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A man with long swept-back dark hair and a full dark beard sits on an ornate white-and-red throne chair with carved silver lion-head armrests. He wears a saffron-orange sleeveless robe with gold border over a dark red wrap and a tilak on his forehead, with a red thread on his wrist. He looks to the side with a slight smile, one hand resting on an armrest. Behind him are blurred devotees seated on the floor, a large statue or deity murti, and colourful purple and pink backdrop lights with ornamental lamps.

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December 16 20162016-12-16A bearded man with long dark hair sits on an ornate silver-and-red throne chair in a hall, wearing an orange saffron shawl over an orange sleeveless top and orange cloth. He rests one hand on the armrest and holds a wooden staff upright in the other. Seated and standing audience members fill the foreground and sides, and a large screen in the background shows a live feed.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18A man with long dark hair, a full beard and a red vermilion dot on his forehead sits smiling on an ornate white and red throne with carved floral scrollwork. He wears a sleeveless orange-saffron top with a rust-brown shawl edged in gold, and a red-and-white wrist thread. His hands rest on the armrests. Behind him, a large purple and pink stage backdrop glows with warm lamps, and a raised-arm figure in a patterned top stands at right. Blurred seated audience members fill the foreground. Swamiji (probable): the seated man has distinctive orange robes and long hair in a ceremonial setting, though his face is not used for identification.2016-12-17A bearded man with long dark dreadlocks sits on an ornate white and red throne, wearing a sleeveless saffron-orange robe with gold-bordered shawl and a red sindoor-style bindi with white tilak on his forehead; he smiles and rests his hands on the armrests. Behind him, a stage with red and white backdrop, a deity murti and kalasha-like decorations. In the foreground and sides, blurred people in black and dark clothing are bent forward in yoga postures on the floor. The appearance-based label Swamiji (probable) applies to the man on the throne, with long swept-back hair, saffron robe and tilak as cues. Event context shows a yoga session.2016-12-17December 16 20162016-12-16A man seated on an ornate silver-and-red throne at a large yoga and satsang event, wearing an orange sleeveless robe and dhoti, with a red bindi and white tilak, long dark hair falling behind, holding a wooden staff upright in his right hand. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, orange ceremonial robes and a red forehead mark on the central figure, seated on a throne. To his left a man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and a woman in dark clothing sit nearby, and an audience of mostly women in black clothing fills the hall. Behind the stage, large deity murti and orange-clad figures appear on a backdrop with brass staffs and tall lamps.2016-12-16December 17 20162016-12-17December 19 20162016-12-19December 17 20162016-12-17December 14 20162016-12-14September 23 20172017-09-23