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A man with long dark hair swept back and a red bindi stands clapping his hands in front of a seated audience. He wears a loose orange saffron cloth wrapped over a red sleeveless top. Behind him rows of seated devotees, many wearing white cloths tied over their eyes, sit on blue plastic chairs in a plain cream hall. A white and red banner is partly visible on the wall. Several people are visible in the room.

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February 06 20102010-02-06A standing man in a flowing red-orange sleeveless robe with an orange lower garment raises one arm toward a window, long dark hair falling behind him. Seated on red mats in front of him are several devotees in white clothes, some with white head bands and orange shawls, with hands pressed in prayer and bare feet. The floor has a green mat edge and a red mat. The setting is an indoor satsang hall with a bright window and wooden paneling, and the scene is consistent with a Dhyanapeetam-style gathering.2009-06-14A smiling man in front stands in profile wearing an orange-saffron shawl draped over both shoulders and a sleeveless saffron garment, with a red bindi or tilak on his forehead and dark hair swept back. Behind him, a man in a white kurta wears an orange scarf and a dark beaded mala, and a curly-haired older man stands at left in white. Another figure in orange stands at the right edge. Bright windows are behind them. a person: the front man shows saffron/orange ascetic clothing and shoulder shawl cues, and the page notes a person at this event, but his appearance alone is not sufficient to confirm identity.2008-07-10A large indoor hall with a blue carpeted central aisle lined by rows of white plastic chairs filled with seated attendees, most with white cloth blindfolds tied over their eyes. A man in a saffron-orange robe and a long rudraksha mala walks down the aisle, one arm raised in greeting, holding a microphone. Several women wear saris in red, pink and yellow, and banners hang along the walls. The page excerpt names this as a Coimbatore workshop session, and the saffron robe, rudraksha mala and walking pose match appearance cues for a person, though the face is not clearly visible.2009-07-12Close photo of a smiling man with long dark hair swept back, a red bindi on his forehead, wearing an orange saffron shawl draped over his shoulders, gazing upward with his hand raised near his chest. Behind him, a large red-and-white banner shows a portrait of a figure in an orange turban and text, with a crowd of people in the background.2009-02-02Close-up photo of a man with eyes closed in meditation, wearing an orange saffron shawl drawn over his head and shoulders. He has dark hair parted in the centre, white ash markings on his forehead and a red kumkum dot at the centre of the brow.2010-07-24July 12 20092009-07-12February 15 20092009-02-15January 07 20082008-01-07A man with long, swept-back dark hair sits on an orange-draped white throne-like chair in an outdoor temple courtyard. He wears a sleeveless orange robe draped over the body and a heavy ornate gold necklace of large beads, and his bare feet rest on an orange cushion. Behind him are a carved stone deity shrine with a seated figure, brass lamps and a brass bowl of yellow flowers, and a red iron railing with greenery. The orange clothing, long hair and gold necklace are cues consistent with the page's reference to Swamiji, so the figure is an appearance-based probable Swamiji (probable) seated in person.2010-07-24A man with swept-back dark hair sits on an orange upholstered throne-like chair inside a stone temple pavilion. He wears an orange draped robe wrapped over one shoulder and holds a small golden vessel in his hands while resting his bare feet on a footstool with a dark patterned mat. Behind him stands a stone carved shrine niche with a figure, a garlanded deity murti in a gold-framed alcove with red, yellow and white marigold garlands, and orange curtains hang beside a red railing. A small golden bell or lamp sits on the armrest. The setting appears to be a temple visit or pada puja darshan.2010-07-22December 18 20102010-12-18