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A man seated on an ornate gold throne with carved lion-head armrests and gold draped curtains behind him. He sits with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, wearing multiple tiers of rudraksha mala necklaces and a bare upper body, with a white tilak on his forehead and a tall coiled black hair crown. Gold ceremonial staffs or fans stand at the left and right edges.

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A smiling man sits centrally before an ornate gold throne with carved scrollwork and tall gold finials on both sides, against a warm golden backdrop. He wears a tall black turban-like headdress, a white forehead marking, and layered rudraksha mala necklaces over a bare upper body, with an ornate gold pendant at the chest. His palms are pressed together in namaste. Swamiji (probable) is shown with these cues: a tall dark turban, rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold adornments, seated on a throne.2021-01-25A smiling bearded man with long swept-back black hair topped by a silver crown ornament with a crescent moon and cobra, white forehead paste and red bindi, sits before an ornate gold throne with carved floral and lion-motif panels. He presses his palms together in namaste. He wears layered rudraksha malas, gold ceremonial necklaces, gold armlets and bangles, and is bare-chested. The figure is a person by these cues, appearing in person in the photograph.2023-04-14March 06 20212021-03-06November 14 20212021-11-14A smiling bare-chested man with a large coiled black crown of hair sits before an ornate gold throne, pressing his palms together in anjali mudra. He wears a white forehead mark with a dark central bindu, multiple rudraksha malas across his chest, a heavy gold necklace with a carved pendant, and gold bangles on his wrists. Behind him, red and gold decorative fabric fills the background. The man is shown in a close, frontal portrait.2021-03-07January 19 20212021-01-19A man seated on an ornate gold throne with carved floral scrollwork, pressing his palms together in an anjali namaskar greeting and smiling. He wears a tall dark turban with a silver crescent ornament, a white tilak across his forehead, a layered gold chain-mail style vest, heavy gold necklaces, bangles and armlets, and a long rudraksha mala draped over his shoulders. The bare-chested figure with distinctive turban, crescent and ceremonial gold adornments fits the a person appearance cues, so he is shown in a seated devotional pose on a throne.2021-11-14A seated man in a gilded, ornately carved golden throne with gold-embossed backdrop and drapery. He wears a tall black turban with a silver crescent ornament and a white and red forehead marking, pressing his palms together in a namaste greeting. He is bare-chested with multiple strands of rudraksha malas, a large ornate gold pendant with a deity relief, a gold arm band and bangles, and a leopard-print wrap. Appearance-based a person cues are the turban, layered rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold ornaments, though the identification is uncertain.2021-04-15October 12 20212021-10-12March 06 20212021-03-06January 16 20212021-01-16A bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair wound into a high crown-like turban sits before an ornate gold-leafed throne, eyes closed, palms pressed together in namaste at his chest. He wears a white vertical tilak on his forehead, multiple strands of orange-red and rudraksha malas, a large gold pendant bearing a dancing deity figure, gold armlets and bangles, and a patterned gold-and-maroon waist cloth. The figure has distinctive long dark hair and a crown-like turban with rudraksha-style adornments and ornate gold ceremonial jewellery, matching the Swamiji (probable) appearance cues. Only one physical person is present.2021-11-14