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A photograph from a seated programme in a hotel ballroom with cream walls and gold wall sconces. In the foreground a standing figure with long dark dreadlocked hair faces away from the camera, wearing a rust-red sari-style wrap and a long beaded necklace with gold-toned beads and a rust shawl across the shoulders. Around them, a large seated audience wears black blindfolds, many in white or rust-orange shawls and orange lanyards. Several people sit on the floor and chairs, and a potted plant and speaker stand appear at left. Appearance-based candidate is uncertain, so the standing figure is described only by role as a participant in the blindfolded exercise.

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A photograph of a seated audience in a hall with cream walls and gold-patterned panels, many attendees wearing black blindfolds and orange scarves over white or light clothing. A standing figure in the centre-right wears a rust-orange wrap, long dark dreadlocked hair falling down the back, and a multi-strand necklace of gold-toned beads, with a bracelet on one wrist. Potted green plants sit at the right edge. Many people in the foreground have their heads and faces covered by black or pink blindfolds.2015-12-24A woman with long dark hair hanging down her back stands with her back to the camera in a hotel ballroom. She wears a deep orange-red sari-style garment and a long necklace of gold and cream beads over her shoulder. Seated audience members in front of her wear black or red blindfolds, many in white or orange clothing with orange shawls and garlands. Some wear flower hair ornaments. A black speaker stands on the left against cream wall panels with gold patterns. Several people in the foreground are partially visible, including a man in a green and white striped shirt.2015-12-24October 23 20102010-10-23 +1 copiesA large crowd of seated devotees, most wearing white blindfolds tied across their eyes, fills an indoor hall during a blindfolded meditation session. In the centre foreground a man with long dark swept-back hair, wearing a flowing saffron-orange robe and a long rudraksha mala, stands looking to the side, one hand holding the mala. Seated people nearby wear white, pale green, blue striped shirts and a green saree. A faint pale wash covers the scene, and a purple logo appears in the top left corner.2010-02-14A standing man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl wears a dark rudraksha mala and has long dark hair swept back, walking through a hall among many seated people. The seated participants wear white blindfold-style bands across their eyes, many in white, grey and striped shirts, with some in orange. Behind them stand a deity murti with orange garlands and a gold-framed alcove, a red curtain, and a golden ornamental chair. Orange lampshades hang from the ceiling. The standing figure's cues of long hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha beads are distinctive, so he is a probable Swamiji candidate physically present. Several dozen people are visible.2010-10-23 +1 copiesDecember 24 20152015-12-24October 23 20102010-10-23 +1 copiesAugust 02 20092009-08-02October 23 20102010-10-23A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange saffron sleeveless wrap and a long rudraksha mala walking through a large hall. He has a red bindi on his forehead and stands in front of a seated audience, many wearing white blindfolds, as in a blindfolded meditation session. Some attendees wear white saris and white garments. Steel roof beams and tall windows frame the hall, with a colourful banner at the back.2010-02-14A photograph of a man in an orange saffron sleeveless wrap walking down an aisle in a hall with peach-coloured walls. He has long dark hair swept back and a red bindi on his forehead, and he is bare-armed with a red garment beneath the wrap. Around him, hundreds of seated people wear white cloth blindfolds across their eyes, many in white, cream and yellow saris and dhotis, some in blue and pink. A sound speaker stands at upper left and a framed poster hangs on the wall at right. The scene suggests a Kalpataru blessing programme in progress, with the walking figure appearing as an appearance-based a person (saffron wrap, long swept-back hair, bindi) and the seated crowd filling most of the frame.2009-08-01A standing man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, and a small tilak on his forehead. He looks upward with his hands at his sides, in front of a seated audience of many people wearing white blindfolds across their eyes, some in white, yellow and green clothes. A wall clock and a banner-like white cloth hang in the background of an indoor hall.2009-08-08