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A photograph inside an orange and red tent with glowing fabric walls. On the left, a man with long swept-back dark hair, a white tilak on his forehead, a marigold garland and a gold armlet stands smiling while another person in orange drapes an orange cloth over his shoulder. Several saffron-robed sadhus and devotees stand around, one bald figure in a brown dhoti wears a rudraksha mala, and a bearded sadhu in an orange head wrap presses his palms together. Swamiji (probable): the long swept-back hair, marigold garland and gold armlet on the man receiving the cloth are the qualifying cues, and he is presented as the honoured guest among the sannyasis.

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February 09 20132013-02-09A photograph inside an orange-and-red tented enclosure where a bald man in saffron robes bows his head and embraces a larger figure from behind. The embraced figure wears a brown-orange dhoti-style garment with a gold-threaded waistband, a gold armlet, rudraksha beads, and a yellow marigold garland over pinkish shawl drapes. Around them stand several devotees in orange and maroon robes and turbans, a man in a red garment in the lower right, and a figure with a bare head in the background. Hanging red and orange cloth lines the tent walls. a person is not confidently assigned: the larger figure shows rudraksha, gold ornaments and a marigold garland, but the face and frame are only partly visible.2013-02-09February 09 20132013-02-09February 09 20132013-02-09February 09 20132013-02-09February 09 20132013-02-09February 14 20132013-02-14A photograph inside an orange and red tented pavilion with a red draped backdrop. On the left, a man with long swept-back dark hair, white tilak markings, a marigold garland, brown and rust robes, a pink shawl, gold armband and bangles, and a gold-trimmed belt stands at a gilded throne with a leopard-print cloth, extending his arm to a saffron cloth held by a devotee. In front, a smiling man with a red tilak wears an orange and pink shawl, and a bald man in a red-and-orange wrap sits at right. Several other devotees in saffron and orange garments surround them, and a metal vessel is visible at lower centre.2013-02-09February 09 20132013-02-09February 12 20132013-02-12April 22 20162016-04-22Inside a bright orange-and-red tent, a long-haired man with a yellow marigold garland, pale pink shawl, gold armband and gold bangles stands at left, holding and adjusting an orange cloth over a bald, bare-chested man. Around them, several saffron-robed sannyasis in orange garments and orange turbans crowd close, one wearing a white-and-orange headcloth. A man at lower right, in brown-orange robes with a rudraksha-style bead necklace and a white bandage on his arm, reaches forward. A gold throne-like seat and red drapes frame the scene. The tall figure at left is a probable Swamiji candidate, identified by long swept-back hair, garland, pink shawl and ornate gold adornments.2013-02-09