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Outdoor photograph on a paved courtyard in front of a brick building with small windows and green trees behind. A bare-chested man with long light dreadlocks, a red tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha-style bead necklace and white ash markings on his shoulder smiles while speaking with a small group. Two men in the foreground wear orange shawls printed with black Sanskrit text; one holds a clipboard and pen. A man in a dark suit and tie stands at left, and a man in a pink shirt is partly visible. Wooden poles and a ladder stand nearby, with a few onlookers in the background.

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Outdoors on a paved courtyard, a bare-chested man with long dreadlocks tied back, wearing a white dhoti and white marks on his shoulders, stands facing a group of officials. A man in a dark suit and blue tie holds a black folder printed with the Guinness World Records logo and a clipboard, while others in white and an orange top look at papers. Behind them, several tall wooden poles stand upright on mats, a metal lighting tower and loudspeaker rise at left, and trees and a red wall form the background, indicating a mallakhamba pole yoga record attempt.2017-10-03A photograph of an outdoor record-attempt setting with a paved courtyard, a metal lighting truss and speakers at left, and wooden vertical poles in the background. In the centre, a man in a dark blazer, white shirt and teal tie holds a black card printed with the Guinness World Records logo and reads from it. At left, a man in white clothing with an orange shawl holds a clipboard and pen, and beside him a bald man in white holds paper. A second man in an orange shawl and white shirt writes on a clipboard. At right, a shirtless man with long dreadlocks tied back and white powder marks on his back and shoulders stands facing the officials, with a wooden mallakhamba pole beside him.2017-10-03October 03 20172017-10-03Outdoors on a paved courtyard in front of greenery and a rocky hillside behind a chain-link fence. A bare-chested man with long dark braided hair and a beard, wearing a rust-orange wrap and a beaded rudraksha-style mala, gestures with his hands while speaking. Yellow petals or flower bits are scattered in his hair. Around him stand four men in white: an older man with grey hair in a white shirt and dhoti with hands pressed together in greeting, a man in a white shirt holding a small pink paper, a man in a white shirt and trousers, and a man in a white shirt at the right edge, listening and smiling. Stacked grey stones lie along the left side.2017-09-06Outdoor photo of a courtyard at a person ashram where a crowd gathers beside a brick building with a tall wooden pole and a horizontal pole, used for Shivasthamba mallakhamba pole yoga. In the foreground, several barefoot men walk toward the camera: a shirtless man in orange cloth with a rudraksha mala, a man in a black tank top and navy shorts wearing a name badge, a shirtless man with an orange cloth draped over his head and a beaded mala, and a man in orange lower garment holding a cloth. Behind them, a man in a white dhoti and a shirtless man in orange are visible, with spectators in orange and white clothing watching nearby. A red building and green foliage frame the background.2017-10-03 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated ashram gathering in white dhotis. A bearded man with tied-back hair and a tilak on his forehead wears a red-and-saffron shawl printed with script, a rudraksha mala and a pendant, and speaks with a man in a white dhoti and rudraksha necklace whose back is toward the camera. Several other seated men in white and red shawls sit behind them on a mat, with a crowded hall visible in the background.2017-07-04October 03 20172017-10-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of two men facing each other closely at a temple-like setting. On the left, a shaved-headed man in a white kurta with a rudraksha-style mala and a small white forehead mark bends forward, hands extended toward a wooden tray. On the right, a man with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange saffron garment draped over the shoulders and a dark bead mala, smiling as he holds the wooden tray. Behind them stands a dark stone carving of a deity murti on a pedestal, with orange and red painted walls in the background.2010-08-30A large seated assembly of devotees in white dhotis and white shirts with orange-red shawls and saffron scarves printed with Sanskrit-style text. In the foreground, a bald man with a light beard in a white kurta and orange scarf sits with a rudraksha-style bead necklace and an event lanyard, looking forward. To his left, a long-haired man with a beard holds his palms together in anjali, wearing a white garment with orange-red shawl. Behind them, rows of participants fill the hall, many in white with orange shawls. The scene reads as a devotional gathering, but no clearly identifiable Swamiji figure is visible among the seated crowd.2016-05-04June 19 20172017-06-19Outdoor photo under trees on a dirt ground near sacks of grain. A long-haired man in an orange saffron wrap and dhoti, smiling, holds a printed paper with a logo and gestures with one hand to his shoulder, facing a bearded man in white dhoti and shawl with a red-bordered edge. Behind them a man in a brown shirt and trousers smiles with hands pressed together, and an older man with a white-and-orange forehead mark and gold bangles stands with palms joined in greeting. Sacks and foliage fill the background.2004-12-31Outdoors under a tree, a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange headband, orange robe, a red-and-white flower garland, a gold bead mala and a pendant, and a red tilak on his forehead; he is the central figure, appearing to be the person being greeted. Around him, several men surround him: on the left a man in white shirt with an orange cloth over his shoulder, in the foreground a man in a grey suit seen from behind with an orange headband, and on the right a man in dark suit and red tie looking toward him. A white building with red trim and a green-and-purple sign stands behind. Per the page, the event is the Brahmotsav 2007 youth day; the central man is described as a person by appearance cues of long hair, orange clothing and rudraksha-style mala, but this is uncertain.2007-12-25