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Indoor photo of a group gathering in a carpeted room with brick and curtained windows. A central figure in a red and gold dhoti-style garment wears a large ornate gold necklace and smiles while gesturing with raised hands. Around them, many people in orange shawls press palms together in namaste, while a woman in a purple top and a woman in brown kurta with an orange shawl stand in the foreground, one with hands folded. The scene suggests a welcoming or greeting moment.

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Indoor photo of a satsang-style gathering in a hotel function hall with warm lighting, pillars and chandeliers. A man in a saffron-orange turban and matching saffron-orange robe with gold trim, wearing a dark rudraksha mala, smiles and gestures with one hand toward the room. In front of him, a devotee in a white-and-orange striped shirt and white trousers kneels on a low wooden mat with palms pressed together in namaste, while about a dozen devotees in casual clothes stand with hands folded in anjali behind them. A cameraman with a tripod-mounted camera films the scene at right.2011-07-26 +1 copiesA photograph of a central figure in an orange-red saffron robe and matching turban, wearing a multicoloured flower garland and a rudraksha mala with a gold pendant, clapping with both hands raised as he dances or sways in a hotel meeting room. Around him a crowd of about twenty-five people in white and pastel kurta-style clothes, including a man in a white shirt on the left and a woman in light blue, stands clapping and watching on a patterned red carpet beneath a low ceiling. A bare-footed group suggests a satsang or devotional gathering.2004-08-21June 29 20132013-06-29April 02 20172017-04-02A photograph inside a large hall with tiled floor, white ceiling lights and red curtained windows. In the foreground a smiling person in a maroon-and-gold silk garment wears a heavy gold bead necklace, a red bindi and white forehead markings, and gestures with one hand. Beside them a woman in a blue blouse and teal sari stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Behind them a man in a white shirt and an orange shawl presses his palms together, and several orange-robed devotees with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings stand in a line. A bald figure in orange robes also stands among the crowd of onlookers.2013-11-03A photograph of a temple hall where a man in a saffron-orange robe with the head covered walks forward, eyes lowered, wearing a heavy gold multi-strand necklace and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him stands a bald man in a red-orange shawl with a rudraksha mala and orange dhoti. Women in white saris with yellow borders stand and sit along the left and right, several with hands pressed in anjali, and a woman in white holds a camera. A red cloth-draped seat is visible at the right edge.2009-12-16March 30 20162016-03-30March 30 20162016-03-30Indoor event in a hotel ballroom with cream walls and gold damask panels. A man with a tall, swept-up dark hair bun and a long rudraksha mala wears a rust-orange robe and walks forward through the seated audience. Behind him, a woman in a rust-orange sari with hair in a bun stands, and other women in white tops with orange shawls sit with hands pressed in anjali. Many seated attendees wear orange shawls and orange tops; some have palms joined. Water bottles are set on a table at left, a black speaker stands at right, and green plants decorate the stage edge. The man's appearance is consistent with the Swamiji (probable) candidate: long swept-back hair, saffron robe and rudraksha mala.2015-12-22 +1 copiesFebruary 10 20132013-02-10Indoor hall with a tiled ceiling, ceiling fans, red curtains and rows of chairs. A man in a rust-brown dhoti-style garment with a gold-toned shawl and a long gold bead necklace stands center-right with his palm raised toward a line of women, smiling. Several women in saris, including one in purple and one in maroon, stand in a queue with hands together. A shaved-headed man with white vertical tilak lines on his forehead and arms stands at the right edge. A woman at the left wears rudraksha beads and glasses.2013-11-03July 26 20112011-07-26 +3 copies