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A photograph of a shaven-headed man in saffron-orange monastic cloth, wearing layered rudraksha mala necklaces and beaded wrist bands, with white sandalwood or vibhuti markings on his forehead and arms and a red bindi between his brows. He looks to the side with his arm extended. Behind him, other shaven-headed devotees in orange robes sit in a hall with red curtains and a white wall. The setting suggests an ashram satsang or ritual gathering. Appearance does not clearly establish whether he is a person, so identity is uncertain.

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A shaved-headed man in saffron-red robes wears long rudraksha mala strands across his chest and multiple rudraksha bracelets on his wrists, with a red bindi and white ash markings on his forehead and arm. He sits with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, gazing forward, while blurred figures in orange robes and a seated person in white are visible at the edges. A red curtain forms the backdrop. Appearance is consistent with a sannyasi in an ashram satsang setting, but the page does not establish that this man is a person, so no identification is made.2013-05-31A seated group of devotees in an indoor hall. In the foreground, two shaved-headed men in orange and maroon sannyasa-style robes wear rudraksha malas, white ash markings on forehead and arms, and armbands; the man on the right holds his hands together in his lap. Behind them more devotees in orange and yellow robes sit in rows, and on the far right an older man in white kurta wears a red-brown mala and a pendant. A red curtain and cream walls form the backdrop, with a small purple bird logo in the top-left corner. Several more people are partly visible at the edges.2015-02-02June 04 20132013-06-04July 14 20132013-07-14July 11 20132013-07-11Photograph of seated sannyasi devotees in saffron-orange robes during a satsang gathering. In the foreground, a shaved-headed young man with rudraksha malas and a saffron shawl rests his hand on his chin and looks to the side. Beside him, a man wearing glasses, a white forehead band and white tripundra markings, with a saffron shawl and beaded bracelets, sits with his hands together. Several other robed participants sit on the floor behind them, some with white forehead markings and malas. No visible candidate matches the a person cues of long swept-back hair, crown, or ceremonial gold adornments.2013-11-10A photograph of a shaved-headed man in an orange saffron shawl sitting with eyes closed in a meditative posture. He wears a red bindi, white horizontal tilak stripes across the forehead and shoulders, long rudraksha mala beads and a pendant on a chain. Behind him, blurred figures in white and orange clothing sit in rows in a bright hall. The man's shaved head, plain ritual white and orange clothing and adornments do not establish an identity, so he is described only as a participant in orange robes.2017-03-01July 18 20132013-07-18April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesA close photograph of a shaven-headed man with eyes closed, speaking or chanting, wearing a saffron-orange sannyasi garment draped over one shoulder and a heavy gold bead necklace with a rudraksha mala beneath it. He has white horizontal sacred ash bands on his forehead and a red bindi dot. Behind him, a man in white ritual clothing with a gold chain stands, and another figure in orange is partly visible at the left edge, beside a golden ornamental pillar on the right. The setting appears to be an indoor satsang or ceremony. a person: the man's appearance includes saffron robes, ornate gold beads and a rudraksha mala, but the shaved head and forehead markings are also consistent with a priest, so the identity remains uncertain.2010-10-26August 14 20162016-08-14A shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha mala sits smiling and holds a small brass bell and a lit oil lamp, with his right hand extended. A white sandalwood band marks his forehead with a red bindi, and white paste covers his upper arms. Behind him, several people in maroon robes with gold borders sit on the floor, some holding small lamps. The man is a priest or sannyasi and his appearance does not clearly match the page's a person claim.2013-07-09