A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange saffron robe with a leopard-print shawl draped over one shoulder, standing on a riverbank at dusk. He has a white horizontal tilak and a red dot on his forehead and looks upward. Behind him a small boat with a few people sits on calm, blue-grey river water, and a flat sandy shore stretches along the far bank. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange saffron robe with a leopard-print shawl draped over one shoulder, standing on a riverbank at dusk. He has a white horizontal tilak and a red dot on his forehead and looks upward. Behind him a small boat with a few people sits on calm, blue-grey river water, and a flat sandy shore stretches along the far bank.

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Probable Swamiji, a man with long, swept-back dark hair, wearing saffron-orange robes and a leopard-print shawl over one shoulder, stands before a river at dusk. He has white vertical tilaka marks on his forehead with a red dot at the centre, and a rudraksha mala is visible at his chest. The water and a flat far shoreline fill the background under a deep blue evening sky.

A man with long, swept-back dark hair sits on a wooden boat at dusk on a river, smiling and looking upward. He wears an orange sleeveless garment with a leopard-print shawl draped over one shoulder, a white horizontal tilak with a red dot on his forehead. Behind him, boats float on the water and lights glow along the distant riverbank under a deep blue evening sky. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, orange clothing and a leopard-print shawl, shown as a boat-side devotee portrait.

A man with long, swept-back dark hair stands outdoors in front of a riverside city skyline with ornate temple spires and multistorey buildings. He wears a leopard-print shawl over an orange saffron wrap and a long necklace of rudraksha beads. A white and red forehead marking is visible, and he gazes off to the left. Blurred street lights and a pale sky fill the background. a person: the long hair, saffron wrap and rudraksha mala are the visible cues, so this is an in-person candidate, though the appearance is only partly certain.

A man in orange saffron robes sits in a white boat on a night river, with long dark hair swept back and a white horizontal tilak with a red dot on his forehead. He wears a leopard-print shawl draped over one shoulder and a beaded rudraksha mala across his chest, and smiles toward the side. Behind him along the riverbank, lit ghats, temple spires and lamps glow against the dark water, and another boat and a few distant figures are visible. A hand is partly visible at the right edge.

October 18 2004

October 18 2004

A close portrait photograph of a man with long, swept-back dark hair, white sacred ash band across the forehead and a red dot at the centre, looking to one side against a blurred pale background. He wears an orange saffron garment over a leopard-print shawl and a necklace of large brown rudraksha beads. A hand holding an object is partly visible at the left edge. a person: the long hair, orange garment and rudraksha mala fit the candidate appearance, but this is a single person with no caption tying the name to him, so identity is uncertain.

A seated man in orange saffron robes and a leopard-print shawl sits outdoors with eyes lowered and hands held together at the chest. He wears a long dark rudraksha mala, a white sandalwood mark with a red dot on his forehead, and has long, swept-back dark hair. Behind him, blurred ghats and temple spires rise above a river in warm daylight, and a person in orange stands at the left edge holding a microphone. Cues are present but the appearance is not conclusive, so identity is unsure.

A man with long, loose dark hair and a red bindi, wearing an orange shawl over a brown turtleneck and an orange top, holds a silver trident upright in his right hand while looking to the side. Behind him, flat calm water stretches to a hazy shoreline, with a small boat in the distance under a pale sky.

A photograph taken at dusk on the Ganges at Varanasi, with a wooden boat in the foreground and illuminated ghats and temple spires along the riverbank behind. A long-haired man in orange robes sits in the boat with a rudraksha mala and a leopard-print shawl across his shoulder, a white tilak on his forehead and a red dot between his brows. Beside him on the right, an older man in orange and white with a tilak sits close. A hand at the left edge holds up a round orange fan decorated with a flower. The appearance-based cues of the seated man in orange, with long hair, a leopard-print shawl and rudraksha beads, qualify as a probable Swamiji (probable) candidate. Several other figures are visible along the ghats and in nearby boats.

Dusk photograph on a wooden boat at a riverside ghat, with the water and distant lit buildings behind. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a leopard-print shawl with a rudraksha mala sits centrally, with white and red forehead markings. Beside him on the right, a man in orange garments with white and red forehead markings is partly visible, and another person is cropped at the right edge. In the background, a man in white sits on a stone step and a person in pink works near the boat. A white cloth covers the boat's seat. Swamiji (probable): the central figure wears saffron robes, a leopard-print shawl and a long-haired look with rudraksha beads.