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A photograph inside a temple hall with painted pillars and a framed mural of figures behind the group. In the centre, a smiling man in a rust-orange robe and a gold necklace wears a gold headband and stands with hands gesturing. Beside him, a bald man in an orange robe and gold chain stands near a man in a white shirt wearing a rudraksha mala, while a man in a white shirt holds a lit oil lamp on a brass tray. Two attendants in white dhotis and orange robes stand nearby, and painted guardian figures with moustaches and folded hands flank the scene. The camera shows the back of a head in the foreground.

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May 07 20122012-05-07May 07 20122012-05-07A photograph of a procession walking down a temple corridor with a painted, multicoloured ceiling of concentric circles and rounded stone pillars. In the centre, a smiling man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl wears a gold floral crown and a long rudraksha mala with a gold pendant. Around him, several men in saffron-orange robes wear gold and beaded necklaces, and one man in white with a yellow-bordered cloth holds a bell-shaped handheld object and a rolled paper. Devotees in white stand nearby. a person candidate: the central figure wears a crown and distinctive mala and gold pendant, but his appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm, so this is a possible identification only.2012-05-07Photograph inside a temple hall with bright tubelight and painted walls; a crowd of devotees in saffron and white robes moves through the doorway. In the centre, a man with a shaved head wears an orange robe, a flower garland and a gold-coloured headband; a few steps behind him, a figure in orange with a long white garland stands beside a bearer in white dhoti holding a kalasha-like brass vessel. Two painted dwarapala guardian statues with raised hands flank the doorway. Several women and children watch at the lower left, and a man in a white dhoti with a red-and-gold cap stands at the bottom right.2012-05-10May 31 20122012-05-31May 20 20122012-05-20 +1 copiesAugust 17 20122012-08-17A photograph of a procession inside a temple at night, with a crowd of devotees behind. In the centre a smiling man with swept-back long dark hair wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, a gold-coloured ornate necklace, golden bangles and a rudraksha mala; he appears to be Swamiji (probable), based on the long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and ceremonial gold necklace. Around him walk saffron-robed men with rudraksha malas and sacred ash marks, a woman in a white sari, and on the right a man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala carrying a silver staff. Other devotees in white and orange stand in the background.2012-04-11May 10 20122012-05-10A photograph of a temple corridor at night with devotees walking in procession. In the centre, a man in saffron-orange dress with a gold-yellow sash, a wide gold-and-red headband, and a large gold pendant on a beaded necklace presses his palms together. Around him are shaved-headed men in orange robes with beaded malas, one holding a small object, and men and women in white dhotis and sarees. Behind them, a crowd stands in a stone-pillared hall with garlands hanging nearby.2012-05-07June 05 20122012-06-05A photo inside a temple corridor at night with a large carved stone sculpture of a figure with raised arms in the background and warm lamp light. A smiling man in the centre wears orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, a heavy gold-beaded necklace, a gold crown-like headband and a forehead tilak; he gestures with his right hand. Around him are several men in orange robes with gold necklaces and rudraksha-style beads, a bald man with white forehead markings, and men in white dhotis behind. A candidate matching the page's Swamiji reference is visible with distinctive orange robes, gold ornaments and a crown, so this is an appearance-based probable identification: the smiling central man in the orange robes and gold necklace is Swamiji (probable), walking through the temple. Other men are devotees and attendants.2012-05-10