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A seated man in orange saffron robes with a matching orange head covering sits in a carved wooden chair, wearing glasses and a white horizontal tilak with a red dot on his forehead. He wears a long gold bead necklace with a large gold ornament at the chest and a gold bangle, and holds a small object in his right hand near his chest. Blurred figures in orange clothing are in the foreground, and a blurred green plant and a ritual tray are visible at the bottom. The man's appearance with the gold necklace and saffron robes is consistent with a sannyasi, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone.

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A shaved-headed man in orange robes and an orange head wrap sits in a carved wooden chair, wearing rimless glasses, a heavy gold bead necklace with a large gold pendant, a gold bangle, and a white horizontal tilak with a red dot on the forehead. He holds a small object near his chest in one hand, with a flower or offering visible. Behind him is a blurred open courtyard and a second orange-clad person is partially visible at the right edge, with another partial figure at the left. Appearance cues are a single seated devotee-like figure with gold beads and orange robes, but the features are not distinctive enough to confirm a particular identity, so the individual is described by role and clothing only.2009-09-27September 25 20092009-09-25A shaven-headed man in glasses sits on a carved wooden chair wearing saffron-orange robes draped over his head and shoulders. He wears a heavy gold bead necklace with a pendant and a bangle, holds a small orange object in his right hand, and has white and red marks on his forehead. Two people with dark hair are in the foreground, one wearing orange cloth, and a brass vessel with a tray and green leaves sits in front of him.2009-09-27September 25 20092009-09-25A seated man in an orange-saffron robe with a red-maroon shawl draped over his head presses his palms together in namaskar with eyes lowered, reciting. He wears thin-rimmed glasses, a red bindi and white tilak marks, a wristwatch, gold bangles, and a long gold bead necklace with a pendant. He sits on an ornately carved wooden throne-chair. Foliage is behind him and a partly visible person in white sits at the left edge. The image is a photograph of a ritual setting.2009-09-26A photograph of a seated man in saffron-orange robes performing a ritual at a stone altar decorated with yellow marigold flowers. He wears a red-orange head cloth, a red bindi, white vertical temple marks on his forehead, thin-framed glasses, a gold bangle, and a long necklace of gold beads. He holds a small brass oil lamp and a flame in one hand over a metal dish. Behind him is a large orange cloth backdrop and green banana leaves. Partially visible at the right edge, another man in white clothes with a yellow shawl sits beside the altar, and a small golden deity murti or figure appears at the right near offerings.2009-09-25A man with swept-back dark hair and a red bindi sits in front of an ornate gold throne-back, wearing a bare-shouldered orange saffron cloth with gold border and a long gold bead necklace. He rests one hand on the head of another person seen from above at the bottom of the frame, appearing to give a blessing or initiation touch.2011-02-20A man with swept-back dark hair and a red bindi wears an orange saffron shawl edged in gold zari and a long necklace of large gold-toned beads with black bands, sitting before an ornate gold repoussé throne. His right hand rests on the crown of another person's head in a blessing gesture; that person's dark hair is visible in the lower right. The man's face is turned toward the camera with a serious expression.2011-02-20July 21 20102010-07-21A seated man in an orange saffron robe and a heavy gold necklace of ornate beads sits with his hands clasped in his lap. He has a red bindi and white horizontal marks on his forehead and shoulder, and long swept-back dark hair. Behind him, an older man in white with a rudraksha mala and another in an orange shawl are partly visible against an orange backdrop. This is a close-up photograph of a single seated figure at what appears to be a ceremonial gathering. The photo is captioned as Swamiji at the Bidadi temple events, with a page listing of abhishekam and darshan.2010-07-21A seated man with a shaved head, wire-rimmed glasses and a red bindi on his forehead sits with eyes closed in meditation. He wears an orange saffron robe with a gold-bordered edge and a long brown rudraksha mala around his neck. Behind him, out-of-focus devotees in white and blue clothing sit in a hall, and a bald man in white with a gold border is partly visible at left.2011-09-21June 17 20122012-06-17