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A photo of a man in orange-red robes at the centre, wearing a rudraksha bead headband and long garlands of white jasmine and green leaves, with a beaded rudraksha mala across his chest. He smiles while smoke or incense drifts across the frame. In the lower left, a person's head and hand are visible near a bright flame from a lamp or fire vessel. Other visible people are partially shown at the edges, with the blurred foreground head and a hand near the flame.

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A photograph of a smiling man in an orange-red robe, wearing a rudraksha headband and layered rudraksha malas, with thick garlands of white jasmine and green leaves around his shoulders. He holds his hands over a lit flame in a metal plate, warming them as aarti or fire offering is performed, with a second person partly visible at the right edge. a person by appearance cues including rudraksha adornments and garlands, though the face and identity are uncertain.2012-04-29April 29 20122012-04-29A smiling man in a saffron-orange robe stands in front of a silver plate holding a lit flame and smoking offering, with hands reaching toward it from below. He wears a rudraksha bead headband and a long garland of white jasmine and green leaves with red flowers draped across his shoulders and chest, along with a rudraksha mala. Another man with grey hair stands partly visible at the left edge. The scene looks like a puja or aarti.2012-04-29April 29 20122012-04-29April 14 20132013-04-14 +1 copiesApril 29 20122012-04-29July 03 20122012-07-03A smiling man in saffron/orange robes stands in a stone-walled doorway wearing a gold-beaded headband, a gold bead necklace and a single earring, with white jasmine and green leaf garlands draped around his neck. Beside him on the right, a dark stone deity murti is also garlanded with white flowers and wears a beaded headband. A partly visible man in a white shirt appears at lower left.2012-04-29A photograph in dim light shows a man in profile standing before a dark backdrop, smiling with both hands pressed over his chest. He wears a thick garland of red and white flowers with gold-toned beads, a bare upper body, gold bangles on his upper arm and wrist, and a small gold earring. A white horizontal line marks his forehead. Yellow and white flower garlands hang on a pillar at left, and a few other people stand faintly in the background at right.2014-12-05July 28 20082008-07-28 +1 copiesA smiling man stands outdoors waving his right hand, wearing an ornate gold crown with a lotus-like central motif on his head, a red bindi on his forehead, and a long layered rudraksha mala with a large gold pendant. He wears a maroon-brown cloth draped over his body and is adorned with thick garlands of white jasmine and red-orange flower strands across his shoulders and chest, plus gold bangles on his wrists. Behind him stands a golden ornate temple structure and a colourful garland-decorated pillar with yellow, purple and red flowers. Partly visible at left are a yellow sculpted figure and colourful decorations. A man wearing this presentation with the crown, rudraksha mala and garlands appears to be the probable Swamiji, shown in a sanctioned procession or ceremonial setting.2015-04-21May 27 20132013-05-27