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A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi stands before a steel tray, serving white rice with a ladle. He wears a saffron-orange shawl wrapped over his shoulder and torso and a heavy necklace of large gold beads with dark bands, plus a thin gold chain. Behind him a second person in white and orange is partly visible beside a bright yellow wall.

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A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi stands in a yellow-walled room, serving cooked white rice from a large stainless steel tray with his right hand. He wears a rust-orange shawl wrapped over one shoulder and a heavy gold bead necklace, with a gold chain at the neck. Beside him, a person in a white shirt holds the tray's edge, and another in orange clothing with rudraksha beads stands at the right. A man in white is at the left foreground and a person in a blue hairnet is behind them.2012-09-20A photograph of a kitchen or dining hall with yellow walls. A smiling man with long, swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, a gold bead necklace and an orange saffron wrap serves cooked white rice from a steel tray with his hand. Beside him, a monk in orange robes wearing a rudraksha mala stands with another steel tray. On the left, a man in a white shirt holds a tray of rice, and on the right an older woman with white-grey hair in a purple sari holds out a steel plate to receive food. Serving food to devotees fits the annadan style of service, with a worker in a blue head covering in the background.2012-09-20 +2 copiesA photograph of a food-serving event in a yellow-walled hall. A long-haired man in orange ochre robes and a heavy gold bead necklace reaches into a large steel pot of cooked rice, with a shaved-head monk in orange robes and a rudraksha mala beside him. Behind them a young man in an orange-and-white shawl watches. In the foreground devotees and volunteers in white, one wearing a blue hairnet, crowd around the serving pots and a steel tray of prasad. Swamiji (probable): the long-haired man in orange robes, gold bead necklace and bare shoulder, serving food, matches the page's claim that Swamiji was present.2012-09-20November 12 20102010-11-12A seated man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi wears saffron-orange clothing with a gold-bordered shawl draped over one shoulder. He wears a long ceremonial necklace of gold beads with dark bands. He sits on an orange cushioned seat with a microphone at the right edge, and his hands are pressing into a large steel bowl of grated yellow-orange food, possibly prepared offerings. A framed picture hangs on the orange wall behind him. The attire and setting are consistent with an ashram satsang. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), seated in person, in saffron with rudraksha-style gold necklace and long hair.2010-11-12July 07 20152015-07-07A seated man with long dark curly hair and a red dot on his forehead wears an orange wrap with gold border and a long gold bead necklace, sitting on an orange cushion before an orange sofa. He pushes food with both hands in a large stainless steel bowl of yellow-orange mixture, with scattered grains on an orange cloth below. A microphone stand is visible at right and a framed portrait with gold border hangs behind. a person (long swept hair, orange ornate clothing, ceremonial gold necklace), shown in person. A pink box of cotton swabs sits at left. Scene is a satsang setting.2010-11-12A seated man in an orange-red saffron shawl over bare shoulders wears a long rudraksha mala with a ceremonial gold necklace, and has a red bindi and long swept-back dark hair. He sits before an ornate gold-carved throne back, pouring golden flower petals or grains from his hand into a large engraved silver bowl on a green leaf. A second hand from the right offers more golden petals. The setting resembles a pada puja or leela alankar offering.2013-07-14 +1 copiesSeptember 17 20102010-09-17A tented serving area with white fabric walls and gold swag drapes along the top. In the foreground, brass-framed chafing dishes hold cooked white rice and a yellow curry, and a man in orange clothing is ladling food. A smiling man in the centre wears orange robes, a thick dark rudraksha mala draped across his chest and a long gold-toned necklace, and holds a white partitioned plate piled with rice. Behind him, a bald man in orange with a red shawl and a tilak mark on his forehead watches the line, and a woman in a red top stands at the far left, partly visible. The appearance of the central figure with long dark hair, orange robes and rudraksha malas gives a probable match to a person, but this is based only on appearance cues. Five people are visible.2015-07-07September 20 20122012-09-20October 12 20122012-10-12