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A photograph in a hall with a maroon curtain and white ceiling panels. A man with long swept-back dark hair, a gold ceremonial necklace of gold beads and a rust-orange wrap is smiling as he holds out a yellow envelope to a man in a white shirt at the counter. Several men in white shirts stand nearby, one holding a white plastic bag, and a dark-haired man in white stands behind. Bead bracelets and a red-covered table are visible at the bottom right, and orange-clad figures appear further back.

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Indoor photo of a satsang gathering. A bare-chested figure with long swept-back dark hair, yellow and red-bead garlands, a brown-saffron cloth, a rudraksha mala and gold bangles and armlets extends a folded paper to devotees. Three devotees in white kurtas and dhotis stand with palms pressed together in anjali; one wears glasses and an orange-striped garment at left. Other attendees stand in the background. The figure's cues are a person depiction in person, based on hair, garlands, rudraksha and saffron attire.2013-05-29May 29 20132013-05-29A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange-brown robe, wearing a marigold and red-flower garland, a dense rudraksha mala over his chest, gold bead necklace, bangles and a red bindi, smiling as he reaches toward a document held by a man in a white shirt. Other men in white and a bald man in an orange cloth stand around in a crowded hall.2013-05-29Photograph of a man in an indoor hall receiving a fan-shaped stack of yellow paper from a smiling person in saffron-orange robes. He wears a long ceremonial gold-bead necklace, a gold armband, a red-orange wrap and a red tilak on his forehead, with long swept-back hair. Around him stand several men in white and light shirts, one holding a plastic bag, with a maroon curtain behind.2013-05-24A smiling man in a saffron-orange shawl and dhoti stands in a bright hall, wearing a long-swept dark hair, a red bindi, heavy gold ceremonial necklaces layered over rudraksha malas and matching rudraksha bracelets on his upper arms. He holds a white paper in one hand and lifts his other hand to the head of a young boy in a white shirt who bows with hands joined. Another boy in white and a few people in white and yellow clothes stand nearby, with a crowd of devotees in the background. a person appears in person, shown blessing a devotee in the setting of a satsang or darshan.2013-07-13A photograph of a long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes and a wrap with a dense gold ceremonial necklace and gold armband, holding a white sheet of paper and reading it while people gather around. Probable Swamiji (probable): the figure has long swept-back dark hair, saffron-orange clothing and heavy gold ceremonial ornaments, the cues for a presiding guru in this archive. Around him, a bald orange-robed devotee stands at left with rudraksha beads, a grey-haired man in white with a raised palm, a man in white with a mustache, and a shaved-headed man in white behind. Blurred onlookers fill a hall with a red curtain behind them.2013-06-17Photo of three men in a hall with a maroon curtain and a yellow-and-red tassel behind them. On the right, a man with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and a rust-orange wrap, wearing a long string of large gold beads and rudraksha-style brown mala beads, looks down smiling at a printed sheet he holds in both hands. Beside him stands a shaved-headed priest in rust-orange robes with white tripundra markings and a bead mala, looking toward the sheet. On the left, two men in white shirts stand close, one pointing at the paper with his finger.2013-05-03May 20 20132013-05-20Photograph in a hall with red curtains and a floral-decorated altar at right. A man in a saffron-orange turban and orange robe, with a large gold ornamental necklace over a rudraksha mala and a red tilak, smiles while holding a sheet of paper. Beside him stands an older man with grey hair, glasses and a white shirt, and to the left a younger man in white. A man in a light blue shirt presses his palms together in greeting, and a woman in orange sari stands at right. The man in the turban shows distinctive saffron clothing, rudraksha and gold adornments, so he is a person candidate; the others are devotees.2013-07-08A photograph inside a temple-like hall with a decorated backdrop of painted panels and a golden deity figure. A central man with shoulder-length dark hair, a red tilak and gold earring wears an orange-saffron cloth, a large rudraksha mala with gold beads, a gold armlet and gold bracelets. He looks down at a sheet of paper in both hands. Around him stand devotees in white shirts, including a fair-haired man on the left and a shaved-headed priest in orange with a white tilak on the right. Several hands and onlookers are visible in the foreground.2013-05-15February 22 20132013-02-22June 10 20132013-06-10