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A seated man with long, wavy dark hair wears an orange saffron wrap, bare shoulders, and a long string of brown rudraksha beads, with a red tilak on his forehead. He sits in a small wood-panelled booth, gesturing with one outstretched hand toward a monitor. Behind a glass panel, several men in pale shirts and white dhotis crowd close, one with a red tilak. On a shelf stands a woven basket of red artificial flowers under cellophane, and a framed portrait above him, garlanded with red flowers, shows a smiling man in a white turban and dark embroidered jacket. The portrait is labelled with text that reads as the name Paramahamsa Nithyananda.

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February 22 20072007-02-22February 21 20072007-02-21A smiling man with long dark hair and a red bindi sits behind a large brass tray heaped with fruit, including apples, oranges, green grapes, bananas and a red-flowered gift basket nearby, with coconut halves and yellow flowers at the edges. He wears an orange saffron garment and a beaded rudraksha-style mala. Behind him hangs a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" showing a smiling man in a white turban and dark embroidered robe, garlanded with a red flower necklace. Onlookers stand behind a glass window at right, and a computer monitor sits on the counter. The setting appears to be a shop or business counter during an inauguration.2007-02-21February 21 20072007-02-21A photograph of a man with long, swept-back dark hair seated cross-legged in a small wood-panelled booth, smiling with his hands clasped. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange garment and a long rudraksha mala, with a red bindi on his forehead. Beside him a wicker basket of red roses under sheer white netting sits on a shelf next to electronic equipment and a stack of CDs. Above him hangs a framed picture garlanded with a red flower chain. Behind the glass, a few people in light shirts are visible at the edge of the frame. The cues of long hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha beads are compatible with the page's description of Swamiji, so this is an appearance-based candidate: Swamiji (probable), seated and smiling in the booth, wearing saffron and rudraksha.2007-02-22A photograph of a shrine-like inauguration space. In the centre, a long-haired man in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead sits smiling behind a large brass tray heaped with apples, oranges, grapes, bananas, pomegranates and coconut halves, with a bowl of white crystals beside it. Above him, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a smiling man in a white turban and ornate dark-blue embroidered clothing, garlanded with red flowers. A basket of red-wrapped gifts sits on a desk beside a monitor, and yellow marigold garlands decorate a silver lamp stand on the right. Several people in the background peer in through a window.2007-02-21February 21 20072007-02-21February 21 20072007-02-21February 22 20072007-02-22A photograph of a seated man in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair, smiling behind a tray of fresh fruit including apples, oranges, pomegranates, grapes and coconut halves, with yellow and red flower garlands on nearby lamps. A framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" on the wall above shows a figure in a white turban and ornate clothing with a red garland. Behind them, a computer monitor, a woven basket of red flowers under netting, and several onlookers stand near a window. The seated man is an appearance-based probable Swamiji with long hair and saffron robes, in a seated ritual role. Two onlookers stand behind the window in the background, and a third partly visible person is near the left.2007-02-22A photograph of a small shop interior where a seated figure in an orange saffron robe and multiple rudraksha malas sits with head bowed, a red vermilion mark on the forehead and long curly dark hair. Beside him a man in a light blue checked shirt with a red tilak mark holds folded fabric and a green plastic-wrapped cloth. Above them hangs a framed portrait with a red and white flower garland, and a wicker basket of red and white flowers sits on a shelf at right.2007-02-21A photo taken from above inside a small shop display alcove lined with folded clothing on shelves. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a saffron orange wrap, a red bindi and a long rudraksha mala, sits cross-legged on the floor and leans over a counter with both hands. A red and white flower garland hangs on the wall above him, and a basket of red-and-white flowers sits on a shelf to the right. a person is shown in the saffron wrap, long hair and rudraksha mala cues, performing the inauguration of a showroom while seated at the counter.2007-02-22