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A crowded indoor hall with white walls and hanging decorative banners in red, blue and yellow patterns. A man in a saffron-orange turban and orange shawl stands at centre, marking a devotee's forehead with his right hand, while a devotee in white holds a flat wooden tray of offerings. Around them shaved-headed men in white dhotis and saffron robes, and many men and women in white and light clothing, stand close together. A gilded shrine or throne with a red decorative canopy appears at the upper right, behind a blue backdrop. The scene resembles a blessing or darshan line in a temple-style hall.

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A photograph of an evening crowd gathered at a temple entrance decorated with banana plants and red-and-white striped poles. At centre, a smiling man wears an orange turban, orange shawl and a long rudraksha mala, with a bare upper chest visible. Around him stand devotees in white kurta-style clothing, one woman in a red sari at the back, and others in light shirts and salwar. The man's orange and rudraksha cues are distinctive, though the setting is an ordinary group greeting, so identity remains uncertain. A small purple logo appears at the upper left.2003-04-11Inside a covered open-sided hall with a corrugated roof and metal truss, a man in an orange robe with long dark swept-back hair places his hand on the forehead of a devotee with grey hair. Around them, saffron-robed monks, men in white shirts and a man in a yellow-orange shawl look on, and a wooden offering box with rudraksha beads sits in the foreground. Behind the group, an orange-walled doorway opens onto greenery and more people.2010-08-14April 17 20122012-04-17 +1 copiesNovember 22 20102010-11-22October 09 20102010-10-09October 09 20112011-10-09April 04 20122012-04-04 +1 copiesDecember 04 20102010-12-04Photograph inside an orange-walled hall with a corrugated metal roof and exposed steel trusses, showing a central red carpet leading toward a doorway. A figure with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange shawl over an orange garment, with a floral garland around the neck, and is greeting and receiving the hands of people along the aisle. Several devotees stand on both sides, some with palms pressed together in anjali, including a bald man in white and an elderly woman in a green sari. A bald man in a yellow shawl and an older bearded man in white stand nearby. Orange and blue patterned pillars and framed panels decorate the walls. The appearance is a probable match for Swamiji (probable) wearing saffron-orange clothing and long swept-back hair, and the figure is physically present at the head of the line.2010-08-14March 23 20082008-03-23September 23 20112011-09-23Photo 11683473