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Outdoor photo at a temple-like courtyard with palm trees and a tall decorated pillar behind. A bare-chested man with swept-back long hair, a white vertical forehead mark, a large rudraksha mala and a reddish-brown wrap with gold border stands at left, smiling and looking to the right. Behind him a crowd in saffron and orange robes and bright silk saris, including several girls wearing white jasmine garlands and folded hands in namaste. A camera operator stands at far left. Swamiji (probable): the man has long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala and a distinctive reddish-brown wrap, so the appearance cues are present, though the mark and robes alone are not conclusive.

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October 04 20142014-10-04March 11 20132013-03-11October 04 20142014-10-04Outdoor ritual gathering at an ashram courtyard with palm trees and a red wall behind. Saffron-robed sannyasis stand with hands folded in anjali mudra, and many young saffron-clad boys with shaved heads and white tilak on their foreheads stand among them. Foreground figures include a shaved-headed man in white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala holding a silver vessel, a man in rust-coloured robe with orange shawl and rudraksha malas, a bespectacled man in saffron robe holding a long wooden staff, and a man in saffron robe wearing a marigold and red-flower garland. No one is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; roles are priest, sannyasis and devotees during a padapuja-style ceremony. Several dozen people are visible.2014-10-04June 12 20142014-06-12September 21 20162016-09-21 +1 copiesAugust 12 20162016-08-12A photograph of a central figure in a rust-red robe with a rudraksha mala across the chest and a garland of white flowers with red and yellow blossoms, palms pressed together in greeting namaste with a small red bindi on the forehead. Around him stand many young male renunciants with shaved heads and white horizontal tilak marks, wearing saffron-orange and red cloth, several with folded hands, some with rudraksha malas. On the right a man in a red-and-gold dhoti with a rudraksha mala and a small headset microphone stands with hands clasped. A red and yellow decorated pillar and green foliage form the outdoor setting, consistent with a sanyas initiation or pada puja gathering.2014-10-04Outdoor photograph of a central figure in a rust-red robe with a white and red flower garland and a rudraksha mala, standing with palms pressed together in anjali. Surrounding him are many young sannyasins in orange and saffron robes with white tilaka markings and rudraksha malas, also with hands folded in prayer, some with shaved heads. A man at right wears a rust-red and gold-bordered cloth and a rudraksha mala, with hands clasped. Foliage and a red pillar are behind them. a person candidate appearance is uncertain given the unsure cues.2014-10-04Outdoor ceremonial scene at an ashram with palm trees and a tall decorated pillar behind. A man stands barefoot on a raised platform in a rust-red dhoti and shawl, wearing a long garland of white flowers, red roses and green leaves, with a gold pendant and rudraksha-style beads, hands joined in anjali. Around him a large group of devotees in saffron and orange robes, rudraksha malas and vibhuti-marked foreheads stand with palms pressed together in prayer, and a woman in a blue patterned sari kneels nearby. Brass oil lamps and flower offerings sit on the ground at the platform edge. The man's appearance with long hair and ceremonial garland is a cue for the a person candidate, but the identification is uncertain from appearance alone.2016-08-12August 12 20162016-08-12July 24 20132013-07-24