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A man with long dark hair, a white forehead marking and a red dot stands in an orange-saffron robe with a lime garland and rudraksha malas, holding a folded white paper in both hands. Behind him, two shaved-headed men in orange robes and rudraksha malas stand, one holding a tray with papers and cloth. A devotee in orange sari and onlookers fill the hall, with colourful striped hanging decorations overhead.

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January 22 20132013-01-22August 17 20132013-08-17November 03 20112011-11-03January 28 20132013-01-28January 31 20132013-01-31October 07 20122012-10-07A man in a saffron-red robe with gold borders and a long orange-gold garland walks through a doorway while reading a small white card in his hands. He has a white tripundra and a red bindi on his forehead and his eyes are lowered. Behind him a woman in a maroon and gold sari with a dark beaded mala and a second man in saffron-red robes follow, and women in white and a woman in a cream sari with folded hands stand to the side. The room has cream ceiling fans, gold drapery and red upholstered chairs.2015-07-13Photograph of a ceremony indoors with a dark background and a blurred gold halo-shaped object behind. A man with long swept-back black hair, a red bindi, gold earrings, multiple rudraksha malas, a gold ceremonial necklace and an orange-saffron shawl over an orange robe holds a small white paper and reads from it. Next to him a bald man in an orange robe with rudraksha malas holds an orange cloth or tray, and a man in a white dhoti with a gold border stands at left. Another man in an orange robe with rudraksha malas stands at far right with a tilak. The man with long hair and ornate adornments has appearance-based cues consistent with a person, shown in person reading aloud during a ritual gathering.2013-01-21A photograph inside a temple-like hall with a decorated backdrop of painted panels and a golden deity figure. A central man with shoulder-length dark hair, a red tilak and gold earring wears an orange-saffron cloth, a large rudraksha mala with gold beads, a gold armlet and gold bracelets. He looks down at a sheet of paper in both hands. Around him stand devotees in white shirts, including a fair-haired man on the left and a shaved-headed priest in orange with a white tilak on the right. Several hands and onlookers are visible in the foreground.2013-05-15June 23 20122012-06-23 +1 copiesA photograph of a man with a shaved-looking short dark hairstyle, saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulders, a gold-and-bead necklace with gold beads and a thick red flower garland, and a red tilak on his forehead, smiling as he reads a folded white paper. Several men with folded hands stand in a line before him, one in a brown shirt and others in white and checked shirts, with a row of people behind them. At the right edge a robed attendant in orange holds a tray of red fruit and ritual objects. Swamiji (probable): the central figure has long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, gold ornaments and a flower garland, and he receives devotees.2013-05-16Indoor event photo in a hall with red curtains. In the centre, a bare-chested man in saffron-orange cloth wears a dense rudraksha mala and heavy ceremonial gold beaded necklace, with long swept-back hair, a red bindi and white markings on his forehead, reading a small paper slip while standing over a red tray holding red apples. Beside him stands a shaved-headed man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and white forehead markings, and at left a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala watches. A woman in white stands at the left edge.2013-05-17