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Indoor photo of a man in a sleeveless saffron-orange wrap standing in the foreground with a white and red tilak on his forehead and dark hair swept back, looking to the side with a slight smile. Behind him, a woman in a cream and gold sari with a red bindi and a beaded necklace stands with hands clasped, beside a smiling young woman in a yellow floral dress and a woman in white with an ID badge. A man in green stands near a cream-and-orange barred gate. A blue sign with Kannada and English text is on the left wall. Five physical people are visible, including partially visible figures.

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A man with long, swept-back black hair stands in profile on a covered walkway, wearing a sleeveless saffron-orange garment wrapped over one shoulder. He has white sacred ash and a red dot on his forehead and holds one hand at his waist. Behind him is a blue signboard with Kannada text and blue curtains hang in a window to the left, with a metal lattice grille on the right. Appearance cues (long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, forehead markings) suggest a person, but identity is uncertain; he is shown as a standing devotee-style figure in an ashram setting.2009-12-15December 01 20092009-12-01 +2 copiesA photograph of a saffron-robed man with long swept-back dark hair and a white-and-gold flower garland around his neck, standing barefoot on a grey floor beside a red carpet scattered with petals. He smiles and holds his hands together at his chest. Behind him a line of women in white, yellow and orange saris and salwar kameez stand with hands folded in greeting. At right, a shaven-headed man in orange robes and rudraksha mala stands with hands clasped. An orange wall, a blue sign reading Silence please, and a framed picture hang in the background. Swamiji (probable): the robed man with long hair and garland fits the candidate's presentation, with the cues of long hair, saffron clothing and garland.2010-07-21A smiling man stands in a temple corridor with orange-red walls, raising his right hand in greeting. He wears a deep red dhoti-style wrap with a gold border, a long necklace of large gold beads, a gold armlet and a red bindi on his forehead. Behind him a woman in an orange sari walks past a red-framed grilled window with an orange curtain, and another woman in a patterned sari stands with palms pressed together. Metal handrails run across the foreground.2011-11-11Inside an ashram corridor, a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair, white vibhuti on his forehead and a red kumkum dot, wears an orange saffron cloth over a red undershirt and a heavy gold ceremonial necklace with a central gold pendant. He stands with eyes closed as a crowd of men in white shirts and orange sashes presses around him. To the right, a woman in a white sari with a dark border holds a folded peach towel. A blue sign with Tamil text is mounted on a wooden door frame, and a white ceiling with recessed lights overhead. Appearance-based cues are consistent with a person, shown in person, with the attendants around him.2009-08-06A man in saffron-orange robes with a gold-trimmed border walks along a corridor past a metal handrail, wearing a silver beaded necklace, silver armlets and bangles. He has a white tripundra and red bindi on his forehead and his hair is swept back. Behind him, a woman in a white blouse and brown sari stands with her hands folded near a red-brown wall with a teal sign and a blue-and-white bird logo.2011-12-25November 24 20092009-11-24A man in a sleeveless saffron-orange robe stands with palms pressed together in anjali mudra at a metal railing, eyes lowered, with a white tilak on his forehead and long dark hair swept back. Behind him stand a man in white ritual clothes with hands folded and a woman in a grey-blue sari. A wall sign with blue background lists rules in English and Kannada, and white and blue plastic chairs are stacked along the wall beside a blue curtained window and an orange lattice grille. The orange-robed man is a probable Swamiji by appearance cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and a tilak, with his role as a devotee praying at the railing.2009-12-17November 26 20112011-11-26A man in saffron-orange robes stands with palms pressed together at a steel railing inside a warmly painted orange-red room. He has long dark swept-back hair, a tilak mark on his forehead, and wears layered rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and gold-toned armbands. Behind him are a wooden cabinet with red and beige panels, a grille window, and hanging paper-and-leaf decorations. A teal sign with Kannada text is on the left wall. Appearance-based label: a person, in person, presenting in a Nithya Kriya setting.2011-11-06A smiling man with shoulder-length swept-back dark hair and a red bindi stands centre-frame in a loose saffron-orange robe draped over one shoulder, holding a small saffron-wrapped object near the hip. Behind him, people in white clothes with yellow shawls and rudraksha malas stand under a white tent canopy with blue and cream drapes, speakers on bamboo poles and green mats on the floor. A woman at right in white with a lanyard and folded hands stands among the group. The setting appears to be a convention event with a ritual rite under way.2009-11-27August 06 20092009-08-06