at a puja table during an incense or aarti offering.2011-11-09A man with long, swept-back dark hair stands at a brass ritual setting, with smoke from incense or a fire offering drifting across the frame. He wears a red-orange shawl draped over one shoulder, a long rudraksha mala of brown beads, and gold armlets on his upper arms, with a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him a wall in orange and red holds a blue poster showing a smiling figure in an orange turban and robes, and a dark red sign with white text. Brass lamps sit on the ledge in front of him. Appearance-based cues on the presenter match a person in a ritual setting; the sign and poster text are unclear.2012-04-30A man in an orange saffron dhoti-style wrap with a green-edged border stands in a red-walled room holding incense sticks in a brass bowl, smoke curling upward. He wears layered rudraksha mala necklaces, rudraksha armlets and wrist beads, and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him a red sign reads about devotees in 247 countries having darshan of Anandeshwara-Anandeshwari, and a small blue sign is partly visible. The man is smiling and looking upward.2012-04-04