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A bearded man with long dark hair wrapped in a headband of rudraksha beads stands smiling in a temple hall, his hands joined at his chest. He wears a rust-brown unstitched cloth, a thick pink and white garland of lotus flowers, and layered gold and rudraksha necklaces with a gold waist chain. Behind him a black stone Nandi bull sits draped with a white garland and a gold-brown cloth. Two or more figures in orange robes stand with palms pressed together in the background near a tall painted pillar, and a red-and-cream striped floor covers the hall.

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May 31 20182018-05-31A photograph inside a temple hall during a puja. A smiling bearded man in a black turban and rust-brown robe, wearing a long pink-and-white flower garland and heavy gold chains, holds a lit oil lamp toward a dark stone Nandi bull draped in a yellow cloth and white garland. Standing beside him, a bare-chested attendant with white sacred markings on the arms offers the lamp. Behind them, saffron-robed young men play long brass horns and trumpets, and colourful painted pillars and white panelled doors line the hall. The man's appearance is consistent with the identity given on the page but not sufficiently distinctive to confirm it, so he is described by role as a priest and attendant at the lamp offering.2018-05-31 +1 copiesMay 31 20182018-05-31 +1 copiesA smiling man with long dark hair wrapped high on his head and a rudraksha band across his forehead stands in a temple-like hall, holding a lit oil lamp in a brass lamp holder with his right hand and a small brass bell in his left. He wears a rust-brown unstitched cloth wrap draped over bare shoulders, with layered gold ceremonial necklaces, a gold temple-style pendant, a gold waist chain, and thick garlands of pink roses and white beaded flowers. Orange-robed people stand blurred in the background. The page labels this as a person at a May 31 2018 event with aarti and golden palanquin procession, but the cues here are a long swept-back hairstyle, rudraksha, gold jewellery and ceremonial garlands, which fit the candidate, so the presence is labelled probable.2018-05-31 +2 copiesMay 31 20182018-05-31 +1 copiesMay 31 20182018-05-31 +1 copiesMay 31 20182018-05-31 +1 copiesMay 31 20182018-05-31 +1 copiesApril 14 20182018-04-14 +1 copiesMay 31 20182018-05-31 +1 copiesA smiling man in a dark turban wrapped with a rudraksha band stands with his right hand extended palm-up, wearing a rust-brown garment and heavy gold ceremonial necklaces with a large temple-style pendant. Pink lotus and white jasmine garlands hang from his shoulders, and gold earrings are visible. Behind him, saffron-robed devotees and a red flag fill a blurred hall. The flag and crowd suggest a procession or darshan setting. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), with turban, rudraksha, gold ornaments and lotus garlands as cues, seen in person during a darshan or procession.2018-05-31May 31 20182018-05-31