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A bearded man with long dreadlocked hair and a white vertical forehead mark stands at a silver-pillared ritual platform, eyes closed, right fist raised, wearing a rust-red garment with a thick brown rope-like shawl over one shoulder and a red thread on his wrist. He holds a green-and-gold handled ceremonial implement in his left hand. Behind him, seated devotees in orange and white clothing with sandalwood-marked foreheads watch the process. The appearance is consistent with Swamiji (probable), shown here giving darshan during an initiation program, with long swept-back hair and ceremonial dress as the qualifying cues.

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May 21 20182018-05-21A man in profile seated on a red cushioned seat, bare-chested with a dark red-brown wrap draped over his shoulders and a long rudraksha mala worn across the chest. His long dark dreadlocks fall down his back, and a white tilak marks his forehead. He gestures with his right hand while speaking, and behind him several seated attendees wear orange and white robes with white forehead markings, some with hands folded in devotion. A wooden panel hangs on the white wall behind. Appearance-based cues (long locks, rudraksha mala, saffron-orange and ornamented attire of the attendees) are consistent with a person presenting a discourse or darshan.2018-05-21May 21 20182018-05-21 +2 copiesMay 21 20182018-05-21 +1 copiesA man with long dark dreadlocks and a beard raises his right hand while seated on a silver-framed red-cushioned throne beside silver staffs topped with a trident finial. He wears a rust-brown shawl of rudraksha beads over a bare chest and has a white horizontal forehead mark and a red thread on his wrist. Behind him, several people in orange and white robes with white forehead marks sit in a hall with wooden doors. A person in the foreground holds a green-tipped ceremonial item, and an orange-clad figure stands at left. A printed backdrop reads partly as text behind him.2018-05-21 +1 copiesPhotograph of a man in profile, seated and gesturing with an open right hand, speaking to a seated audience. He has long dreadlocked hair, a short beard and a white horizontal line on his forehead, and wears a bare-chested red garment with a thick brown rudraksha mala draped over his shoulders. Behind him, several blurred seated devotees with white forehead markings sit in front of a wooden cabinet wall. One devotee on the left has hands pressed together, and a woman wears orange clothing. a person candidate is present, identified by the long dreadlocks, rudraksha mala and distinctive bare-chested ceremonial dress; the setting suggests a satsang or initiation gathering.2018-05-21 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated man in a rust-brown robe with a long rudraksha mala draped over his bare shoulder, holding a green-handled silver implement in one raised hand while gesturing toward the front. He has long swept-back dark dreadlocks, a white horizontal forehead band and a beard, eyes closed. Behind him, several people in saffron and white ritual clothing with white forehead markings sit in a hall, and silver ritual vessels rest in the foreground. Appearance-based label: a person, seated in the central position giving a discourse or darshan. A red cushion and a metal flask are visible at the edges.2018-05-21May 21 20182018-05-21 +1 copiesA bearded man with long dreadlocks and a white vertical tilak on his forehead sits with eyes closed, bare-shouldered and wearing a rust-orange cloth, with a thick brown rudraksha mala draped across his chest. He holds a silver-and-gold ceremonial staff with colourful beaded ribbons in his right hand. Behind him several seated people in white and orange clothes, some with white forehead markings, sit in a hall with a wooden panelled wall and a round brass plate.2018-05-21May 21 20182018-05-21March 17 20172017-03-17May 21 20182018-05-21 +1 copies