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A man wearing a tall, tightly wrapped black turban with rudraksha beads stands in front of a ceremonial setting, holding a large ornate silver-and-gold trident across his chest with both hands. He wears a thick gold-thread garland, dense layers of pink lotus, white and yellow flower garlands, rudraksha malas and gold bangles, with a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him stand an older man in glasses and a white dhoti and a woman in a purple saree, with marigold strands and a silver staff visible. The appearance matches Swamiji (probable), with the turban, rudraksha, ornate trident and flower garlands as qualifying cues.

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A man with a tall coiled black hair crown and a short beard stands with eyes closed, bare-shouldered, pressing a pink lotus bloom to his face while holding a gold-and-jewelled trident-like staff topped with a gold-embroidered flag bearing a pink animal motif. He wears layered garlands of white, pink, purple and yellow flowers, a gold-threaded wrap across the shoulders, rudraksha bracelets and a gold ring, with a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him, blurred devotees in saffron-gold and purple saris stand in a stone hall, with a painted blue-and-yellow pillar and a gold kalasha-like finial. Swamiji (probable) appears here, identified by the crown, rudraksha, ornate shawl and garlands; this is a person in a ceremonial hall, not a depiction.2018-04-14 +1 copiesA photograph of a man with a tall, wrapped bundle of matted dark hair and rudraksha beads, eyes closed, holding a golden staff topped with an ornate star-shaped finial decorated with pink and red fabric. He is draped in layered garlands of white chrysanthemums, purple flowers, pink lotus blossoms and red roses, and wears rudraksha bracelets, a gold ring and a red tilak on his forehead. He presses a pink lotus to his face. A woman in a yellow sari stands partly visible at the right, and the background shows blurred temple architecture.2018-04-14 +1 copiesApril 14 20182018-04-14 +1 copiesApril 14 20182018-04-14 +1 copiesA man with long black hair wound into a tall turban-like crown dotted with rudraksha beads, a red tilak on his forehead and a full beard, sits in a flower-decorated setting. He wears layered garlands of pink lotus, white chrysanthemum, red and purple flowers, plus a glittering silver-and-gold garland, rudraksha malas and ornate gold necklaces. He holds a silver star-shaped ceremonial staff with gold shaft against his chest, hands clasped near a gold ring. Behind him are marigold garlands and an elderly man in white. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, crown-like turban, ceremonial gold necklaces and rudraksha malas, shown in person receiving honour at the event.2018-04-14Close photograph of a bearded man with a tall black hair turban strung with rudraksha beads, a red tilak on his forehead, and a gold-and-silver trident (trishul) held beside his face. His hands are pressed together in anjali mudra over a pink lotus flower. He wears a heavy garland of pink lotus blooms, white chrysanthemums, purple flowers and green foliage, with gold-and-silver wrapped armlets, a rudraksha bracelet and layered rudraksha malas. Marigold-yellow flower decorations blur in the background. Swamiji (probable): the turban, rudraksha, trishul and ceremonial ornaments match the page's Swamiji label, held in a devotional posture.2018-04-14 +1 copiesA smiling man with eyes closed stands in front of a banana-leaf backdrop, wearing a tall dreadlocked head wrap and a red tilak on his forehead. He is draped in layered garlands of pink lotus buds, white flowers and purple blooms, with a gilded wire necklace and rudraksha malas. He holds two ornate gold-and-pink tinsel staffs with star-shaped finials across his chest. In the blurred foreground, a bearded man in a yellow garment is partly visible. The scene appears to be a ceremonial occasion with floral decoration.2018-04-14 +1 copiesApril 14 20182018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14A man with long dark matted hair piled high in a crown-like knot, eyes closed and smiling, wears a thick cascade of garlands in white, yellow, red, purple and pink flowers, plus rudraksha malas and an ornate gold necklace. He holds a golden staff with a star-shaped finial in both hands at his chest, with rudraksha bracelets on his wrists and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him a woman in a red sari stands in a temple hall with golden ritual implements, and a banana leaf frames the left edge. Appearance-based label: a person, shown in a temple ritual setting.2018-04-14A smiling man with eyes closed stands in a temple setting, holding a gold-and-jeweled trident-like staff pressed to his chest. He wears a tall dreadlocked turban, a red tilak on his forehead, layered flower garlands of pink lotus buds, white jasmine, yellow roses and red blooms, gold bangles, rudraksha bracelets, and a gold ceremonial necklace with a gold plaque. Behind him are banana leaves and a pillar; a figure in red-orange cloth stands to the left and another bare-shouldered attendant in a cream dhoti to the right.2018-04-14 +1 copiesA photograph of a man standing with palms pressed together in namaste, holding a tall gold staff topped with a silver-and-gold star-shaped finial decorated with pink flowers. He wears a tall black braided turban adorned with small rudraksha beads, a red tilak on the forehead, and a heavy garland of white, purple, red, yellow and pink flowers with pink lotus-petal strands. Layers of gold ceremonial necklaces and a rudraksha mala hang at his chest, with green and gold bangles on his arms. Blurred marigold garlands in orange and yellow hang in the background of a temple hall. Swamiji (probable): long swept braided turban, ornate gold necklaces and rudraksha malas, consistent with the page's identification of Nithyananda Paramashivam at this event.2018-04-14