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A smiling bearded man with long dark hair sits in a wooden-walled shrine decorated with fresh green leaves, brass bells and a golden trident. He wears a saffron-brown robe, a thick garland of red roses, yellow flowers and yellow fruit, gold necklaces, a red bindi and a beaded armlet. A devotee in a dark shirt holds a red fruit over a large brass vessel with an ornate spout, while other people in the foreground, including a bare-chested man in white, partly frame the scene. a person: the bearded man in the saffron robe and floral garland matches the page's presence claim. Figures in the foreground are devotees attending the ritual.

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January 15 20172017-01-15January 15 20172017-01-15January 15 20172017-01-15A photograph of a seated bearded man in a rust-orange robe on a wooden throne-like seat, wearing a long garland of red roses and yellow marigolds with gold beads and a gold pendant, hair long and swept back, smiling and extending both hands toward a kneeling devotee. The kneeling man in a peach-colored shirt with grey hair bows and holds a phone. A standing woman in orange sari at right and a man in white dhoti with a shawl at left frame the scene. A golden trident and brass ritual vessels, bells and a golden bull figure sit nearby beneath a thatched roof with green leaves and flower petals on the floor. Probable Swamiji seated in the central role, appearing with long swept-back hair, rudraksha-style gold pendant garland and orange clothing.2017-01-15January 15 20172017-01-15A man with long dark braided hair, a full beard, a white flower crown and a smile sits behind a heap of white and pink petals while another person pours petals from a metal vessel. He wears a rust-orange robe, layered gold necklaces with a large gold pendant, and gold armbands. Behind him stand gold-coloured deity figures, a brass kalasha-style vessel with curved horns, green leaves and a brass oil lamp. Several hands and a partly visible person in a yellow garment frame the scene. The figure has distinctive long hair, a crown and ornate gold adornments; appearance suggests a person candidate seated in a ritual setting receiving petal offerings, though it is uncertain.2017-01-15January 15 20172017-01-15January 15 20172017-01-15January 15 20172017-01-15January 08 20172017-01-08A photograph of a seated bearded man with long dark hair in a reddish-brown robe, wearing a long garland of red roses and yellow-orange flowers with round yellow fruits, and gold ornaments on his arm. He smiles while holding a red fruit in each hand. Beside him, a shaved-headed devotee in reddish-brown robes with a rudraksha mala bends forward, and a woman in white stands at the right edge. Behind them are a golden trident, brass bells, a gilded bull figure, green leaves and a thatched roof.2017-01-15A man with long dark hair, a full beard and a bare-chested upper body wearing saffron-orange cloth and a rudraksha mala sits smiling on a red velvet throne, holding a red fruit or apple and extending it toward a shaved-headed priest in orange cloth seen from behind at the lower right. Behind them stand a gold-colored deity canopy, golden lamp stands and a trident, with garlands of yellow and white flowers and orange embroidered banners. A woman in a green and orange sari and another woman with hair pinned up stand at the right edge. A microphone stand is visible at center. The setting suggests a temple-style ritual offering.2016-10-31