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Outdoor mass gathering at a large open-air venue with a red carpet runway leading through a dense crowd of mostly white-clad devotees seated on red chairs and floor mats. In the foreground, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron garment and a large white and orange flower garland, gesturing with one hand toward the audience. Two monitors on a table show video. Several photographers and cameramen with cameras and a crane-mounted camera surround the stage area, and a bald man in orange stands at the left edge. Banners and a tall structure appear in the background under an overcast sky, with palm trees and thatched huts beyond. Probable Swamiji (long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and flower garland) addressing the assembly.

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A large outdoor gathering seen from behind a figure standing on a red-carpeted stage. The figure has long dark hair, bare shoulders, an orange-saffron garment wrapped around the body, and a white and yellow flower garland with a bead element around the neck. Facing the crowd, they stand near a table with two monitors and equipment. Below the stage, a dense crowd of mostly white-clad devotees, some in orange, fills the open ground, with many photographers and camera operators in the foreground near barricades. Thatched huts, a banner with a portrait, tall stage rigging and green tarpaulin tents appear in the background under an overcast sky. The figure's face is not visible and the appearance is uncertain, so the candidate is marked unsure.2010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29Night photograph of a huge outdoor gathering at an event ground lit by floodlights, with a dense crowd of hundreds of people in white and colourful clothes filling rows of chairs behind white barriers. In the foreground, a man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a bald head walks beside a woman in a yellow sari with hands folded, and a woman with blonde hair in a white and pink shawl stands with palms pressed together. At right, a figure with long swept-back hair, a saffron-orange garment and a garland of beads stands in front of the crowd, and a person in an orange turban and white garland faces away. Strings of lights and banners with portraits are visible in the background.2010-01-08December 17 20142014-12-17February 15 20092009-02-15Outdoor public event under a thatched palm-leaf canopy decorated with yellow and red flower garlands. A man in an orange robe with long dark hair and a large pink-red flower garland sits on a white-draped seat on a green carpet strewn with petals, raising one hand toward a kneeling woman in a yellow sari and blouse who presses her palms together. Behind them a man in white clothes stands with hands folded, and a crowd of devotees in white and bright saris fills the field, with orange flags on poles, palm trees, hills and a camera operator visible at right. The seated man's pose is consistent with a Swamiji (probable) candidate, based on the orange robe, long hair and garland cues.2006-11-13July 29 20072007-07-29May 12 20162016-05-12December 29 20102010-12-29Outdoor darshan at an evening gathering with a large crowd of white-clad devotees behind barricades. In the foreground, a figure in an orange saffron robe and a bright orange turban with long, swept-back dark hair sits on a yellow-cushioned seat, smiling, and holds a rudraksha mala with the hands of a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, who has folded hands and glasses. Beside them stand another man in a white shirt with a yellow shawl and a man in white with a yellow shawl and red tilak. An elderly man in white with a white beard waits on the left, and a woman with a braid in a yellow-bordered white sari is at the lower left. A white air cooler and a white van stand in the background, with orange flags and palm trees beyond. The orange-robed figure has long hair, an orange turban and rudraksha-style beads, consistent with the a person cues, so this is an appearance-based probable identification.2010-02-18Outdoor evening event with a large crowd of people in white clothing and yellow shawls gathered behind wooden barricades, with palm trees, orange pennants and a white van in the background. In the foreground, a figure in a saffron-orange turban and orange robe with long, swept-back dark hair sits on an orange-cushioned seat, receiving a white cloth or paper from a woman holding a small child. Nearby, a man in white shirt and a woman in yellow shawl look on. a person cues: long swept-back hair, orange turban and saffron robe; he is seated and receiving devotees, consistent with darshan.2010-02-18