A photograph of a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a small red tilak on his forehead, wearing an orange saffron shawl draped over his shoulders and a white jasmine garland with blue, pink and red flower segments. He leans forward with a calm, downcast expression. Behind him, a crowd of seated men in white shirts and dhotis, some with red forehead marks, watch attentively. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a small red tilak on his forehead, wearing an orange saffron shawl draped over his shoulders and a white jasmine garland with blue, pink and red flower segments. He leans forward with a calm, downcast expression. Behind him, a crowd of seated men in white shirts and dhotis, some with red forehead marks, watch attentively.

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A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange saffron shawl, wearing a white-and-red-and-blue flower garland of jasmine, with a red tilak on his forehead, bowing his head with eyes lowered. Behind him, a seated crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts, some with tilak marks, looks on. The man has long swept-back dark hair and saffron clothing, a distinctive cue, so this is the probable Swamiji seen in person.

A man with long swept-back dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead stands in anjali mudra with palms pressed together and eyes lowered, smiling. He wears an orange sleeveless robe and a long garland of white jasmine flowers interspersed with red, blue and pink pompoms. Behind him, seated figures in white clothes and a man with a red mark on his forehead are blurred in a whitewashed hall.

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A smiling man with long, swept-back black hair sits cross-legged in a saffron-orange garment that leaves one shoulder bare, wearing a large garland of red and white flowers with green foliage. He holds a long wooden staff against his shoulder and raises one hand to his mouth. A red tilak marks his forehead, and a rudraksha-style bead necklace hangs at his chest. Behind him, people in white clothes stand with folded hands, and steel vessels sit on a table to the right. Marigold garlands lie on the floor at his feet. Swamiji (probable): the long hair, saffron clothing, ceremonial garland and staff are visible cues, and the page's Maheshwara Puja event is attributed as context only.

Close-up photograph of a man with long, swept-back dark hair wearing an orange-saffron shawl draped over the shoulders and a rudraksha mala across the chest. He wears a thick garland of white flowers with red flower accents around his neck, and a red bindi on his forehead. He sits against a white backdrop and looks slightly to the side with a faint smile.

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A photograph of a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi, wearing an orange saffron shawl over his shoulders and a long white garland of flowers around his neck, with a dark rudraksha mala and red beads across his chest. He faces right and smiles slightly, while a person in a white shirt stands at the left edge of the frame. The background is white fabric. Swamiji (probable) cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala, with a white floral garland and a bindi.

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Close-up photograph of a man with long dark hair swept back, wearing a red bindi on his forehead, a saffron-orange shawl draped over his shoulders, and two thick garlands of white flowers with red bead strands and dark rudraksha-style beads around his neck. He looks down with eyes lowered against a warm pink-orange background. Appearance-based label: a person, with long swept hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha beads and ceremonial garlands as the qualifying cues, shown in person at an event.

Close-up photo of a man with long, swept-back dark hair, eyes lowered, a red bindi and white forehead markings, wearing a saffron-orange shawl and a thick necklace of white flower garlands with red flower strands. A plain white backdrop is behind him. Probable Swamiji, identifiable by long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and garlands, seated in a meditative posture during a session.