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Photograph of an indoor event where a figure in a white turban and white robe with a gold border sits on a red-carpeted platform, wearing a heavy gold necklace and a long dark braid. He holds a metal bowl and hands over a garland of white flowers with red and green accents, with fruit beside it. Several men in white shirts and pale checked or striped shirts stand and bend forward around him, and a woman in a green sari and glasses sits in front, hands pressed together in greeting. Behind them stand a colourful painted pillar and a crowd of onlookers. The turban, long hair and gold necklace are the cues for a person, shown in person receiving the garland at the event.

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Night-time event photo at an outdoor pandal with a red carpet runner. A man in a white turban with gold-bordered white cloth and a long gold-and-white garland stands at left, holding and offering flowers or fruit toward a seated white-clothed figure; a steel tray of flowers and fruit is in the foreground. Two men in white shirts and mundus stand at centre, one with hands pressed together in namaskar at right. A photographer with a camera stands on a raised platform at top left, and a crowd of people in white clothes fills the background under string lights and a colourful decorated pillar.2005-12-09December 09 20052005-12-09December 09 20052005-12-09December 29 20102010-12-29December 09 20052005-12-09Photograph at a night outdoor event under stage lights and blue backdrop. A man in a white turban and a leopard-print shawl over white dhoti with gold border sits on a raised decorated seat piled with marigold and yellow flower garlands and a tray of fruit and sweets. He extends his hands to devotees in white clothes who press forward, one elderly man in white shirt smiling and clasping hands, and women in cream and white saris reaching toward him. A man in yellow shawl stands behind, and a fruit-and-flower offering rests in front. Roughly a dozen visible people.2010-12-29A photo from a spiritual conference stage with colourful scalloped fabric draped overhead. A smiling man in a white cwhite turban with gold border and a long-haired figure in cream robes with gold trim sits centrally, holding a small object with both hands and looking down. Beside him a smiling man in a white shirt wears a yellow and red rosette ribbon. A woman in maroon is partly visible at the left edge. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure: long swept-back hair, a white turban with gold border, and cream and gold ceremonial shawl.2005-12-09Outdoor evening event under a yellow-trimmed tent. A man in a white turban and white dhoti with gold border, wearing a gold necklace and a rudraksha mala, sits on a white-cushioned seat and smiles while holding a mala. a person (appearance cues: white turban, ornate gold necklace, rudraksha mala, gold-bordered garments). Before him, a woman with grey hair in a braid, wearing a white blouse and patterned shawl, presses her palms together in devotion, while a man in a white shirt stands beside her. Behind them, devotees in white garments sit or bow on a red carpet scattered with flower petals, and a brass bowl of pink petals sits nearby. Stage poles in orange and gold fabric frame the background.2005-12-09Night outdoor event under stage lights. A man in a white turban and a leopard-print shawl over a long-haired, bearded figure places both hands on the head of a seated older man in white; a woman with folded hands in prayer bows nearby. Swamiji (probable) is the figure in the leopard-print shawl and white turban, giving blessings to a devotee. Around them stand devotees in white dhotis and shirts, one with a rudraksha mala. On the right are a large garland of marigolds, roses and green leaves, a silver tray of yellow flowers and fruit, and an orange cloth. Blue backdrop and scaffolding are visible behind.2010-12-29December 09 20052005-12-09A photograph of a ceremonial scene at a seated gathering. A smiling man in the centre wears a gold-and-cream embroidered turban, a cream silk kurta with gold embroidery, a white shawl and a heavy gold necklace, seated on an ornate golden chair decorated with white jasmine garlands. A bindi marks his forehead. To the left, a man in a white-and-yellow checked shirt with a rudraksha mala leans in smiling, and behind him an older man in a light grey-white robe with a tilak on his forehead stands near a red draped backdrop. At the right edge, part of another person in orange is visible.2006-12-26December 31 20092009-12-31