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Photograph of a seated, smiling long-haired person in a cream-white garment with gold trim, leaning toward a balding man in a grey-and-black checked shirt wearing a rudraksha mala, who clasps his hands and gazes back. At left, a woman in a white embroidered dress with a red bindi and a beaded necklace stands with her hand raised. Behind them, a large arrangement of pink and orange lilies and greenery fills the right edge, with a red tripod and white cloth visible in the background.

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A photograph of a long-haired man in a white garment with a gold-bordered shawl and a yellow and red flower garland seated on the floor, smiling and gesturing with his right hand toward a balding man in white kurta with a red rudraksha-style bead garland who leans in and bows his head toward him. Behind them white flowers, orange and yellow blooms and a white bouquet sit on the green carpet. Other people in white clothing stand and kneel in the background, including a woman in an orange shawl with a mala, and a seated woman in a white sari. A green-leafed backdrop and a projection screen are visible. The long-haired figure has distinctive long swept hair and a flower garland; the appearance cues are sufficient to label him as a person receiving a greeting, though identity is not fully certain.2006-03-12Indoor photo at a seated event. On the right, a smiling man with long dark hair, wearing a white and gold-bordered shawl and a red and white flower garland, holds hands with a bearded older man in a brown checked shirt on the left. Between them a woman in a teal sari with a red border and a bindi sits and looks down. Behind them, several people in white clothes stand or sit in a hall with a floor lamp and a water bottle on a table. a person cues: long swept-back hair, ceremonial gold-bordered white shawl and garland, present as a central figure greeting a devotee.2006-04-30April 23 20062006-04-23March 26 20062006-03-26A photograph from a meditation convention session showing a seated man in a white t-shirt and jeans with a brown belt, raising both hands palm-to-palm toward a smiling seated person in white robes with long dark hair who is reaching out and touching him. Behind them a woman in a white sari with gold border wears a rudraksha mala and gold bracelet, and a young woman in white smiles at left. Orange lilies and pink flowers fill the right foreground.2006-03-05March 05 20062006-03-05March 17 20062006-03-17A photograph of an indoor convention hall. In the foreground, a man in white kurta with short dark hair stands facing a seated long-haired man in white and gold-bordered cloth, who smiles and raises both palms toward the standing man's hands in a blessing-like gesture. Behind them, a woman in white with an orange shawl and glasses stands, and another man in a striped shirt is visible in the background. A brass oil lamp stands at right beside a palm plant, and rows of brown chairs fill the back of the room.2006-03-26A seated group inside a hall with a wooden floor. In the foreground, a grey-haired man with a curly beard wears white kurta-style clothing and a long rudraksha mala, sitting cross-legged and facing a person on the right. That person has long dark hair, wears a white outfit with gold borders, and gestures with raised hands in a teaching or guiding posture. Behind them, a woman in a cream sari with gold borders and a dark beaded necklace smiles, and another woman in white sits nearby. A man with glasses in white clothes leans in on the left. Partial figures in white appear in the lower corners and background, with a flower arrangement at the right edge. a person: the figure on the right has long swept-back dark hair and a gold-bordered white garment, but facial and presentation cues are not distinctive enough to confirm identity.2006-03-05A seated man in an orange-saffron robe with long, swept-back black hair and a red bindi smiles while placing a ring or small object on the finger of a blonde woman in a white top who holds her palms together. A second woman in white with dark hair looks down in the background beside a vase of pink, orange and white flowers in a hall with wooden floors and folding chairs. Probable Swamiji by visible cues: long dark hair, saffron robe, and a bindi. He appears to be giving a blessing or initiation gesture at a healers' gathering.2006-03-06March 08 20062006-03-08A photograph from a seated meditation session with a long-haired man in a gold-trimmed white garment and gold necklace, seated on a low cushioned seat with a red-and-gold patterned base, smiling and turned toward a grey-haired older man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala, who leans forward with hands together. A woman in a white sari with gold border sits nearby with folded hands, and a younger woman in white with a red-and-white shawl sits at the lower left. Behind them, seated devotees in white clothes fill a wooden-floored hall, and orange and pink flower arrangements stand at the right edge. a person: the long-haired man in gold-trimmed white with a gold necklace on the cushioned seat, presented as the central figure receiving devotees.2006-03-05